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Omar Spry
Omar Spry ran for election to the Compton Unified School District school board to represent Area C in California. Spry lost in the general election on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Spry earned associate degrees in carpentry, electrical, industrial technology, business management and liberal arts, a bachelor's degree in vocational education and corporate training, a master's degree in industrial technology engineering and construction management and a doctoral degree in building construction management. He is working on earning a second doctoral degree in organizational leadership. He has worked for the Compton Unified School District as a high school teacher, classified employee and facilities administrator.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Compton Unified School District Area C
Incumbent Micah Ali defeated Omar Spry in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area C on March 5, 2024.
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Spry in this election.
2015
Three of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[2] Incumbents Micah Ali and Skyy Fisher sought re-election to their seats. Incumbent Emma Sharif did not file to run for re-election, leaving a seat open to a newcomer. In their bids for re-election, Ali and Fisher faced 18 challengers: Richard Alatorre, Lizette Arevalo, Barbara Calhoun, Charles Davis, Arturo Frazier, Maria Hechavarria, Carol Jordan, Justine Landeros, Jolena Lomax, Janette Mora, Sandra Moss, Francisco Orozco, Diana Padilla, Denzell Perry, Gregory Pitts, Jerry Randle, Kim Smith, and Omar Spry.[3][4] Arevalo and Orozco ran together as a slate.[5]
Ali, Davis, and Moss won the election. Davis was already a member of the Compton Unified Board of Education. His term was not supposed to be up for election again until 2017, but due to the at-large election process, he was able to run early. His election to a different term left a vacancy on the board.[6][7]
Marketta Martin initially filed as a candidate, but she withdrew from the election.[8]
Results
| Compton Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Micah Ali Incumbent |
15.7% | 2,282 |
| Charles Davis |
9.7% | 1,412 |
| Sandra Moss |
8.3% | 1,204 |
| Gregory Pitts | 7.2% | 1,049 |
| Carol Jordan | 7.0% | 1,021 |
| Barbara Calhoun | 6.6% | 960 |
| Richard Alatorre | 6.4% | 932 |
| Jerry Randle | 5.5% | 795 |
| Skyy Fisher Incumbent | 4.4% | 637 |
| Arturo Frazier | 4.2% | 612 |
| Francisco Orozco | 4.2% | 602 |
| Lizette Arevalo | 3.8% | 547 |
| Diana Padilla | 3.2% | 466 |
| Kim Smith | 3.2% | 457 |
| Omar Spry | 2.7% | 387 |
| Justine Landeros | 2.3% | 331 |
| Denzell Perry | 1.8% | 258 |
| Maria Hechavarria | 1.7% | 242 |
| Janette Mora | 1.1% | 161 |
| Jolena Lomax | 0.9% | 135 |
| Total Votes | 14,490 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 24, 2015 | ||
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.[9][10][11]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was September 24, 2015, and the second one was October 22, 2015. If candidates raised or spent more than $1,000 from a single source, including their own funds, between August 5, 2015, and November 2, 2015, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours.[12]
If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Spry received no official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Omar Spry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Spry highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:
| “ | Dear City Of Compton Voters, My name is Omar Spry and i am seeking a seat on the Compton Unified School District Board. I believe i am the candidate to advocate for Vocational Education Programs to be brought back and implemented into the classroom. i will institute a policy that will allow all middle and high school to have the opportunity to receive a minimum of three years of vocational training prior to graduation. for those Graduates who choose not to further their education they will have earned the minimum work requirements necessary to join the Trade Industry. |
” |
| —Omar Spry (2015)[1] | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Omar Spry for Compton Unified School District Board Member Facebook, "About," accessed October 19, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County, California, "Candidate List," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ Compton Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ A Better Compton, "Your Candidates for a Better Compton School District," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Phone communication with Charles Davis," October 20, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Final List of Qualified Candidates," September 1, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
