Lynda Johnson
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Lynda Johnson is the former Trustee Area 3 representative on the ABC Unified School District school board in California. First elected in 2011, Johnson lost a re-election campaign in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Johnson has experience working as a Los Angeles County paralegal.[1]
Elections
2017
Three of the seven seats on the ABC Unified School District school board in California were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. In her bid for re-election to the Trustee Area 2 seat, incumbent Soo Y. Yoo ran unopposed and did not appear on the ballot. She was re-elected to the board by default. Newcomer H. Ernie Nishii won the Trustee Area 3 seat, defeating incumbent Lynda Johnson, former candidate Daniel Fierro, and former member Armin Reyes. The race for the Trustee Area 6 seat included former candidate Louise Dodson and newcomer Olga Rios. Rios won the seat.[2][3][4]
Results
| ABC Unified School District, Trustee Area 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 H. Ernie Nishii |
39.32% | 698 |
| Lynda Johnson Incumbent | 26.76% | 475 |
| Armin Reyes | 24.79% | 440 |
| Daniel Fierro | 9.13% | 162 |
| Total Votes | 1,775 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections November 7, 2017," accessed November 21, 2017 | ||
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.[5][6][7]
Endorsements
Johnson was endorsed by the following elected officials:[8]
- Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn
- Artesia Mayor Ali Taj
- Artesia Mayor Pro Tem Sally Flowers
- Artesia Council member Tony Lima
- Artesia Council member Victor Manalo
- Bellflower Council member Juan Garza
Johnson was also endorsed by former officials and other community members. Click here for a list of her supporters.
2013
Johnson ran against incumbent Olympia Chen and challengers Soo Y. Yoo, Ethan L. Robinson, and Daniel Fierro for three seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.[9]
Results
| ABC Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lynda Johnson |
28% | 4,514 | |
| Nonpartisan | Soo Y. Yoo |
25.9% | 4,177 | |
| Nonpartisan | Olympia Chen |
22.9% | 3,686 | |
| Nonpartisan | Daniel Fierro | 11.9% | 1,923 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ethan L. Robinson | 11.3% | 1,815 | |
| Total Votes | 16,115 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 5, 2013 - LOCAL & MUNI CONSOLIDATED ELECTION Final Official Election Returns" accessed December 12, 2013 | ||||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles County 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.[10]
Endorsements
Johnson was endorsed by the Los Cerritos News.[11]
2011
| ABC Unified School District, At-large General Election, 2-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lynda Johnson |
33.3% | 3,018 | |
| Nonpartisan | Soo Y. Yoo | 33% | 2,994 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cindy Yen Chen | 29.8% | 2,704 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mansour Meisami | 3.9% | 352 | |
| Total Votes | 9,068 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; ABC Unified School District Voter Information" accessed August 27, 2013 | ||||
Recent news
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See also
- ABC Unified School District, California
- ABC Unified School District elections (2017)
- ABC Unified School District elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC Unified School District, "School Board Members" accessed August 27, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Final List Of Qualified Candidates Whose Name Will Not Appear On The Ballot," August 28, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections 11/7/2017," accessed August 12, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections November 7, 2017," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Re-elect Lynda Johnson ABC School Board, "Endorsements," accessed October 20, 2017
- ↑ La Vote.net, "LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS - 11/5/2013" accessed November 1, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Disclosure Information," accessed October 7, 2016
- ↑ Los Cerritos News, "ABC School Board Endorsements: Elect Ethan Robinson and Re-elect Lynda Johnson," accessed November 4, 2013
| ABC Unified School District elections in 2017 | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, Soo Y. Yoo Trustee Area 3: • Incumbent, Lynda Johnson • Daniel Fierro • H. Ernie Nishii • Armin Reyes Trustee Area 6: • Louise Dodson • Olga Rios |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
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