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Rick Ledesma
Rick Ledesma was a member of the Orange Unified Board of Education in California, representing Trustee Area 7. He left office in 2024.
Ledesma lost his position in the recall election on March 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
Rick Ledesma recall, 2024
Rick Ledesma lost the Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7 recall election on March 5, 2024.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✖ | Yes |
53.8
|
27,782 | ||
No |
46.2
|
23,888 | |||
Total Votes |
51,670 | ||||
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2022
See also: Orange Unified School District, California, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7
Incumbent Rick Ledesma defeated Sean Griffin and Mike Nguyen in the general election for Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rick Ledesma (Nonpartisan) | 51.4 | 31,556 |
| Sean Griffin (Nonpartisan) | 31.6 | 19,358 | ||
 | Mike Nguyen (Nonpartisan) | 17.0 | 10,421 | |
| Total votes: 61,335 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7
Incumbent Rick Ledesma defeated Sean Griffin and Steve Rocco in the general election for Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Ledesma (Nonpartisan) | 49.6 | 32,953 |
| Sean Griffin (Nonpartisan) | 39.2 | 26,036 | ||
| Steve Rocco (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 7,404 | ||
| Total votes: 66,393 | |||
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2014
The election in Orange Unified featured four seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election.
The four incumbents from Trustee Areas 1, 4, 5 and 7 ran for re-election. Trustee Area 1 incumbent Diane Singer ran unopposed and won re-election. In the Trustee Area 4 race, incumbent Kathryn A. Moffat defeated challengers Brian Harrington and Larry D. Cohn. Incumbent Timothy Surridge defeated challenger Florice Hoffman for the Trustee Area 5 seat, and in Trustee Area 7, incumbent Rick Ledesma won re-election against challengers Steve Rocco and Tim Perez.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Rick Ledesma Incumbent |
56.6% | 22,235 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tim Perez | 32.6% | 12,812 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steve Rocco | 10.7% | 4,213 | |
| Total Votes | 39,260 | |||
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results for Election: November 4, 2014," accessed December 23, 2014 | ||||
Funding
The Orange County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.
Campaign themes
2022
Rick Ledesma did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
