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Margaret Hill
Margaret Hill was an at-large member of the San Bernardino City Unified School District school board in California. Hill assumed office in 2011. Hill left office on December 19, 2021.
Hill ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the San Bernardino City Unified School District school board in California. Hill won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: San Bernardino City Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for San Bernardino City Unified School District school board At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for San Bernardino City Unified School District school board At-large on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gwen Dowdy-Rodgers (Nonpartisan) | 16.1 | 29,632 |
| ✔ |  | Scott Wyatt (Nonpartisan) | 15.0 | 27,663 |
| ✔ |  | Margaret Hill (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 25,902 |
| ✔ | Mayra Ceballos (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 25,862 | |
| Heather Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 25,598 | ||
 | Mike Gallo (Nonpartisan) | 12.9 | 23,861 | |
| Tressy Capps (Nonpartisan) | 7.4 | 13,697 | ||
| Joette Campbell (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 12,283 | ||
| Total votes: 184,498 | |||
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2015
Four of the seven seats on the San Bernardino City Unified School District Board of Education were up for election on November 3, 2015. The seats represent the district at-large.
The seats held by incumbents Margaret Hill, Lynda K. Savage, Sharon "Bobbie" Perong and Mike Gallo were on the ballot.[1]
Incumbents Hill and Gallo won re-election, and newcomers Scott Wyatt and Gwen Dowdy-Rodgers joined the board. They defeated challengers Kaisar Ahmed, Rick Castro, Sonia Fernandez, Steven Paul Gutierrez and Esmeralda Negrete. Savage and Perong did not file to run for re-election.[2][3]
Results
| San Bernardino City Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Margaret Hill Incumbent |
19.6% | 6,268 |
| Mike Gallo Incumbent |
16.3% | 5,226 |
| Scott Wyatt |
15.6% | 4,997 |
| Gwen Dowdy-Rodgers |
14.4% | 4,613 |
| Esmeralda Negrete | 10.8% | 3,468 |
| Kaisar Ahmed | 9.9% | 3,182 |
| Rick Castro | 8.1% | 2,602 |
| Sonia Fernandez | 3.2% | 1,036 |
| Steven Paul Gutierrez | 2.1% | 665 |
| Total Votes | 32,057 | |
| Source: San Bernardino County Elections Office of the Registrar of Voters, "Final Certified Election Results," accessed November 17, 2015 | ||
Funding
Hill began the race with an existing account balance of $100.00 from her previous campaign. She reported $11,626.00 in contributions and $2,687.00 in expenditures to the San Bernardino County Elections Office, which left her campaign with $9,039.00 in the election.[4]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was September 24, 2015, and the second one was October 22, 2015. If candidates raised or spent more than $1,000 from a single source, including their own funds, between August 5, 2015, and November 2, 2015, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours.[5]
Endorsements
Hill was endorsed by the San Bernardino County Democratic Party, the Democratic Luncheon Club of San Bernardino and Voice.[6][7][8]
2011
| San Bernardino City Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Margaret B. Hill |
14.8% | 6,671 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lynda K. Savage |
12.2% | 5,482 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sharon "Bobbie" Perong |
10.5% | 4,751 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael J. Gallo |
10.3% | 4,647 | |
| Nonpartisan | Teresa Parra | 9.4% | 4,218 | |
| Nonpartisan | Juan M. Lopez | 7.9% | 3,581 | |
| Nonpartisan | Damon L. Alexander | 7.2% | 3,243 | |
| Nonpartisan | Elsa Valdez | 6.8% | 3,079 | |
| Nonpartisan | Daniel William Deane | 6.8% | 3,068 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gil Navarro | 5.3% | 2,400 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anna M. Cox | 4% | 1,825 | |
| Nonpartisan | Henry William Nickel | 3.5% | 1,594 | |
| Nonpartisan | Willard A. Hughes | 1.2% | 533 | |
| Total Votes | 45,092 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter, "Governing Board Member; San Bernardino City Unified School District Voter Information," accessed October 21, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Margaret Hill did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Smart Voter, "Governing Board Member; San Bernardino City Unified School District Voter Information," accessed October 21, 2013
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections Office, "2015 Consolidated Election - November 03, 2015: Candidate List," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections Office of the Registrar of Voters, "Final Unofficial Election Night Results," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections Office, "Viewing filing activity for Hill, Margaret," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ San Bernardino County Democratic Party, "2015 Candidate Endorsements," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ Facebook, "Democratic Luncheon Club of San Bernardino," October 29, 2015
- ↑ Voice, "Best Choices for San Bernardino Elected Leaders," October 8, 2015
| 2015 San Bernardino City Unified School District Elections | |
| San Bernardino County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Margaret Hill • Incumbent, Mike Gallo • Kaisar Ahmed • Rick Castro • Gwen Dowdy-Rodgers • Sonia Fernandez • Steven Paul Gutierrez • Esmeralda Negrete • Scott Wyatt |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
