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Riverside Unified School District elections (2015)

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2015 Riverside Unified School District Elections
General Election date:
November 3, 2015
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
What was at stake?
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
California
Riverside Unified School District
Riverside County, California ballot measures
Local ballot measures, California
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Three seats on the Riverside Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[1][2] Incumbents Patricia Lock Dawson, Gayle Cloud and Tom Hunt from Trustee Areas 2, 3 and 4, respectively, were up for re-election.[3][4]

In Trustee Area 2, Dawson defeated challenger Sandra Ramirez. Cloud did not file to run for re-election to the Trustee Area 3 seat, leaving it open to a newcomer. Angelov Farooq ran unopposed and won that seat. Hunt defeated challenger Tad Hove in the Trustee Area 4 race.[5][6]

See how this race compared to past school board elections in both the district and the state in the "Election trends" section.

About the district

See also: Riverside Unified School District, California
Riverside Unified School District is located in Riverside County, Calif.

Riverside Unified School District is located in Riverside County in southern California. The county seat is Riverside. Riverside County was home to 2,329,271 residents in 2014, according to the United States Census Bureau.[7] During the 2012-2013 school year, Riverside Unified School District was the 15th-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 42,560 students.[8]

Demographics

Riverside County underperformed compared to the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 20.5 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 30.7 percent for California as a whole. The median household income for Riverside County was $56,529, compared to $61,094 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level was 16.2 percent, while it was 15.9 percent statewide.[7]

Racial Demographics, 2014[7]
Race Riverside County (%) California (%)
White 80.5 73.2
Black or African American 7.0 6.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9 1.7
Asian 6.8 14.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.4 0.5
Two or more races 3.4 3.7
Hispanic or Latino 47.4 38.6

Presidential Voting Pattern,
Riverside County[9]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 329,063 318,127
2008 325,017 310,041
2004 228,806 322,473
2000 202,614 232,029

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Voter and candidate information

The Riverside Unified Board of Education consists of five members elected geographically by district to four-year terms. Board members are elected on a staggered basis every November of odd-numbered years. There are no primary elections. The Trustee Area 1 and 5 seats were up for election on November 5, 2013, and Trustee Area 2, 3 and 4 seats were on the ballot on November 3, 2015.[1][4]

School board candidates had to be at least 18 years old, residents of the school district and qualified voters. They could not be employees of the school district while in office.[10] To get on the ballot, candidates had to file their declaration of candidacy with the Riverside County Elections Office by August 7, 2015.[1]

To vote in this election, residents of the district had to register by October 19, 2015. Voters could cast vote-by-mail ballots from October 24, 2015, through Election Day.[1] Photo identification was not required to vote in California.

Elections

2015

Candidates

Trustee Area 2

Election results

Riverside Unified School District, Trustee Area 2, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Patricia Lock Dawson Incumbent 70.5% 1,857
Sandra Ramirez 29.5% 777
Total Votes 2,634
Source: Riverside County, "Consolidated UDEL Election: Final Official Results," accessed November 24, 2015

Candidates

Patricia Lock Dawson Green check mark transparent.png Sandra Ramirez

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  • Incumbent
  • Member from 2011-2015
  • Graduate, University of California at Riverside and the University of Washington in Seattle
  • Environmental consultant and business owner, PLD Consulting

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  • Event planner

Trustee Area 3

Election results

Angelov Farooq ran unopposed. Farooq won the Trustee Area 3 seat by default.

Candidates

Angelov Farooq Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Graduate, University of California at Berkeley and the University of Southern California
  • Partner, The Omnius Group
  • Founding director, University of California at Riverside Center for Economic Development & Innovation
  • Lecturer, University of California at Riverside School of Business Administration

Trustee Area 4

Election results

Riverside Unified School District, Trustee Area 4, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Tom Hunt Incumbent 62.9% 1,629
Tad Hove 37.1% 961
Total Votes 2,590
Source: Riverside County, "Consolidated UDEL Election: Final Official Results," accessed November 24, 2015

Candidates

Tom Hunt Green check mark transparent.png Tad Hove

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  • Incumbent
  • Graduate, Riverside City College and the University of California at Los Angeles
  • Business owner and consultant, Hunt Public Relations (HPR)

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  • Graduate, DeVry University California, California Baptist University and Fielding Graduate University
  • Adjunct professor, Riverside Community College and DeVry University at Pomona

Endorsements

The following is a list of endorsements made in the 2015 Riverside Unified School District elections:

Candidate endorsements
Endorsement Patricia Lock Dawson Sandra Ramirez Angelov Farooq Tom Hunt Tad Hove
Organizations
Riverside City Teachers Association[11][12][13]
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California School Employees Association, Chapter 506[11][12][14]
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Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce Political Action Committee[11]
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Riverside City Firefighters Association, Local 1067[11][13]
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Riverside Police Officers’ Association[11][13]
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Service Employees International Union Local #721[11]
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Building Industry Association[11][13]
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Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties[11][13]
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San Bernardino-Riverside Counties Building and Construction Trades Council[11]
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IAFF Local #1067[13]
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Operating Engineers, Local 12[13]
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Evolve[15]
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National officials
Congressman Ken Calvert (R)[13]
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Congressman Mark Takano (D)[12]
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State officials
State Sen. Richard Roth (D)[11][13]
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Assemblymember Jose Medina (D)[11][12][13]
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Riverside Unified School Board Members and Candidates
Kathy Allavie[11][12][13]
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Patricia Lock Dawson[13]
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Angelov Farooq[13]
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Tom Hunt[11][12]
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Brent Lee[11][12][13]
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Campaign finance

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See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2015

Candidates received a total of $94,420.00 and spent a total of $55,816.64 in the election, according to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters.[16]

Trustee Area 2
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Patricia Lock Dawson $32,212.00 $17,074.03 $15,137.97
Sandra Ramirez $5,678.00 $4,398.98 $1,279.02
Trustee Area 3
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Angelov Farooq $11,099.00 $715.60 $10,923.40
Trustee Area 4
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Tom Hunt $38,776.00 $27,859.16 $10,916.84
Tad Hove $6,655.00 $5,768.87 $886.13

Campaign finance reporting requirements in California vary depending on how much money candidates spend or raise. For candidates planning to raise or spend less than $1,000, an Officeholder and Candidate Campaign Statement Short Form (Form 470) must be filed with their county or city elections office. If candidates plan to spend up to $1,000, including their own funds, they must also file a Candidate Intention Statement (Form 501). "If a candidate does not raise any money and personal funds are used only to pay filing or ballot statement fees, the candidate is not required to file the Form 501," according to the Fair Political Practices Commission. If candidates raise money outside of their own funds, a separate campaign bank account must be established.[17]

Candidates raising or spending more than $1,000, including their personal funds, must file a Candidate Intention Statement (Form 501), file a Statement of Organization (Form 410) and establish a separate bank account for campaign funds. They must then file Recipient Committee Campaign Statements (Form 460) to disclose their contributions and expenditures throughout their campaigns. If they receive more than $1,000 from a single source within 90 days of the election, they must file a 24-hour Contribution Report (Form 497).[17]

Past elections

What was at stake?

2015

Election trends

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See also: 2013 school board elections

With three seats on the ballot on November 3, 2015, over half of the Riverside Unified Board of Education had the potential to change hands. Two of the three incumbents ran to retain their seats, guaranteeing at least one newcomer would join the board. Both incumbents won re-election, and an unopposed candidate won the open seat. An average of 1.67 candidates ran per seat, which was lower than the 2014 state average of 1.91 candidates per seat up for election in California's largest school districts.

Riverside Unified's 2013 school board election had an average of two candidates run per seat. Both incumbents ran to retain their seats, and they each faced one challenger. One incumbent was re-elected, and one was defeated by a newcomer. In 2014, 37.65 percent of school board seats up for election across the state went to newcomers, and just over 25 percent of board seats in those districts were unopposed.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Riverside Unified School District election in 2015:[1][2][18][19]

Deadline Event
June 8, 2015 - August 7, 2015 Candidate filing period
July 31, 2015 Semi-annual campaign finance report due
August 5, 2015 - November 2, 2015 24-hour campaign contribution reporting period
September 7, 2015 - October 20, 2015 Write-in candidate filing period
September 24, 2015 Pre-election campaign finance report due
October 19, 2015 Voter registration deadline
October 22, 2015 Pre-election campaign finance report due
October 24, 2015 First day voters can cast vote-by-mail ballots
November 3, 2015 Election Day
February 1, 2016 Semi-annual campaign finance report due

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: California elections, 2015

No elections shared the ballot with the Riverside Unified School District. A number of other school districts in Riverside County, however, also held school board elections on November 3, 2015.[20]

Recent news

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Riverside Unified School District elections (2015) - Google News

See also

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Riverside County Registrar of Voters, “2015 Tentative Annual Election Calendar,” accessed January 29, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2013 California Code, “CA Elec Code § 8403 (2013),” accessed January 29, 2015
  3. ↑ Smart Voter, "Governing Board Member; Riverside Unified School District Voter Information," accessed October 3, 2013
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Riverside Unified School District, "Board of Education," accessed January 29, 2015
  5. ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List: Consolidated General Election," accessed August 11, 2015
  6. ↑ Riverside County, "Consolidated UDEL Election," accessed November 4, 2015
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 United States Census Bureau, "Riverside County, California," accessed September 25, 2015
  8. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 29, 2015
  9. ↑ County of Riverside Registrar of Voters, "Past Elections," accessed July 3, 2014
  10. ↑ Riverside Unified School District, "Board Policies, Rules and Regulations," accessed August 7, 2015
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 Re-elect Patricia Lock-Dawson for RUSD Board, "Endorsements," accessed October 29, 2015
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Angelov Farooq for Riverside School Board, "Endorsement," accessed October 29, 2015
  13. ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 Tom Hunt for RUSD Board, "Endorse," accessed October 29, 2015
  14. ↑ Tad Hove for RUSD, "Csea Local 506 Endorses Tad Hove For School Board," September 23, 2015
  15. ↑ Evolve, "2015 Endorsements: November 03, 2015 Election," accessed October 27, 2015
  16. ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Welcome to the County of Riverside Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed November 30, 2015
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Local Candidates, Superior Court Judges, Their Controlled Committees, and Primarily Formed Committees for Local Candidates: Campaign Disclosure Manual 2," accessed August 5, 2015
  18. ↑ California Election Code, "Section 8600-8606," accessed February 20, 2015
  19. ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
  20. ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Handbook," accessed August 4, 2015
2015 Riverside Unified School District Elections
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Election date:November 3, 2015
Candidates:Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, Patricia Lock Dawson • Sandra Ramirez
Trustee Area 3: • Angelov Farooq
Trustee Area 4: • Incumbent, Tom Hunt • Tad Hove
Important information:What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot
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