Tommy Jones (California former school board member)
Tommy Jones was the Trustee Area 2 representative on the Los Banos Unified Board of Education in California. He served on the board from 2012 to 2016. Jones lost a re-election bid in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
Biography
Jones previously served as mayor of Los Banos.
Elections
2016
Three of the seven seats on the Los Banos Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. In his bid for re-election to the Trustee Area 2 seat, incumbent and former mayor Tommy Jones, who was arrested on bribery charges at the end of August 2016, was defeated by challenger Megan Goin-Soares. Trustee Area 4 incumbent and attorney Dominic Falasco was also arrested in 2016 and charged with two counts of misdemeanor drug possession. He said he would fight the charges against him. Falasco was defeated by challenger Gary Munoz in the election. The Trustee Area 6 race featured incumbent Carole Duffy and challenger Margaret Benton. Benton defeated Duffy to take the seat.[1][2]
Results
| Los Banos Unified School District, Trustee Area 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Megan Goin-Soares |
72.35% | 997 |
| Tommy Jones Incumbent | 26.92% | 371 |
| Write-in votes | 0.73% | 10 |
| Total Votes | 1,378 | |
| Source: Merced County, "November 8, 2016 General Election Results," accessed December 12, 2016 | ||
Funding
Jones reported no contributions or expenditures to the Merced County Elections Office in the election.[3]
Endorsements
Jones was endorsed by the Community Advocacy Coalition (CAC).[4]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Tommy Jones |
67.1% | 727 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Higby | 32.7% | 354 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 2 | |
| Total Votes | 1,083 | |||
| Source: Merced County Registrar of Voters, "November 6, 2012 Election Results," accessed July 24, 2014 | ||||
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Merced County Registrar of Voters, "2016 Presidential General- November 8: Qualified School District Candidates," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ Merced County, "November 8, 2016 General Election Unofficial Results," accessed December 12, 2016
- ↑ Merced County Elections Office, "Campaign Docs Retrieval: Search By Election," accessed February 24, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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| 2016 Los Banos Unified School District Elections | |
| Merced County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, Tommy Jones • Megan Goin-Soares Trustee Area 4: • Incumbent, Dominic Falasco • Gary Munoz Trustee Area 6: • Incumbent, Carole Duffy • Margaret Benton |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
