Margie N. Garrett
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Margie N. Garrett was an at-large representative on the Compton Unified School District school board in California. She served on the school board from 2009 to 2019. Garrett died on July 24, 2019.[1]
Biography
Garrett was a retired teacher. She earned a bachelor's degree from California State University at Dominguez Hills and continued her graduate studies at National University and the University of California at Los Angeles. She served the teacher's union as president and vice president of the board of directors, bargaining committee chairperson, and as political action chairperson.[2]
Elections
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.[3][4]
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.[5][6][7]
Endorsements
Garrett was endorsed by the LA Fed.[8]
2013
Margie N. Garrett ran against twelve other candidates including incumbents Mae Thomas and Satra D. Zurita for four seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.[9]
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 Garrett in the election.
2009
On November 3, 2009, four seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education were up for election. Mae Thomas, Satra D. Zurita, Margie N. Garrett, and Marjorie A. Shipp defeated seven challengers.
Results
| Azusa 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 | ||||
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See also
- Compton Unified School District, California
- Compton Unified School District elections (2017)
- Compton Unified School District elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Compton Herald, "Long-time Compton Unified School District Board Trustee, Margie N. Garrett succumbs," July 25, 2019
- ↑ "Compton Unified School District," "Margie Garrett," 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
- ↑ 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
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