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Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein
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Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein is an at-large member on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified Board of Education in California. He was elected in the general election on November 4, 2014.[1]
Biography
Tahvildaran-Jesswein is an education activist, college professor and Associate Director of the Santa Monica College Public Policy Institute. He earned a Ph.D. in American politics and difference theory at Northern Arizona University. He has been a tenured professor at Santa Monica College for over 15 years.[2]
Elections
2014
The election in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified featured four seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election.
Three at-large incumbents, Oscar de la Torre, Laurie Lieberman and Ralph Mechur ran for re-election. Incumbent Nimish Patel did not run for re-election. The three incumbents who ran faced challengers Patricia Finer, Craig Foster, Dhun May and Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein.
Incumbents Oscar de la Torre and Laurie Lieberman and challengers Craig Foster and Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein won the four at-large seats.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Laurie Lieberman Incumbent |
20.8% | 15,247 | |
| Nonpartisan | Craig Foster |
16.5% | 12,126 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein |
16.7% | 12,277 | |
| Nonpartisan | Oscar de la Torre Incumbent |
16.3% | 11,990 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ralph Mechur Incumbent | 15.7% | 11,522 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dhun May | 7% | 5,169 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Finer | 7% | 5,148 | |
| Total Votes | 73,479 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Los Angeles County Election Results," accessed January 2, 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.[3][4][5]
Endorsements
Tahvildaran-Jesswein was endorsed by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers Association, Education Workers of SEIU Local 99, Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and the Advocates for Malibu Public Schools' (AMPS) PAC.[6][7][8]
Campaign themes
2014
Tahvildaran-Jesswein highlighted the following pledge on his campaign website:
| “ | As a School Board member, Richard will work to:
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| —Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein's campaign website (2014)[10] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, California
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Los Angeles County Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, "About," accessed October 16, 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Santa Monica Mirror, "Teachers, School Workers, Renters Join To Endorse SMMUSD Candidates," October 5, 2014
- ↑ Malibu Surfside News, "AMPS announces endorsements for school board," October 13, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 16, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein School Board, "About," accessed October 23, 2014
