Richard Alderson
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Richard Alderson is the Trustee Area 5 representative on the Vista Unified Board of Education in California. He was first elected to the board on November 6, 2012.[1] Alderson won re-election in the general election on November 8, 2016.[2]
Elections
2016
Three of the five seats on the Vista Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. In her bid for re-election to Trustee Area 1, incumbent Elizabeth Jaka was defeated by challenger Rosemary Smithfield. Trustee Area 4 incumbent Angela Chunka ran against challengers Heather Emaus and Cipriano Vargas, and Vargas won the seat. The Trustee Area 5 race featured incumbent Richard Alderson and challenger Roland Balmer. Alderson won re-election to the board.[2][3]
Results
| Vista Unified School District, Trustee Area 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Richard Alderson Incumbent |
53.97% | 6,184 |
| Roland Balmer | 46.03% | 5,275 |
| Total Votes | 11,459 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election - Tuesday, November 8, 2016," accessed December 9, 2016 | ||
Funding
Alderson reported $4,344.00 in contributions and $3,570.28 in expenditures to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, which left his campaign with $773.72 on hand as of October 22, 2016.[4]
Endorsements
Alderson was endorsed by the San Diego County Democratic Party.[5]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Richard Alderson |
54.2% | 5,242 | |
| Nonpartisan | Art Townley | 45.8% | 4,438 | |
| Total Votes | 9,680 | |||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election," accessed August 19, 2014 | ||||
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election," accessed August 19, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate List: 2016 General Election," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, "PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "CampaignDocs eRetrieval: Search by Candidate's Last Name," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County Democratic Party, "Democratic Candidates 2016," accessed September 7, 2016
| 2016 Vista Unified School District Elections | |
| San Diego County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 1: • Incumbent, Elizabeth Jaka • Rosemary Smithfield Trustee Area 4: • Incumbent, Angela Chunka • Heather Emaus • Cipriano Vargas Trustee Area 5: • Incumbent, Richard Alderson • Roland Balmer |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
