Sandra J. Siraganian
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Sandra J. Siraganian was a candidate for the District 6 seat on the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education in California. She was defeated by fellow challenger Lawrence Torres in the primary election on March 10, 2015.[1][2][3]
Biography
Born in Pasadena, Siraganian is a realtor at Sotheby’s International Realty. She was appointed by the Pasadena City Council in September 2013 to serve on the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee, which was formed to build and maintain a memorial to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. She has previously served on the Don Benito Elementary School PTA, the Pasadena Unified School District Work Plan Team, the board of directors of the Sierra Madre Little League and the Maranatha High School Booster Club Board of Directors. Siraganian has three children.[4]
Elections
2015
Three of the seven board seats on the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education were up for primary election on March 10, 2015. A general election would have been held on April 21, 2015, if no candidate had received a majority of the vote.
The incumbents from Districts 2, 4 and 6 were up for re-election, but none of them filed to run. Three candidates, Roy Boulghourjian, Evan Dagger and Marcela Rojas, filed to run for the District 2 seat. The District 4 election featured candidates Patrick Cahalan and Sheryl Turner. Candidates Sandra J. Siraganian and Lawrence Torres ran for the District 6 seat. Boulghourjian, Cahalan and Torres won election to their seats in the primary election. Each received more than 50 percent of the votes cast in their districts.
This election was the first time the seats from Districts 2, 4 and 6 were elected by district. Prior to 2012, board members represented a specific seat but were elected at-large. The seats from Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7 switched to by-district elections in 2013.
Results
| Pasadena Unified School District, District 6 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Lawrence Torres |
57.8% | 1,770 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sandra J. Siraganian | 42.2% | 1,294 | |
| Total Votes | 3,064 | |||
| Source: Pasadena City Clerk, "Election Results: PUSD," accessed March 20, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Siraganian began the race with an existing account balance of $4,561.10 from her previous campaign. She reported $10,250.00 in contributions and $11,721.54 in expenditures to Pasadena City Clerk's Office, which left her campaign with $3,089.46 as of March 5, 2015.[5]
Endorsements
Siraganian was endorsed by the Los Angeles County Republican Party.[6]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Sandra + Siraganian + Pasadena + Unified + School + District"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Pasadena Election Department, "Election Information: Board of Education," accessed December 16, 2014
- ↑ City of Pasadena Department of Elections, "Election Information: Nominations Papers Issued," accessed December 19, 2014
- ↑ Pasadena City Clerk, "CITY OF PASADENA AND PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT MARCH 10, 2015 PRIMARY NOMINATING ELECTION," accessed March 11, 2015
- ↑ Pasadena Now, "Sandra Siraganian Appointed to Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee," March 27, 2014
- ↑ Pasadena City Clerk's Office, "Viewing filing activity for Siraganian, Sandra," accessed March 9, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Republican Party, "Endorsements," accessed February 10, 2015
| 2015 Pasadena Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | Primary election: March 10, 2015 General election: April 21, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Roy Boulghourjian • Evan Dagger • Marcela Rojas District 4: • Patrick Cahalan • Sheryl Turner District 6: • Sandra J. Siraganian • Lawrence Torres |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
