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Linda Menges
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Linda Menges is the at-large representative on the Las Virgenes Unified Board of Education in California. She was first elected to the board in the general election on November 3, 2015.[1][2][3]
Elections
2015
Opposition
Two of the five seats on the Las Virgenes Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held at large.[4][5] The seats held by incumbents Jill M. Gaines and Cindy Iser were on the ballot.[6]
Neither incumbent filed to run for re-election, ensuring two newcomers would join the board. The race featured three candidates: Linda Menges, Gary Mittin and Mathy Wasserman.[3][7] Menges and Wasserman won election to the two seats.[1][2]
Results
| Las Virgenes Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Linda Menges |
48.8% | 2,842 |
| Mathy Wasserman |
37.4% | 2,182 |
| Gary Mittin | 13.8% | 804 |
| Total Votes | 5,828 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 24, 2015 and Ventura County Recorder/Registrar of Voters, "Official Final Results: UDEL General Election November 3, 2015," accessed November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.
The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[8][9][10]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was September 24, 2015, and the second one was October 22, 2015. If candidates raised or spent more than $1,000 from a single source, including their own funds, between August 5, 2015, and November 2, 2015, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours.[11]
If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Menges was endorsed by Agoura Hills City Council member Bill Koehler.[12]
Campaign themes
2015
Menges highlighted her thoughts on Measure E on her campaign website:
| “ | I Support Measure E
I stand with the School Board in support of Measure E in order to continue the local support of high quality education in the school district. The funds from Measure E provide stable, local funding for education that the state cannot take away. These funds allow the district to continue offering high quality core academic programs in math, science and technology, continue funding for core programs in reading and the arts and funding for athletics, maintain smaller class sizes, keep textbooks, technology and instructional materials up-to-date, and attract and retain highly qualified teachers, counselors, career advisors and technology specialists.[13] |
” |
| —Linda Menges, (2015)[14] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Las Virgenes Unified School District, California
- Las Virgenes Unified School District elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ventura County Recorder/Registrar of Voters, "Semi Official Final Results: UDEL General Election November 3, 2015," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 14, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “Running for Office,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Las Virgenes Unified School District, "Board of Education Homepage," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Ventura County Elections, "Qualified Candidate List UDEL Election," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ Linda Menges Running For Las Virgenes USD School Board, "About Linda Menges," accessed October 28, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Linda Menges Running For Las Virgenes USD School Board, "I Support Measure E," accessed October 28, 2015
| 2015 Las Virgenes Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Linda Menges • Gary Mittin • Mathy Wasserman |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
