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Newport-Mesa Unified School District elections (2018)

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Newport-Mesa Unified School District elections

General election date
November 6, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
21,736 students

Four seats on the Newport-Mesa Unified School District school board in California were up for general election on November 6, 2018.

Elections

Trustee Area 2

General election

General election for Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2

Incumbent Charlene Metoyer defeated Michelle Murphy in the general election for Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Charlene Metoyer
Charlene Metoyer (Nonpartisan)
 
52.4
 
4,327
Image of Michelle Murphy
Michelle Murphy (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
47.6
 
3,938

Total votes: 8,265
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Trustee Area 4

General election

General election for Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4

Incumbent Karen Yelsey defeated Gina Nick in the general election for Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karen Yelsey
Karen Yelsey (Nonpartisan)
 
68.5
 
7,706
Gina Nick (Nonpartisan)
 
31.5
 
3,538

Total votes: 11,244
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Trustee Area 5

General election

General election for Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5

Michelle Barto defeated Paul Hillson in the general election for Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Barto
Michelle Barto (Nonpartisan)
 
62.5
 
6,053
Paul Hillson (Nonpartisan)
 
37.5
 
3,625

Total votes: 9,678
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Trustee Area 7

General election

General election for Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7

Ashley Anderson defeated Bertha Rodriguez and Diane Ruorock in the general election for Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ashley Anderson
Ashley Anderson (Nonpartisan)
 
64.7
 
3,226
Bertha Rodriguez (Nonpartisan)
 
20.0
 
999
Diane Ruorock (Nonpartisan)
 
15.3
 
763

Total votes: 4,988
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About the district

See also: Newport-Mesa Unified School District, California

The Newport-Mesa Unified School District is located in California. The district was the 64th-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 21,905 students.[1]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in California. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won California with 61.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 31.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, California voted Republican 53.33 percent of the time and Democratic 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, California voted Democratic all five times. In 2016, California had 55 electoral votes, which was the most of any state. The 55 electoral votes were 10.2 percent of all 538 available electoral votes and were 20.4 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Assembly districts in California. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 58 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 38.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 66 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 40.3 points. Clinton won 11 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 22 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 12.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 14 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 13 points.


See also

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