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Paul Bokota
Paul Bokota was a member of the Irvine Unified Board of Education in California, representing Trustee Area 5. He assumed office on December 11, 2020. He left office on December 13, 2024.
Bokota ran for re-election to the Irvine Unified Board of Education to represent Trustee Area 5 in California. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Irvine Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Irvine Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5
Incumbent Paul Bokota defeated Demetra Arvanitidis in the general election for Irvine Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Paul Bokota (Nonpartisan) | 70.7 | 11,074 |
| Demetra Arvanitidis (Nonpartisan) | 29.3 | 4,587 | ||
| Total votes: 15,661 | |||
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2016
Three of the five seats on the Irvine Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Paul Bokota and Lauren Brooks filed for re-election and faced four challengers—Betty Carroll, Naz Hamid, Mark Newgent, and Geri Zollinger.[1] Bokota and Brooks won re-election to the board, and Carroll won the other seat on the ballot.[2]
Results
| Irvine Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lauren Brooks Incumbent |
23.72% | 37,150 |
| Paul Bokota Incumbent |
21.07% | 33,001 |
| Betty Carroll |
18.32% | 28,684 |
| Mark Newgent | 16.08% | 25,174 |
| Naz Hamid | 14.92% | 23,361 |
| Geri Zollinger | 5.89% | 9,231 |
| Total Votes | 156,601 | |
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "2016 Presidential General Election Official Results for Election," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
Bokota reported no contributions or expenditures to the Orange County Registrar of Voters as of November 1, 2016.[3]
Endorsements
Bokota was endorsed by the Democratic Party of Orange County and the Irvine Teachers Association.[4][5]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Michael Parham Incumbent |
15.9% | 22,208 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lauren Brooks |
14.9% | 20,813 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Bokota |
13.5% | 18,823 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carolyn Inmon | 13% | 18,117 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Vu | 10.5% | 14,673 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cyril Yu | 9.7% | 13,474 | |
| Nonpartisan | Omar Ezzeldine | 8.3% | 11,612 | |
| Nonpartisan | Margaret Brown | 7.1% | 9,856 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michelle Ollada Alipio | 7% | 9,827 | |
| Total Votes | 139,403 | |||
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results Archives: 2012 General Election," accessed July 22, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Paul Bokota did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Filing Log," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ Orange County, "Orange County Unofficial Results for Election," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Orange County Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed November 1, 2016
- ↑ Democratic Party of Orange County, "Democratic Party of Orange County Official Endorsements for The November 8, 2016 General Election," accessed October 13, 2016
- ↑ California Teachers Association, "CTA Locally Endorsed Candidates," September 28, 2016
