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Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan
Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Redlands Unified School District school board in California. Lakhan was defeated in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016. The 2016 election was his first time running for office.[1]
Biography
Lakhan works as an associate professor of neurology and medical education at the California University of Science and Medicine School of Medicine. He is also the chair of the department of neurology and the assistant dean of curriculum. Lakhan is a member of the First 5 San Bernardino Advisory Committee and the vice chair of the Admissions Committee for the California University of Science and Medicine.[1]
Lakhan is also involved with the eLearning Committe of the American Academy of Neurology and the Institutional Review Board for the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. He is a member of the teaching faculty at Family Medicine Residency, UCR School of Medicine and the medical center for the Riverside University Health System, and he serves as the executive director of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation. Lakhan holds an M.Ed., M.S., Ph.D., and M.D.[1]
Elections
2016
Three of the five seats on the Redlands Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Ronald McPeck and Richard Haller filed for re-election and faced six opponents: Cristina Puraci, James O'Neill, Ensen Mason, Alex Vara, Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan, and Mario Saucedo.[2] Vara, O'Neill, and Puraci won election to the board.[3]
Results
| Redlands Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Alex Vara |
19.02% | 18,860 |
| James O'Neill |
18.24% | 18,090 |
| Cristina Puraci |
13.99% | 13,871 |
| Ensen Mason | 11.32% | 11,222 |
| Richard Haller Incumbent | 10.35% | 10,265 |
| Ronald McPeck Incumbent | 10.05% | 9,964 |
| Mario Saucedo | 9.16% | 9,084 |
| Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan | 7.86% | 7,796 |
| Total Votes | 99,152 | |
| Source: San Bernadino County Elections Office of the Registrar of Voters, "Final Certified Election Results," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
Lakhan filed an exemption form detailing he would not spend or receive more than $2,000 for this campaign. Because of this, he did not have to file additional campaign finance reports.[4][5]
Campaign themes
2016
Lakhan described the following as his political philosophy.
| “ | Support Teachers + Parents + Students[6] | ” |
| —Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan (September 6, 2016)[1] | ||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ballotpedia's Biographical Information Submission Form, "Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan's responses," September 6, 2016
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections, "Candidate List," September 1, 2016
- ↑ San Bernadino County, "Final Unofficial Election Night Results," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections Office of the Registrar of Voters, "County of San Bernardino Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 8, 2016," accessed September 30, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2016 Redlands Unified School District Elections | |
| San Bernardino County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Richard Haller • Incumbent, Ronald McPeck • Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan • Ensen Mason • James O'Neill • Cristina Puraci • Mario Saucedo • Alex Vara |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
