Mae Thomas
Mae Thomas is running for election to the Compton Unified School District school board to represent Area B in California. Thomas is on the ballot in the general election on June 2, 2026.[source]
Thomas was a member of the Compton Unified School District school board in California, representing Area B. Thomas assumed office in 2003. Thomas left office in 2022.
Biography
Thomas has experience working as a financial screener for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, and she previously worked for the Compton Unified School District. She has served as a member of the Compton Standing Committee on Crime and the executive board of the NAACP.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2026)
General election
The general election will occur on June 2, 2026.
General election for Compton Unified School District Area B
Tana McCoy (Nonpartisan) and Mae Thomas (Nonpartisan) are running in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area B on June 2, 2026.
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2017
Four of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education in California were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Margie N. Garrett, Alma Taylor-Pleasant, Mae Thomas, and Satra D. Zurita defeated former member Alita Godwin, former candidates Barbara Calhoun, Willie Dewitt Carson, Joseph L. Lewis, and Gregory Pitts, and newcomers Barbara Banks, Rodney Lonnell Curry, Jesse Harris, Ricky Hicks, Mary Jackson-Freeny, Luis Landeros, Anthony Lee Perry, Shawn Poole-Louis, Jonathan Taylor, and Tracy Shawn Wiggins.[2][3]
Results
| Compton Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mae Thomas Incumbent |
13.50% | 2,654 |
| Satra D. Zurita Incumbent |
12.36% | 2,430 |
| Margie N. Garrett Incumbent |
10.19% | 2,003 |
| Alma Taylor-Pleasant Incumbent |
7.72% | 1,517 |
| Gregory Pitts | 7.62% | 1,497 |
| Rodney Lonnell Curry | 6.35% | 1,248 |
| Barbara Calhoun | 6.20% | 1,218 |
| Jonathan Taylor | 5.95% | 1,169 |
| Alita Godwin | 5.08% | 998 |
| Mary Jackson-Freeny | 4.67% | 918 |
| Barbara Banks | 4.33% | 852 |
| Luis Landeros | 3.90% | 766 |
| Joseph L. Lewis | 2.54% | 500 |
| Shawn Poole-Louis | 2.52% | 496 |
| Willie Dewitt Carson | 2.08% | 408 |
| Tracy Shawn Wiggins | 1.88% | 369 |
| Jesse Harris | 1.27% | 249 |
| Ricky Hicks | 0.97% | 190 |
| Anthony Lee Perry | 0.88% | 172 |
| Total Votes | 19,654 | |
| 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.[4][5][6]
Endorsements
Thomas was endorsed by the community organization Evolve and the LA Fed.[7][8]
2013
Mae Thomas ran against eleven other candidates including incumbents Satra D. Zurita and Margie N. Garrett for four seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.[9]
Election results
On November 5, 2013, Satra D. Zurita, Mae Thomas, Margie N. Garrett, and Charles Davis defeated nine candidates for four seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education.
| Compton Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Satra D. Zurita |
15.4% | 2,385 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mae Thomas Incumbent |
14.2% | 2,200 | |
| Nonpartisan | Margie N. Garrett Incumbent |
13.3% | 2,058 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles Davis Incumbent |
12% | 1,851 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stephany A. Ortega | 7% | 1,080 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carol Ann Bradley | 6.7% | 1,041 | |
| Nonpartisan | William T. Kemp | 5.9% | 908 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph L. Lewis | 5.4% | 843 | |
| Nonpartisan | Francisco Javier Orozco | 5.4% | 838 | |
| Nonpartisan | Yolanda Hernandez Lopez | 4.2% | 645 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tomas Carlos | 4.1% | 637 | |
| Nonpartisan | Diana Padilla | 3.5% | 541 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cierra Amber Evans | 2.9% | 441 | |
| Total Votes | 15,468 | |||
| 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
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Thomas in the election.
2009
| Compton Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2009 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Mae Thomas |
16% | 2,555 | |
| Nonpartisan | Satra D. Zurita |
15.8% | 2,524 | |
| Nonpartisan | Margie N. Garrett |
12.4% | 1,979 | |
| Nonpartisan | Marjorie A. Shipp |
11.6% | 1,858 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paulette Simpson-Gipson | 11.4% | 1,818 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joel Estrada | 9.7% | 1,545 | |
| Nonpartisan | Deatra M. Handy | 6.4% | 1,025 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tomas Carlos | 6.2% | 985 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph L. Lewis | 4.6% | 729 | |
| Nonpartisan | Willie Dewitt Carson | 3.5% | 554 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nydja A. Quarles | 2.5% | 404 | |
| Total Votes | 15,976 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Compton Unified School District Voter Information" accessed September 12, 2013 | ||||
2005
| Compton Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2005 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Marjorie Agnes Shipp |
11.9% | 6,014 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mae Thomas Incumbent |
11.7% | 5,924 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joel Estrada |
11.5% | 5,828 | |
| Nonpartisan | Satra D. Zurita |
10.5% | 5,319 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paulette Simpson-Gipson | 9% | 4,533 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jenny L. Bethune | 8.8% | 4,454 | |
| Nonpartisan | Latanya Denise Hall-Ganter | 8.4% | 4,262 | |
| Nonpartisan | Janice Irving | 7.4% | 3,718 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carolyn Patterson Stokes | 7.2% | 3,655 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph L. Lewis | 7.1% | 3,568 | |
| Nonpartisan | Irene M. Barraza | 6.5% | 3,300 | |
| Total Votes | 50,575 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Compton Unified School District Voter Information" accessed September 12, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2026
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2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Compton Unified School District, "Mae Thomas" accessed September 12, 2013
- ↑ 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," accessed November 8, 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
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ The LA Fed, "Voter Guide," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ La Vote.net, "LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS - 11/5/2013" accessed September 12, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Disclosure Information," accessed October 7, 2016
