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Sherlett Hendy Newbill
2024 - Present
2028
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Sherlett Hendy Newbill is a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District in California, representing District 1. She assumed office on December 13, 2024. Her current term ends on December 8, 2028.
Newbill ran for election to the Los Angeles Unified School District to represent District 1 in California. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Los Angeles Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 1
Sherlett Hendy Newbill defeated Kahllid A. Al-Alim in the general election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sherlett Hendy Newbill (Nonpartisan) | 71.1 | 129,841 |
 | Kahllid A. Al-Alim (Nonpartisan) | 28.9 | 52,855 | |
| Total votes: 182,696 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 1
The following candidates ran in the primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 1 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sherlett Hendy Newbill (Nonpartisan) | 25.7 | 20,926 |
| ✔ | | Kahllid A. Al-Alim (Nonpartisan) | 20.1 | 16,382 |
| Didi L. Watts (Nonpartisan) | 17.7 | 14,430 | ||
| DeWayne Davis (Nonpartisan) | 16.3 | 13,263 | ||
| Christian Flagg (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 6,601 | ||
| Rina Tambor (Nonpartisan) | 7.9 | 6,458 | ||
 | John Aaron Brasfield (Nonpartisan) | 4.0 | 3,263 | |
| Total votes: 81,323 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Newbill in this election.
2014
One seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education was up for a special primary election on June 3, 2014. A special runoff election was held on August 12, 2014.[1]
A total of seven candidates filed to run for the District 1 seat in the primary election. They were Genethia Hudley-Hayes, Alex Johnson, Rachel Johnson, Omarosa Manigault, Hattie McFrazier, George J. McKenna III and Sherlett Hendy Newbill.[2]
Johnson and McKenna won the primary election and competed for the seat in the runoff election.[1] McKenna was elected to the board with 52.81 percent of the vote.[3]
Results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  George J. McKenna III |
52.8% | 17,025 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alex Johnson | 47.2% | 15,211 | |
| Total Votes | 32,236 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Certified Results: LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAUSD), BOARD DISTRICT 1 SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION," accessed February 2, 2014 | ||||
Primary election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | George J. McKenna III |
44.6% | 19,803 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alex Johnson |
24.5% | 10,884 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sherlett Hendy Newbill | 9.6% | 4,250 | |
| Nonpartisan | Genethia Hudley-Hayes | 6.9% | 3,072 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rachel Johnson | 5.2% | 2,318 | |
| Nonpartisan | Omarosa Manigault | 5.2% | 2,330 | |
| Nonpartisan | Hattie McFrazier | 4% | 1,785 | |
| Total Votes | 44,442 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sherlett Hendy Newbill did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Certified List of Candidates: Special Runoff Election," July 2, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Certified List of Candidates: Special Primary Election," March 19, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Certified Results: LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAUSD), BOARD DISTRICT 1 SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION," accessed February 2, 2015
