Roseann Torres
Roseann Torres was the District 5 representative on the Oakland Unified Board of Education in California. She was first elected to the board on November 6, 2012. Torres did not seek re-election in 2020.
Biography
Torres' professional experience includes being an attorney and running her own law firm. She has been involved with a number of local organizations, including the Measure Y Commission, Youth Movement Records (YMR), Centro Legal de La Raza, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Alameda County (HCCAC), the East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association (EBLRLA), the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC), and People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO). Torres earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from San Francisco State University and a Juris Doctorate from Albany Law School.[1]
Elections
2016
Four of the seven seats on the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. In her bid for re-election to District 1, incumbent Jody London defeated challenger Don Macleay. District 3 incumbent Jumoke Hinton Hodge also won re-election, defeating challengers Benjamin Lang, Lucky Narain, and Kharyshi Wiginton. The District 5 race featured incumbent Roseann Torres and challengers Mike Hassid, Mike Hutchinson, and Huber Trenado, and Torres won re-election to the seat. In District 7, incumbent James Harris defeated challenger Chris Jackson to win another term on the board.[2][3]
Ranked-choice voting was used to determine the final election results for the District 3 and 5 races. To learn more about this process, click here.[4][5]
Results
Ranked-choice voting was used to determine the winner of this race. That method was triggered when no candidate received a majority of the votes cast. The initial results of the election before ranked-choice voting was implemented can be found below.
This is the final round of voting. To view previous rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.
| Oakland Unified School District, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2016, Final Round |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Roseann Torres - Most votes | 51.1% | 6,277 | 0 |
| Huber Trenado - Eliminated | 48.9% | 6,009 | 0 |
| Mike Hutchinson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hassid | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 1,009 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 13,295 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Oakland Unified School District, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2016, Round 3 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Roseann Torres - Most votes | 39.8% | 5,150 | 1,127 |
| Huber Trenado | 42.7% | 5,525 | 484 |
| Mike Hutchinson - Eliminated | 17.6% | 2,275 | −2,275 |
| Mike Hassid | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 351 | 658 | |
| Total Votes | 13,301 | −6 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Oakland Unified School District, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2016, Round 2 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Roseann Torres - Most votes | 36% | 4,786 | 364 |
| Huber Trenado | 37.1% | 4,941 | 584 |
| Mike Hutchinson | 15.9% | 2,122 | 153 |
| Mike Hassid - Eliminated | 10.9% | 1,456 | −1,456 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 0 | 351 | |
| Total Votes | 13,305 | −4 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.
| Oakland Unified School District, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2016, Round 1 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Roseann Torres - Most votes | 36% | 4,786 | 0 |
| Huber Trenado | 37.1% | 4,941 | 0 |
| Mike Hutchinson | 15.9% | 2,122 | 0 |
| Mike Hassid | 10.9% | 1,456 | 0 |
| Write-in votes - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 13,305 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Oakland Unified School District, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Huber Trenado |
36.95% | 4,875 |
| Roseann Torres Incumbent | 35.62% | 4,699 |
| Mike Hutchinson | 15.74% | 2,076 |
| Mike Hassid | 10.72% | 1,414 |
| Write-in votes | 0.98% | 129 |
| Total Votes | 13,193 | |
| Source: General Election ( Certified Results) - November 08, 2016," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Torres began the race with an existing account balance of $3,089.99 from her previous campaign. She reported $21,893.01 in contributions and $24,071.28 in expenditures to Oakland City Clerk, which left her campaign with $911.72 on hand in the election.[6]
Endorsements
Torres was endorsed by the following organizations and elected officials:[7][8][9]
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Torres was also endorsed by a number of community members. Click here to see a list of supporters.
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Nonpartisan | Roseann Torres |
54.4% | 5,973 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mike Hutchinson | 44.9% | 4,932 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.7% | 79 | |
| Total Votes | 10,984 | |||
| Source: Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "Certified Final Results: General Election November 6, 2012," accessed July 29, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2016
Torres highlighted the following statement on her campaign website:
| “ | Roseann Torres joined the OUSD school board on January 7, 2013 and will serve a 4 year term. She was the product of public schools growing up and is a proud parent of a thriving Oakland public school student. Director Torres has been an attorney for the past 12 years. She currently runs her own law firm in downtown Oakland and this has afforded her the opportunity to mentor many youth interested in the legal profession, by providing internships and mock trial training for competitions.
Director Torres understands the multitude of challenges facing youth in Oakland today as she too had many struggles with adversity and disenfranchisement such that she dropped out of high school freshmen year. Fortunately, Director Torres gained timely exposure to a cadre of successful women from diverse backgrounds in professions and careers she had been unaware of. Through their guidance and mentorship she was able to get back on track in high school, graduate on time and eventually enroll in community college. Because of this experience, Director Torres has dedicated her life to giving back to youth in the community that need similar guidance and she believes “if you can see it, you can be it.” Director Torres will work to ensure all Oakland students receive the highest quality relevant education in K-12. One of her primary goals is reducing the dropout/pushout rate. As a proponent of the Restorative Justice work currently in OUSD, she hopes to enable all schools to utilize the amazing tools RJ offers since it is known to drastically reduce suspension rates among other things. She will also focus on improving the quality of STEM in the classroom through increased partnerships in the schools. Director Torres has served on the following Boards: Measure Y Commission, Youth Movement Records (YMR); Centro Legal de La Raza; Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Alameda County (HCCAC), East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association (EBLRLA); National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC); and People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO). Director Torres holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from San Francisco State University and a Juris Doctorate from Albany Law School in Albany, New York.[10] |
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| —Roseann Torres (2016)[1] | ||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rosie Torres for Oakland Schools, "About," accessed October 4, 2016
- ↑ East Bay Citizen, "2016 East Bay Candidates List (Official for November)," August 19, 2016
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "General Election (Certified Results) - November 08, 2016," accessed November 30, 2016
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "Ranked-Choice Voting Accumulated Results - School Director, District 5 - Oakland," accessed January 11, 2017
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "Ranked-Choice Voting Accumulated Results - School Director, District 3 - Oakland," accessed January 11, 2017
- ↑ Oakland City Clerk, "City of Oakland Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed March 7, 2017
- ↑ Alameda County Democratic Party, "Endorsements for November 8th Presidential Election," accessed September 29, 2016
- ↑ Rosie Torres for Oakland Schools, "Endorsements," accessed September 29, 2016
- ↑ Parents Unified for Public Schools, "Endorsements," accessed October 12, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2016 Oakland Unified School District Elections | |
| Alameda County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, Jody London • Don Macleay District 3: • Incumbent, Jumoke Hinton Hodge • Benjamin Lang • Lucky Narain • Kharyshi Wiginton District 5: • Incumbent, Roseann Torres • Mike Hassid • Mike Hutchinson • Huber Trenado District 7: • Incumbent, James Harris • Chris Jackson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
