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Maria Elena Talamantes
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Maria Elena Talamantes was an at-large member of the El Monte Union High School District board of trustees. She was appointed to the board in 2012, and she served until December 2017 as she did not file to run for another term in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Biograpghy
Talamantes worked as a special education teacher in the Baldwin Park Unified School District. Before becoming a teacher, Talamantes spent nine years as an auditor for the Teamsters Union.[1]
Elections
2013
On November 5, 2013, Maria Elena Talamantes, Esthela Torres De Siegrist, and Ricardo Padilla defeated two challenging candidates for three seats on the El Monte Union High School District Board of Education.[2]
Results
| El Monte Union High School District Board of Education, At-large General Election, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Maria Elena Talamantes |
26.2% | 3,960 | |
| Nonpartisan | Esthela Torres De Siegrist |
25.1% | 3,782 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ricardo Padilla |
23.6% | 3,559 | |
| Nonpartisan | Florencio Briones | 13.2% | 1,999 | |
| Nonpartisan | Edward Guerrero | 11.9% | 1,788 | |
| Total Votes | 15,088 | |||
| 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.[3]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Talamantes in the election.
See also
- El Monte Union High School District, California
- El Monte Union High School District elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Maritza Velazquez San Gariel Valley Tribune, "El Monte Union board selects educator for seat vacated by Tran," March 19, 2012
- ↑ La Vote.net, "LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS - 11/5/2013" accessed September 20, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Disclosure Information," accessed October 7, 2016
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