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Nancy A. Swenson

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Nancy Swenson
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Downey Unified School District school board Trustee Area 5
Tenure

2005 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

20

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2017

Education

Associate

Cerritos Community College

Bachelor's

California State University, Dominguez Hills

Personal
Profession
Supervisor

Nancy A. Swenson is the Trustee Area 5 representative on the Downey Unified School District school board in California. First elected in 2005, Swenson sought a new term in the general election that was scheduled to be held on November 7, 2017. Due to lack of opposition, the election was canceled. Swenson won re-election by default.[1]

Biography

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Nancy A. Swenson retired as a supervisor for Raytheon Systems in the Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) division. Swenson's two children attended district schools.

Elections

2017

See also: Downey Unified School District elections (2017)

Three of the seven seats on the Downey Unified School District Board of Education in California were scheduled to be up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017, but the election was canceled due to lack of opposition. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Martha E. Sodetani, Nancy A. Swenson, and Barbara Rae Samperi ran unopposed for the Trustee Area 1, 5, and 7 seats, respectively. Due to the lack of opposition, the seats did not appear on the ballot, and the incumbents were re-elected by default.[1][2]

Results

This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Nancy A. Swenson won re-election by default.[1]

Funding

See also: Campaign finance in the Downey Unified School District elections

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.[3][4][5]

2013

See also: Downey Unified School District elections (2013)

Nancy A. Swenson ran against John N. Anagnostou for the Trustee Area 5 seat on the Downey Unified School District in the general election on November 5, 2013.[6]

Election results

On November 5, 2013, incumbents Martha E. Sodetani, Nancy A. Swenson, and Barbara Rae Samperi were re-elected to the Downey Unified School District Board of Education.

Downey Unified School District,
Trustee Area 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngNancy A. Swenson Incumbent 76.3% 437
     Nonpartisan John N. Anagnostou 23.7% 136
Total Votes 573
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.[7]

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Swenson in the election.

2009

Nancy A. Swenson was unopposed in her bid for re-election to the Trustee Area 5 seat on the Downey Unified Board of Education and won another term by default. The election was scheduled to take place on November 3, 2009.

2005

Downey Unified School District,
Trustee Area 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2005
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngNancy A. Swenson 49.4% 7,887
     Nonpartisan Luis H. Marquez 31% 4,951
     Nonpartisan Ricardo Alarcon Salazar 19.6% 3,122
Total Votes 15,960
Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Downey Unified School District Voter Information" accessed September 19, 2013

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