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Margaret Richards-Bowers
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Margaret Richards-Bowers represented Seat 1 on the Inglewood Unified School District Board of Education in California. She was first elected to a two-year term on the board in the general election on April 7, 2015.[1] She did not file to run for re-election in 2017.
Richards-Bowers unsuccessfully ran for Seat 3 on the board in the 2013 general election.[2]
The Inglewood Unified School District was taken over by the state of California and bailed out of near bankruptcy in September 2012.[3] During the takeover, the district's board of education was stripped of its powers, leaving members in an advisory capacity only.[4]
Biography
Richards-Bowers was born in St. Vincent, Grenadines. She came to the United States in the 1970s and worked as a nurse until she retired. She serves as a community health advocate for the Citizens Coalition For a Safe Community. She also served on the IUSD Budget Advisory Committee for the 2012-2013 school year and on the La Tijera School Grand Opening and Recruitment Committee. In 2008, Richards-Bowers was elected as a district delegate to the democratic national convention. She has two sons.[5]
Elections
2015
Four of the five seats on the Inglewood Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on April 7, 2015. Seats 1, 3, 4 and 5 were on the ballot.
Incumbents Rene Talbott, Henry Brown, Graciela Patino and Johnny J. Young representing Seats 1, 3, 4 and 5, respectively, were up for re-election. Talbott, Brown and Patino were appointed to their seats by Inglewood Unified State Trustee Dr. Don Brann on January 15, 2015, to serve until the election determined the next members.
Margaret Richards-Bowers defeated fellow candidate Dionne Young Faulk for Seat 1, and candidate Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki ran unopposed and won Seat 3.
Incumbents Rene Talbott and Graciela Patino faced challengers Margaret Evans and Darius Leevy for Seat 4. The Seat 5 race featured incumbent Henry C. Brown and challenger D’Artagnan Scorza. All three incumbents were ousted from their seats. Scorza won Seat 5, and Evans won Seat 4 after she defeated Patino in a runoff election on June 16, 2015.
Results
| Inglewood Unified School District, Seat 1 General Election, 2-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Margaret Richards-Bowers |
61.9% | 3,412 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dionne Young Faulk | 38.1% | 2,100 | |
| Total Votes | 5,512 | |||
| Source: City of Inglewood, "General Municipal Election Tuesday, April 07, 2015: Official Results," accessed April 28, 2015 | ||||
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.[6][7][8]
Endorsements
Richards-Bowers was endorsed by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party and the New Frontier Democratic Club.[9][10]
2013
| Inglewood Unified School District, Seat 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | LaDeirdre Wilson |
57% | 2,912 | |
| Nonpartisan | Margaret Richards-Bowers | 43% | 2,194 | |
| Total Votes | 5,106 | |||
| Source: City of Inglewood, "2013 Agenda Archives: 04-16-13 Agenda," accessed April 3, 2015 | ||||
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See also
- Inglewood Unified School District, California
- Inglewood Unified School District elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state budget... (April 8, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Inglewood, "General Municipal Election Tuesday, April 07, 2015: Unofficial Results," accessed April 8, 2015
- ↑ Smart Voter, "Board Member; Inglewood Unified School District; Seat 3 Voter Information," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Brown signs bailout for Inglewood schools," September 15, 2012
- ↑ 89.3 KPCC, "Nearly 2 years after state takeover, Inglewood schools still bleeding red ink," May 13, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Sentinel, "Margaret Richards-Bowers Eyes Inglewood Unified School District Board Seat 1," February 26, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Los Angeles Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles Wave, "Nine candidates seek Inglewood school board seats," March 26, 2015
| 2015 Inglewood Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Seat 1: • Margaret Richards-Bowers • Dionne Young Faulk Seat 3: • Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki Seat 4: • Incumbent, Graciela Patino • Incumbent, Rene Talbott • Margaret Evans • Darius Leevy Seat 5: • Incumbent, Henry C. Brown • D’Artagnan Scorza |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
