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Satra D. Zurita
Satra D. Zurita is a member of the Compton Unified School District school board in California, representing Area G. She assumed office in 2005. Her current term ends on June 7, 2026.
Zurita ran for re-election to the Compton Unified School District school board to represent Area G in California. She won in the general election on June 7, 2022.
Biography
Zurita's work experience includes serving as a senior administrative analyst for the Compton Department of Public Works, as a general manager for the Compton Ramada Hotel & Convention Center, a facilities manager for the Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center, and a project manager for the Federal Aviation Administration.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Compton Unified School District Area G
Incumbent Satra D. Zurita defeated Mary Jackson-Freeny in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area G on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Satra D. Zurita (Nonpartisan) | 50.1 | 1,309 |
 | Mary Jackson-Freeny (Nonpartisan) | 49.9 | 1,305 | |
| Total votes: 2,614 | |||
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2017
Four of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education in California were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Margie N. Garrett, Alma Taylor-Pleasant, Mae Thomas, and Satra D. Zurita defeated former member Alita Godwin, former candidates Barbara Calhoun, Willie Dewitt Carson, Joseph L. Lewis, and Gregory Pitts, and newcomers Barbara Banks, Rodney Lonnell Curry, Jesse Harris, Ricky Hicks, Mary Jackson-Freeny, Luis Landeros, Anthony Lee Perry, Shawn Poole-Louis, Jonathan Taylor, and Tracy Shawn Wiggins.[2][3]
Results
| Compton Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mae Thomas Incumbent |
13.50% | 2,654 |
| Satra D. Zurita Incumbent |
12.36% | 2,430 |
| Margie N. Garrett Incumbent |
10.19% | 2,003 |
| Alma Taylor-Pleasant Incumbent |
7.72% | 1,517 |
| Gregory Pitts | 7.62% | 1,497 |
| Rodney Lonnell Curry | 6.35% | 1,248 |
| Barbara Calhoun | 6.20% | 1,218 |
| Jonathan Taylor | 5.95% | 1,169 |
| Alita Godwin | 5.08% | 998 |
| Mary Jackson-Freeny | 4.67% | 918 |
| Barbara Banks | 4.33% | 852 |
| Luis Landeros | 3.90% | 766 |
| Joseph L. Lewis | 2.54% | 500 |
| Shawn Poole-Louis | 2.52% | 496 |
| Willie Dewitt Carson | 2.08% | 408 |
| Tracy Shawn Wiggins | 1.88% | 369 |
| Jesse Harris | 1.27% | 249 |
| Ricky Hicks | 0.97% | 190 |
| Anthony Lee Perry | 0.88% | 172 |
| Total Votes | 19,654 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections November 7, 2017," accessed November 21, 2017 | ||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.
The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[4][5][6]
Endorsements
Zurita was endorsed by the following organizations and elected officials:[7][8][9]
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2013
Satra D. Zurita ran against twelve other candidates including incumbents Mae Thomas and Margie N. Garrett for four seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.[10]
Results
On November 5, 2013, Satra D. Zurita, Mae Thomas, Margie N. Garrett, and Charles Davis defeated nine candidates for four seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education.
| Compton Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Satra D. Zurita |
15.4% | 2,385 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mae Thomas Incumbent |
14.2% | 2,200 | |
| Nonpartisan | Margie N. Garrett Incumbent |
13.3% | 2,058 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles Davis Incumbent |
12% | 1,851 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stephany A. Ortega | 7% | 1,080 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carol Ann Bradley | 6.7% | 1,041 | |
| Nonpartisan | William T. Kemp | 5.9% | 908 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph L. Lewis | 5.4% | 843 | |
| Nonpartisan | Francisco Javier Orozco | 5.4% | 838 | |
| Nonpartisan | Yolanda Hernandez Lopez | 4.2% | 645 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tomas Carlos | 4.1% | 637 | |
| Nonpartisan | Diana Padilla | 3.5% | 541 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cierra Amber Evans | 2.9% | 441 | |
| Total Votes | 15,468 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 5, 2013 - LOCAL & MUNI CONSOLIDATED ELECTION Final Official Election Returns" accessed December 12, 2013 | ||||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.[11]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Zurita in the election.
2009
On November 3, 2009, four seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education were up for election. Mae Thomas, Satra D. Zurita, Margie N. Garrett, and Marjorie A. Shipp defeated seven challengers.
| Azusa Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2009 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Mae Thomas |
16% | 2,555 | |
| Nonpartisan | Satra D. Zurita |
15.8% | 2,524 | |
| Nonpartisan | Margie N. Garrett |
12.4% | 1,979 | |
| Nonpartisan | Marjorie A. Shipp |
11.6% | 1,858 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paulette Simpson-Gipson | 11.4% | 1,818 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joel Estrada | 9.7% | 1,545 | |
| Nonpartisan | Deatra M. Handy | 6.4% | 1,025 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tomas Carlos | 6.2% | 985 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph L. Lewis | 4.6% | 729 | |
| Nonpartisan | Willie D. Carson | 3.5% | 554 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nydja A. Quarles | 2.5% | 404 | |
| Nonpartisan | 0% | 0 | ||
| Total Votes | 15,976 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Compton Unified School District Voter Information" accessed September 12, 2013 | ||||
2005
| Azusa Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2005 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Marjorie Agnes Shipp |
11.9% | 6,014 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mae Thomas |
11.7% | 5,924 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joel Estrada |
11.5% | 5,828 | |
| Nonpartisan | Satra D. Zurita |
10.5% | 5,319 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paulette Simpson-Gipson | 9% | 4,533 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jenny L. Bethune | 8.8% | 4,454 | |
| Nonpartisan | Latanya Denise Hall-Ganter | 8.4% | 4,262 | |
| Nonpartisan | Janice Irving | 7.4% | 3,718 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carolyn Patterson Stokes | 7.2% | 3,655 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph L. Lewis | 7.1% | 3,568 | |
| Nonpartisan | Irene M. Barraza | 6.5% | 3,300 | |
| Total Votes | 50,575 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Compton Unified School District Voter Information" accessed September 12, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Satra D. Zurita did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Zurita highlighted the following issues on her campaign website:
| “ | During Satra Zurita’s tenure on the CUSD Governing Board she has accomplished many great things on behalf of Compton students. She promised to: (i) fight for reform; (ii) demand fiscal and performance audits; (iii) cut waste and clean-up corruption; and (iv) put money back into classrooms — and Zurita delivered. THE FACTS: As President, Zurita championed: Music and arts education at Centennial High School. The renovation of the Compton High School science building and auditorium. Opening a new school based health clinic to serve students and their families at Dominguez High School. In 2011, Zurita traveled to the White House to advocate for special education students. Zurita secured $7 million for disabled and special education students. Zurita fought for $5 million to improve low-performing middle schools. Zurita led the partnership between the CUSD and the City to maximize resources and enhance the quality of life for students and their families. Zurita led the charge to allow parents the ability to track their children’s progress online. Under Satra Zurita’s tenure more children have excelled academically, graduated high school, entered and completed college, than in previous years. Let's Continue Delivering Results! – Vote for Satra Zurita.[12] | ” |
| —Satra D. Zurita (2017)[13] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Satra Zurita, "About Satra," accessed September 12, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections 11/7/2017," accessed August 12, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ Vote for Satra Zurita, "Supporters," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ The LA Fed, "Voter Guide," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ La Vote.net, "LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS - 11/5/2013" accessed September 12, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Disclosure Information," accessed October 7, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Vote for Satra Zurita, "Issues," accessed October 25, 2017
