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Lorena Chavez
Lorena Chavez is an at-large member of the East Side Union High Board of Trustees in California. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends on December 11, 2026.
Chavez ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the East Side Union High Board of Trustees in California. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: East Side Union High School District, California, elections (2022)
General election
General election for East Side Union High School District board of trustees At-large (3 seats)
Incumbent Lorena Chavez, incumbent Van Le, and incumbent J. Manuel Herrera defeated Peter Pham in the general election for East Side Union High School District board of trustees At-large on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lorena Chavez (Nonpartisan) | 30.3 | 70,423 |
| ✔ |  | Van Le (Nonpartisan) | 27.8 | 64,583 |
| ✔ |  | J. Manuel Herrera (Nonpartisan) | 22.9 | 53,176 |
| Peter Pham (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 44,075 | ||
| Total votes: 232,257 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for East Side Union High School District board of trustees At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for East Side Union High School District board of trustees At-large on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorena Chavez (Nonpartisan) | 20.6 | 56,458 |
| ✔ | | Van Le (Nonpartisan) | 15.0 | 41,164 |
| ✔ | | J. Manuel Herrera (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 40,255 |
 | Frank Biehl (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 39,452 | |
 | Kristin Rivers (Nonpartisan) | 12.4 | 33,916 | |
 | Patricia Martinez-Roach (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 31,949 | |
 | Derek Grasty (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 17,339 | |
 | Robert Imhoff (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 12,996 | |
| Total votes: 273,529 | |||
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2016
Two of the five seats on the East Side Union High School District board of trustees were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Lan Nguyen and Pattie Cortese defeated challengers Lorena Chavez, Derek Grasty, Patricia Martinez-Roach, and Khanh Tran. On top of choosing members for the board of trustees, citizens of the school district also voted on a $510 million bond measure in this election.[1][2]
Results
| East Side Union High School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lan Nguyen Incumbent |
29.85% | 68,640 |
| Pattie Cortese Incumbent |
20.75% | 47,714 |
| Lorena Chavez | 18.84% | 43,326 |
| Khanh Tran | 13.38% | 30,783 |
| Patricia Martinez-Roach | 10.53% | 24,220 |
| Derek Grasty | 6.65% | 15,305 |
| Total Votes | 229,988 | |
| Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Official Final Results," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
Chavez reported $88,384.00 in contributions and $86,132.06 in expenditures to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, which left her campaign with $2,251.94 on hand in the election.[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lorena Chavez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Officeholder East Side Union High School District board of trustees At-large |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Santa Clara County, "November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election Summary," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "County of Santa Clara Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed February 15, 2017
