Raymond Navarro Jr.
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Raymond Navarro Jr. is the Position 4 incumbent on the Yakima Board of Directors in Washington. His current four-year term expires in 2019. He ran unopposed in the general election on November 3, 2015. He was appointed to the board in 2011 and elected in 2013. He previously served on the board from 2006 until 2009. Raymond Navarro Jr. won the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Navarro graduated from Wapato High School, where he went on to earn an associate of applied science degree from Yakima Valley Community College. He has two bachelor's degrees, one in psychology from Central Washington University and the other in theology from the National Apostolic Bible College. He also has two master's degrees, the first in human and organizational systems from the Fielding Graduate University and the second in guidance and counseling from Heritage University.
He currently serves as both the director of the Central Washington University Academic Achievement Programs and the principal investigator for the TRIO Student Support Services Program and TRIO Educational Opportunities Center. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army.[1]
Elections
2015
- See also: Yakima School District elections (2015)
Four of the five seats on the Yakima School District Board of Directors were up for election on November 3, 2015. Positions 3, 4, and 5, in addition to a special election for the two-year term in Position 1, were on the ballot. All incumbents in this race were unopposed. Graciela Villanueva, John Vornbrock, Raymond Navarro Jr., and Martha Rice were re-elected to Positions 1, 3, 4, and 5, respectively.
Results
| Yakima School District Board of Directors, Position 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Raymond Navarro Jr. Incumbent |
95.2% | 6,151 |
| Write-in votes | 4.84% | 313 |
| Total Votes | 6,464 | |
| Source: Yakima County, Washington, "Cummulative Report–Official," November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
Navarro reported no contributions or expenditures to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission as of August 4, 2015.[2]
Endorsements
Navarro did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
2013
| Yakima School District, Position 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Raymond Navarro, Jr. Incumbent |
96.4% | 7,019 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 3.6% | 265 | |
| Total Votes | 7,284 | |||
| Source: Yakima County Auditor, "Cumulative Report," November 26, 2013 | ||||
2009
Navarro lost election to the Position 1 seat on the board to Jim Scoggins on November 3, 2009.
| Yakima School District, Position 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Scoggins |
72.1% | 8,267 | |
| Nonpartisan | Raymond Navarro, Jr. Incumbent | 27.9% | 3,201 | |
| Total Votes | 11,468 | |||
| Source: Yakima County Auditor, "Cumulative Report," accessed July 27, 2015 | ||||
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See also
- Washington
- Yakima School District, Washington
- Yakima School District elections (2013)
- Yakima School District elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
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