Todd Collins
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Todd Collins represents an at-large seat on the Palo Alto Unified School District school board in California. Collins won the seat in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016.
Elections
2016
Three of the five seats on the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Melissa Baten Caswell and Heidi Emberling ran against challengers Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera, Todd Collins, Jennifer DiBrienza, and Srinivasan Subramanian.[1] Caswell won re-election, and DiBrienza and Collins won the other seats on the ballot.[2]
Results
| Palo Alto Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jennifer DiBrienza |
28.73% | 20,868 |
| Todd Collins |
21.04% | 15,284 |
| Melissa Baten Caswell Incumbent |
18.67% | 13,556 |
| Heidi Emberling Incumbent | 18.39% | 13,358 |
| Srinivasan Subramanian | 8.61% | 6,255 |
| Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera | 4.55% | 3,306 |
| Total Votes | 72,627 | |
| Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Official Final Results," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
Collins reported $25,899.00 in contributions and $23,524.57 in expenditures to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, which left his campaign with $2,374.43 on hand as of October 22, 2016.[3]
Endorsements
Collins was endorsed by the Palo Alto Weekly.[4]
Recent news
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Footnotes
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Santa Clara County, "November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election Summary," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "County of Santa Clara Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed November 3, 2016
- ↑ Palo Alto Weekly, "Editorial: Collins, DiBrienza for Palo Alto school board," October 14, 2016
| 2016 Palo Alto Unified School District Elections | |
| Santa Clara County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Melissa Baten Caswell • Incumbent, Heidi Emberling • Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera • Todd Collins • Jennifer DiBrienza • Srinivasan Subramanian |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
