Melissa Baten Caswell

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Melissa Baten Caswell

Prior offices

Palo Alto Unified School District school board At-large

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Melissa Baten Caswell was a member of the Palo Alto Unified School District school board At-large in California.

Caswell ran for election to the Santa Clara County Board of Education to represent Trustee Area 1 in California. Caswell lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Santa Clara County, California (2020)

General election

General election for Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Area 1

Incumbent Grace Mah defeated Melissa Baten Caswell in the general election for Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Area 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Grace Mah (Nonpartisan)	52.0	53,033
		Melissa Baten Caswell (Nonpartisan)	48.0	48,947

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2016

See also: Palo Alto Unified School District elections (2016)

Three of the five seats on the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Melissa Baten Caswell and Heidi Emberling ran against challengers Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera, Todd Collins, Jennifer DiBrienza, and Srinivasan Subramanian. Caswell won re-election, and DiBrienza and Collins won the other seats on the ballot.

Results

Palo Alto Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jennifer DiBrienza	28.73%	20,868
Todd Collins	21.04%	15,284
Melissa Baten Caswell Incumbent	18.67%	13,556
Heidi Emberling Incumbent	18.39%	13,358
Srinivasan Subramanian	8.61%	6,255
Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera	4.55%	3,306
Total Votes		72,627
Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Official Final Results," accessed December 7, 2016

Funding

See also: Campaign finance in the Palo Alto Unified School District election

Caswell reported $20,366.00 in contributions and $8,970.15 in expenditures to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, which left her campaign with $11,395.85 on hand as of October 22, 2016.

2012

Palo Alto Unified School District,
At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Melissa Baten Caswell	27.6%	18,589
	Nonpartisan	Camille Townsend	26.3%	17,721
	Nonpartisan	Heidi Emberling	24%	16,173
	Nonpartisan	Ken Dauber	22.2%	14,973
Total Votes				67,456
Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election Official Final Election Results," accessed July 31, 2014

Campaign themes

2020

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