Los Angeles Unified School District, California, elections (2020)

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Los Angeles Unified School District elections

Filing deadline
December 6, 2019
Primary date
March 3, 2020
General election date
November 3, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
618,864 students

Four seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District school board in California were up for general election on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for March 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was December 6, 2019.

Incumbent Richard A. Vladovic did not file for re-election in 2020.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

California modified its absentee/mail-in and in-person voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Mail-in ballots were sent to all registered voters in the general election.
  • In-person voting: Counties were authorized to consolidate precincts and defer opening voting centers until the third day before the election.

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Candidates and results

District 1

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 1

Incumbent George J. McKenna III won election outright in the primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 1 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of George J. McKenna III
George J. McKenna III (Nonpartisan)
 
100.0
 
107,280

Total votes: 107,280
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District 3

General election

General election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 3

Incumbent Scott Mark Schmerelson defeated Marilyn Koziatek in the general election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 3 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Mark Schmerelson
Scott Mark Schmerelson (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
53.2
 
143,370
Image of Marilyn Koziatek
Marilyn Koziatek (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
46.8
 
125,914

Total votes: 269,284
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 3

Incumbent Scott Mark Schmerelson and Marilyn Koziatek defeated Elizabeth Badger and John Sandy Campbell in the primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 3 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Mark Schmerelson
Scott Mark Schmerelson (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
42.4
 
56,737
Image of Marilyn Koziatek
Marilyn Koziatek (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
31.6
 
42,301
Elizabeth Badger (Nonpartisan)
 
26.0
 
34,856
Image of John Sandy Campbell
John Sandy Campbell (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
48

Total votes: 133,942
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District 5

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5

Incumbent Jackie Goldberg won election outright against Christina Martinez Duran in the primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jackie Goldberg
Jackie Goldberg (Nonpartisan)
 
58.4
 
65,081
Christina Martinez Duran (Nonpartisan)
 
41.6
 
46,356

Total votes: 111,437
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District 7

General election

General election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 7

Tanya Ortiz Franklin defeated Patricia Castellanos in the general election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 7 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tanya Ortiz Franklin
Tanya Ortiz Franklin (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
57.3
 
110,413
Patricia Castellanos (Nonpartisan)
 
42.7
 
82,208

Total votes: 192,621
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 7

Patricia Castellanos and Tanya Ortiz Franklin defeated Lydia A. Gutiérrez, Mike Lansing, and Silke Bradford in the primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 7 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Patricia Castellanos (Nonpartisan)
 
27.3
 
22,812
Image of Tanya Ortiz Franklin
Tanya Ortiz Franklin (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
23.9
 
19,956
Image of Lydia A. Gutiérrez
Lydia A. Gutiérrez (Nonpartisan)
 
20.0
 
16,684
Mike Lansing (Nonpartisan)
 
20.0
 
16,673
Silke Bradford (Nonpartisan)
 
8.8
 
7,364

Total votes: 83,489
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About the district

See also: Los Angeles Unified School District, California

The Los Angeles Unified School District is located in Los Angeles County, California. The district served 618,864 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[1]

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.[2][3]

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

Los Angeles Unified School District California School Boards
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