Mark Dutton (California)

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Mark Dutton

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Mark Dutton ran in a special election to the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees to represent Seat No. 7 in California. Dutton lost in the special general election on November 8, 2022.

Dutton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2022)

General election

Special general election for Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat No. 7

Incumbent Kelsey Iino defeated Nancy Pearlman and Mark Dutton in the special general election for Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat No. 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kelsey Iino (Nonpartisan)	62.1	601,465
		Nancy Pearlman (Nonpartisan)	26.4	255,367
		Mark Dutton (Nonpartisan)	11.5	111,214

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Mark Dutton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dutton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a lifelong musician, producer, music teacher and writer. I was born and raised in southern California and I am deeply concerned about the direction where education is headed.

I am a moderate fiscal conservative and will focus your precious tax dollars on education rather than spending billions on facilities bonds that have done little to improve our poor graduation and enrollment rates.

I will work to take the politics out of our community colleges and focus our efforts on education. Let's examine and follow the data together.

I will fight to focus curriculum where it is needed to ensure high paying careers and transfer rates.

Education first, new buildings to follow as necessary. We are looking at billions of dollars here folks. I think the public should know exactly where and how it is being spent, don't you?

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I will be a much needed voice of reason
• Job #1 is education, so let's focus policy and spending there
• Get the politics out of education

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Education is something we should all care very much about. It is the key to a happy and successful society. It promotes intelligent and productive discourse and perhaps most importantly, an educated voting public. Los Angeles community colleges are lagging behind. We are spending billions of dollars and it is not working. The community college district board must take a hard and possibly painful look at what we are doing wrong , put politics aside and fix it. These are YOUR tax dollars! I will be a steward of your money and make sure you are clearly informed as to how and where it is being spent. Vote for Mark Dutton for Los Angeles Community College District Seat 7. Thank you :)

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