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Tom Hunt (California)
Tom Hunt was a member of the Riverside Unified Board of Education in California, representing Trustee Area 4. He assumed office in 2007. He left office on December 13, 2024.
Hunt ran for re-election to the Riverside Unified Board of Education to represent Trustee Area 4 in California. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Riverside Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4
Incumbent Tom Hunt defeated Darlene Trujillo-Elliot and Christina Ziembowicz in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tom Hunt (Nonpartisan) | 55.6 | 10,586 |
| Darlene Trujillo-Elliot (Nonpartisan) | 31.6 | 6,022 | ||
| Christina Ziembowicz (Nonpartisan) | 12.7 | 2,423 | ||
| Total votes: 19,031 | |||
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2015
Three of the five seats on the Riverside Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held by district.[1][2] Incumbents Patricia Lock Dawson, Gayle Cloud and Tom Hunt from Trustee Areas 2, 3 and 4, respectively, were up for re-election.[3][4]
In Trustee Area 2, Dawson defeated challenger Sandra Ramirez. Cloud did not file to run for re-election to the Trustee Area 3 seat, leaving it open to a newcomer. Angelov Farooq ran unopposed and won that seat. Hunt defeated challenger Tad Hove in the Trustee Area 4 race.[5][6]
Results
| Riverside Unified School District, Trustee Area 4, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Tom Hunt Incumbent |
62.9% | 1,629 |
| Tad Hove | 37.1% | 961 |
| Total Votes | 2,590 | |
| Source: Riverside County, "Consolidated UDEL Election: Final Official Results," accessed November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
Hunt reported $38,776.00 in contributions and $27,859.16 in expenditures to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters, which left his campaign with $10,916.84 in the election.[7]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was September 24, 2015, and the second one was October 22, 2015. If candidates raised or spent more than $1,000 from a single source, including their own funds, between August 5, 2015, and November 2, 2015, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours.[8]
Endorsements
Hunt was endorsed by the following organizations and elected officials:[9][10]
- Riverside Teachers’ Association
- Riverside Police Officers’ Association (RPOA)
- Riverside City Firefighters Association
- Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
- IAFF Local #1067
- Building Industry Association
- Operating Engineers, Local 12
- Evolve
- Congressman Ken Calvert (R)
- State Sen. Richard Roth (D)
- Assemblymember Jose Medina (D)
- Riverside Unified School Trustee Kathy Allavie
- Riverside Unified School Trustee Patricia Lock Dawson
- Riverside Unified School Trustee Brent Lee
- Candidate for Riverside Unified School Trustee Angelov Farooq
Hunt was also endorsed by a number of local officials and community members.[10] A full list of his endorsements can be found here.
2011
| Riverside Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Tom Hunt Incumbent |
19.9% | 8,777 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Lock Dawson |
17.1% | 7,556 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gayle Cloud |
17% | 7,525 | |
| Nonpartisan | Allison Dale | 12.1% | 5,355 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gladys J. Walker | 9.6% | 4,220 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stephanie Dingman | 9.4% | 4,135 | |
| Nonpartisan | Toni G. Sandell | 6.9% | 3,048 | |
| Nonpartisan | Arthur Murray | 5.9% | 2,592 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dil Ahmad | 2.2% | 967 | |
| Total Votes | 44,175 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter, "Governing Board Member; Riverside Unified School District Voter Information," accessed October 3, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2015
Hunt highlighted the following statement on his campaign website:
| “ | You have my continuing commitment to…
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| —Tom Hunt, (2015)[12] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, “2015 Tentative Annual Election Calendar,” accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ 2013 California Code, “CA Elec Code § 8403 (2013),” accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ Riverside Unified School District, "Board of Education," accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ Smart Voter, "Governing Board Member; Riverside Unified School District Voter Information," accessed October 3, 2013
- ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List: Consolidated General Election," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ Riverside County, "Consolidated UDEL Election," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Viewing filings made by Tom Hunt for School Board 2015," accessed November 30, 2015
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ Evolve, "2015 Endorsements: November 03, 2015 Election," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Tom Hunt for RUSD Board, "Endorse," accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Tom Hunt for RUSD Board, "Priorities," accessed October 29, 2015
