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Olga Rios
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Olga Rios is the Trustee Area 6 representative on the ABC Unified School District school board in California. Rios won a first term in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2017
Three of the seven seats on the ABC Unified School District school board in California were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. In her bid for re-election to the Trustee Area 2 seat, incumbent Soo Y. Yoo ran unopposed and did not appear on the ballot. She was re-elected to the board by default. Newcomer H. Ernie Nishii won the Trustee Area 3 seat, defeating incumbent Lynda Johnson, former candidate Daniel Fierro, and former member Armin Reyes. The race for the Trustee Area 6 seat included former candidate Louise Dodson and newcomer Olga Rios. Rios won the seat.[1][2][3]
Results
| ABC Unified School District, Trustee Area 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Olga Rios |
64.46% | 292 |
| Louise Dodson | 35.54% | 161 |
| Total Votes | 453 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections November 7, 2017," accessed November 21, 2017 | ||
Funding
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.[4][5][6]
Endorsements
Rios was endorsed by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, the organization Evolve, and the LA Fed.[7][8][9]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Final List Of Qualified Candidates Whose Name Will Not Appear On The Ballot," August 28, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections 11/7/2017," accessed August 12, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections November 7, 2017," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 20, 2017
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed October 20, 2017
- ↑ The LA Fed, "Voter Guide," accessed October 25, 2017
| ABC Unified School District elections in 2017 | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, Soo Y. Yoo Trustee Area 3: • Incumbent, Lynda Johnson • Daniel Fierro • H. Ernie Nishii • Armin Reyes Trustee Area 6: • Louise Dodson • Olga Rios |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
