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San Bernardino City Unified School District elections (2017)
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Three of the seven seats on the San Bernardino City Unified School District Board of Education in California were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Barbara Flores, Abigail Rosales-Medina, and Danny Tillman defeated challengers Mayra Ceballos, Robert Fick, Boulos Haddad, Anthony Jones, Pam Montana, and Eduardo Alberto Valverde.[1][2]
The 2017 election attracted a higher average number of candidates per seat than the district's two previous elections. For information on election trends in the district, click here.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The San Bernardino City Unified Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held on a staggered basis with three or four seats on the ballot every November of odd-numbered years.[3]
To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to register with the county elections office by August 11, 2017.[4] In order to qualify as candidates, they had to be at least 18 years old, citizens of California, residents of the school district, registered voters, and "not legally disqualified from holding civil office," according to the bylaws of the San Bernardino City Unified Board of Education. Once they took office, school board members could not be employed by the school district.[5]
To vote in this election, citizens of the school district had to register by October 23, 2017.[4] Photo identification was not required to vote in California.[6]
Candidates and results
At-large
Results
| San Bernardino City Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Danny Tillman Incumbent |
19.36% | 4,504 |
| Abigail Medina Incumbent |
19.17% | 4,460 |
| Barbara Flores Incumbent |
17.64% | 4,104 |
| Pam Montana | 16.27% | 3,785 |
| Anthony Jones | 10.03% | 2,334 |
| Robert Fick | 9.57% | 2,227 |
| Mayra Ceballos | 3.58% | 832 |
| Eduardo Alberto Valverde | 3.16% | 734 |
| Boulos Haddad | 1.22% | 283 |
| Total Votes | 23,263 | |
| Source: San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Final Certified Election Results," accessed November 28, 2017 | ||
Candidates
Barbara Flores 
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Abigail Rosales-Medina
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| Mayra Ceballos | Robert Fick | Boulos Haddad | |||
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| Anthony Jones | Pam Montana | Eduardo Alberto Valverde | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: California elections, 2017
The San Bernardino City Unified Board of Education election shared the ballot with elections for water districts.[7]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the November 2017 California school board elections.[8][9]
Endorsements
The San Bernardino Teachers Association endorsed incumbent Danny Tillman.[10] The San Bernardino County Democratic Party also endorsed Tillman as well as incumbents Barbara Flores and Abigail M. Medina.[11]
The Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties endorsed Flores and Medina.[12] The community organization Evolve also endorsed Flores and Medina as well as challenger Eduardo Alberto Valverde.[13]
Medina was also endorsed by the following elected officials:[14]
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Campaign finance
Candidates received a total of $81,091.29 and spent a total of $69,271.41 in the election, according to the San Bernardino County Voter Registration Office.[15]
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
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| Barbara Flores | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Abigail M. Medina | $33,196.45 | $31,711.56 | $1,484.89 |
| Danny Tillman | $15,568.00 | $5,358.00 | $10,210.00 |
| Mayra Ceballos | $592.00 | $467.01 | $124.99 |
| Robert Fick | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Boulos Haddad | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Anthony Jones | $8,341.65 | $8,341.65 | $0.00 |
| Pam Montana | $23,393.19 | $23,393.19 | $0.00 |
| Eduardo Alberto Valverde | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Reporting requirements
California school board candidates had to file two pre-election campaign finance reports. The first was due on September 28, 2017, and the second was due on October 26, 2017. In addition to those two reports, candidates had to file a semi-annual report on January 31, 2018, if they did not terminate their campaign committees by December 31, 2017.[9]
If candidates did not raise or spend more than $2,000 for their campaigns, they had to file Form 470 instead of the regular campaign finance report on September 28, 2017. They did not have to file any additional campaign finance reports as long as their campaign contributions and expenditures remained under $2,000.[9]
Past elections
To see results from past elections in the San Bernardino City Unified School District, click here.
What was at stake?
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Election trends
- See also: School boards in session: 2015 in brief
The 2017 San Bernardino City Unified Board of Education election attracted a higher average number of candidates per seat than the district's 2013 and 2015 elections. Nine candidates ran for three seats in 2017 for an average of three candidates per seat. Seven candidates ran for three seats in 2013 for an average of 2.33 candidates per seat, and nine candidates ran for four seats in 2015 for an average of 2.25 candidates per seat.
All three incumbents whose terms were up for re-election ran for additional terms and won in 2017. All three incumbents also ran to retain their seats in 2013. Two won re-election that year, while one was defeated by a newcomer. In 2015, two of the four incumbents ran to retain their seats, and both won re-election. Two newcomers were elected to open seats that year.
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbents running for re-election | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
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| 2017 | 3.00 | 0.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% | |
| 2015 | 2.25 | 0.00% | 50.00% | 100.00% | 50.00% | |
| 2013 | 2.33 | 0.00% | 100.00% | 66.67% | 33.33% | |
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| 2015 | 2.01 | 22.95% | 73.77% | 81.11% | 39.34% | |
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| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 70.37% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
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About the district
The San Bernardino City Unified School District is located in San Bernardino County in southeastern California. The county seat is San Bernardino. San Bernardino County was home to an estimated 2,140,096 residents in 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[16] The district was the 10th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 53,365 students.[17]
Demographics
San Bernardino County underperformed compared to California as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 19 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 31.4 percent of state residents. The median household income for San Bernardino County was $53,433, compared to $61,818 for the entire state. The percentage of people in poverty in the county was 18.9 percent, while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[16]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[16] | |||
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| Race | San Bernardino County (%) | California (%) | |
| White | 77.1 | 72.7 | |
| Black or African American | 9.5 | 6.5 | |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.0 | 1.7 | |
| Asian | 7.4 | 14.8 | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Two or more races | 3.5 | 3.8 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 52.8 | 38.9 | |
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.
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See also
| San Bernardino City Unified School District | California | School Boards |
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Footnotes
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections, "2017 Consolidated Election - November 01, 2017: Candidate List," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Final Unofficial Election Night Results," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ San Bernardino City Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed August 4, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 San Bernardino County Elections, "2017 Consolidated Election," accessed August 4, 2017
- ↑ San Bernardino City Unified School District, "BB 9220 Board Bylaws: Board of Education Elections," accessed August 4, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Where and How to Vote," accessed August 1, 2017
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections, "2017 Consolidated Election Offices Up for Election," accessed November 9, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "2017 County Administered Elections," accessed August 1, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 7, 2017," accessed September 18, 2017
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Danny Tillman," September 21, 2017
- ↑ San Bernardino County Democratic Party, "2017 November Election & Phone Bank Links," October 3, 2017
- ↑ Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, "2017 Cope Recommendations," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ Abigail Medina, "Endorsements," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ San Bernardino County Voter Registration, "Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed February 12, 2018
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 United States Census Bureau, "QuickFacts: San Bernardino County, California; California," accessed August 4, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
