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Lincoln Unified School District elections (2018)

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Lincoln Unified School District elections

General election date
November 6, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
9,298 students

Three seats on the Lincoln Unified School District school board in California were up for general election on November 6, 2018. The elections for two seats were canceled, however, due to lack of opposition and did not appear on the ballot.[1]

Elections

Candidates and results

Trustee Area 1

General election

General election for Lincoln Unified School Board Trustee Area 1

Incumbent Jenny Van De Pol defeated Samantha Chan in the general election for Lincoln Unified School Board Trustee Area 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jenny Van De Pol (Nonpartisan)
 
64.0
 
2,138
Samantha Chan (Nonpartisan)
 
36.0
 
1,203

Total votes: 3,341
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Trustee Area 3

The following candidate won election automatically as the election was canceled due to lack of opposition.

General election

The general election was canceled. Therese Tutupalli (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Trustee Area 5

The following candidate won election automatically as the election was canceled due to lack of opposition.

General election

The general election was canceled. Tony Yadon (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

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About the district

See also: Lincoln Unified School District, California

The Lincoln Unified School District is located in California. The district served 9,298 students during the 2015-2016 school year.[2]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in California. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won California with 61.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 31.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, California voted Republican 53.33 percent of the time and Democratic 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, California voted Democratic all five times. In 2016, California had 55 electoral votes, which was the most of any state. The 55 electoral votes were 10.2 percent of all 538 available electoral votes and were 20.4 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Assembly districts in California. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 58 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 38.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 66 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 40.3 points. Clinton won 11 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 22 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 12.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 14 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 13 points.


See also

Lincoln Unified School District California School Boards
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