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Richard Barrera
Richard Barrera is a member of the San Diego Unified School District school board in California, representing District D. He assumed office in 2008. His current term ends on December 8, 2028.
Barrera ran for re-election to the San Diego Unified School District school board to represent District D in California. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Barrera has experience as a community organizer and a leader in labor relations. He obtained a bachelor's degree in American history from the University of California, San Diego. He went on to earn a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: San Diego Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
General election for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District D
Incumbent Richard Barrera won election in the general election for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District D on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Richard Barrera (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 64,671 |
| Total votes: 64,671 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District D
Incumbent Richard Barrera advanced from the primary for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District D on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Barrera (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 26,882 |
| Total votes: 26,882 | |||
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Endorsements
Barrera received the following endorsements.
2020
See also: San Diego Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District D
Incumbent Richard Barrera defeated Camille Harris in the general election for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District D on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Barrera (Nonpartisan) | 61.1 | 252,241 |
| Camille Harris (Nonpartisan) | 38.9 | 160,708 | ||
| Total votes: 412,949 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District D
Incumbent Richard Barrera and Camille Harris advanced from the primary for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District D on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Barrera (Nonpartisan) | 97.1 | 38,220 |
| ✔ | Camille Harris (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 2.6 | 1,040 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 85 | ||
| Total votes: 39,345 | |||
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2016
Three of the five seats on the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election for all three seats was held on June 7, 2016. In his bid for re-election in District A, incumbent John Lee Evans faced challenger Stephen Groce. District D incumbent Richard Barrera ran unopposed. Incumbent Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, who was appointed to the District E seat in February 2016 after former member Marne Foster pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and resigned from the board, ran for re-election against challenger Lashae Collins. Because no more than two candidates ran in each race, all the candidates who ran in the primary advanced to the general election.[2][3] All three incumbents won re-election in the general election.[4]
Results
| San Diego Unified School District, District D General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Richard Barrera Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 282,195 |
| Total Votes | 282,195 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election - Tuesday, November 8, 2016," accessed December 9, 2016 | ||
| San Diego Unified School District, District D Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Richard Barrera Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 32,314 |
| Total Votes | 32,314 | |
| Source: County of San Diego, "Presidential Primary Election Tuesday, June 7, 2016," accessed July 12, 2016 | ||
Funding
Barrera filed an exemption form detailing he would not spend or receive more than $2,000 for this campaign. Because of this, he did not have to file additional campaign finance reports.[5][6]
Endorsements
Barrera received official endorsements from the San Diego Democratic Party, the San Diego Democrats for Equality, Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest, SEIU Local 221, and UFCW Local 135.[7][8][9][10][11]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Richard Barrera Incumbent |
100% | 244,943 | |
| Total Votes | 244,943 | |||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "November 6, 2012 Official Results," accessed June 9, 2016 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Richard Barrera Incumbent |
100% | 20,555 | |
| Total Votes | 20,555 | |||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Official Results," accessed June 9, 2016 | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Richard Barrera did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Richard Barrera did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ San Diego Unified School District, "Board of Education," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County, California, "Candidate List," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County, "Presidential Primary Election: Tuesday, June 7, 2016," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County, "Presidential General Election Tuesday, November 8, 2016," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 8, 2016," accessed September 30, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County Voter Registrar, "Campaign Finance Disclosure: Electronic Filing and Historical Reports," accessed June 6, 2016
- ↑ San Diego Democratic Party, "Democratic Candidates, 2016," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ San Diego Democrats for Equality, "Endorsements," accessed July 15, 2016
- ↑ Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Action Funds, "Election Info," accessed July 15, 2016
- ↑ SEIU Local 221, "2016 Endorsements," accessed July 15, 2016
- ↑ UFCW Local 135, "Endorsements," accessed July 15, 2016
