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Lynn Davis (California)
Lynn Davis is a member of the Tustin Unified School District school board in California, representing Trustee Area 3. He assumed office in 2018. His current term ends on December 11, 2026.
Davis ran for re-election to the Tustin Unified School District school board to represent Trustee Area 3 in California. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Davis was previously an at-large member on the board from 2002 to 2018.[1][2]
Biography
Lynn Davis is a resident of Orange County, California. Davis earned his B.A. in mathematics from Claremont McKenna College and his MBA in finance from the Harvard Business School. He is self-employed as a business consultant, and he also serves as an adviser with CliffordMoss LLC.[3]
Elections
2022
See also: Tustin Unified School District, California, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Tustin Unified School District school board Trustee Area 3
Incumbent Lynn Davis defeated Kelly Felton in the general election for Tustin Unified School District school board Trustee Area 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lynn Davis (Nonpartisan) | 57.7 | 5,073 |
| Kelly Felton (Nonpartisan) | 42.3 | 3,720 | ||
| Total votes: 8,793 | |||
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2018
The following candidate won election automatically as the election was canceled due to lack of opposition.[2]
General election
The general election was canceled. Lynn Davis (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
2014
The election in Tustin featured two at-large seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Jonathan Abelove and Lynn Davis won the election against challengers Michael Jones, Elias Teferi and David Yang.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Lynn Davis Incumbent |
32.8% | 12,058 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jonathan Abelove Incumbent |
29.4% | 10,790 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Jones | 16.6% | 6,111 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Yang | 15.7% | 5,754 | |
| Nonpartisan | Elias Teferi | 5.5% | 2,018 | |
| Total Votes | 36,731 | |||
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results for General Election 2014," accessed December 19, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.[4]
Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.[4]
The Orange County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.
Endorsements
Davis received endorsements from:[5]
- Tustin Unified Board of Education President James Laird, Vice President Francine Scinto and trustees Jonathan Abelove and Tammie Bullard
- Former Tustin Unified Board of Education President Jane Bauer
- State Senator Mimi Walters (R-37)
- State Assembly member Don Wagner (R-68)
- Former California Superintendent of Public Instruction Dave Long
- Orange County Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares
- Former Orange County Superintendent of Schools Bill Habermehl
- Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer
- Tustin Mayor Al Murray
- Tustin Mayor Pro Tem Chuck Puckett
- Former Irvine mayors Sukhee Kang and Beth Krom
- Tustin Taxpayers for Quality Schools
- The North Tustin PAC
2010
| Tustin Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lynn Davis Incumbent |
38.3% | 18,178 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jonathan Abelove Incumbent |
36.5% | 17,321 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kirk O. Hahn | 14% | 6,637 | |
| Nonpartisan | Manny Estrada | 11.2% | 5,290 | |
| Total Votes | 47,426 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter, "Board Member; Tustin Unified School District Voter Information," accessed August 10, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lynn Davis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Tustin Unified School District school board Trustee Area 3 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Tustin Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed September 16, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters," October 1, 2018
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Lynn Davis," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
- ↑ Lynn Davis - Tustin School Board, "Who Supports Lynn?" accessed October 23, 2014
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Tustin Unified School District school board Trustee Area 3 2018-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Tustin Unified Board of Education At-large 2002-2018 |
Succeeded by - |
