Vicki Snell
Vicki Snell was a member of the Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education in California, representing Trustee Area 1. Snell assumed office in 2014. Snell left office on December 11, 2020.
Snell ran for re-election to the Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education to represent Trustee Area 1 in California. Snell lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Snell was appointed to the board in March 2014.[1] Snell won re-election in the general election on November 8, 2016.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: Newport-Mesa Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 1
Leah Ersoylu defeated incumbent Vicki Snell in the general election for Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Leah Ersoylu (Nonpartisan) | 52.8 | 6,689 |
 | Vicki Snell (Nonpartisan) | 47.2 | 5,976 | |
| Total votes: 12,665 | |||
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2016
Three of the seven seats on the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. In her bid for re-election to Trustee Area 1, incumbent Vicki Snell faced challenger Michael Schwarzmann. Trustee Area 3 incumbent Martha Fluor ran against challenger Amy Peters. The Trustee Area 6 race featured incumbent Dana Black and challenger Leslie Bubb.[3] All three incumbents won re-election to the board.[4]
Results
| Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Trustee Area 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Vicki Snell Incumbent |
59.43% | 40,286 |
| Michael Schwarzmann | 40.57% | 27,507 |
| Total Votes | 67,793 | |
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "2016 Presidential General Election Official Results for Election," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
Snell reported no contributions or expenditures to the Orange County Registrar of Voters in the election.[5]
2014
The election in Newport-Mesa Unified featured five seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election.
Vicki Snell, appointed to the Trustee Area 1 seat in 2014, was up for election to a two-year term. Incumbents Karen Yelsey, Judy A. Franco and Walt Davenport from Trustee Areas 4, 5 and 7, respectively, were up for re-election to four-year terms. No incumbents filed for the Trustee Area 2 seat.
Yelsey and Franco ran unopposed and won re-election. Davenport defeated challengers Lisa Manfredi and Fidel Mora. The race for the open Trustee Area 2 seat featured candidates Charlene Metoyer and Michael B. Collier. Metoyer defeated Collier for the seat. In Trustee Area 1, Snell defeated challenger Steve Smith.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Vicki Snell Incumbent |
68.7% | 24,018 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steve Smith | 31.3% | 10,924 | |
| Total Votes | 34,942 | |||
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results for Election," accessed December 23, 2014 | ||||
Funding
The Orange County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Vicki Snell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Orange County Register, "Vicki Snell to fill vacant seat on Newport-Mesa board," March 4, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Filing Log," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Filing Log," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ Orange County, "Orange County Unofficial Results for Election," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Orange County Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed March 7, 2017
| 2016 Newport-Mesa Unified School District Elections | |
| Orange County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 1: • Incumbent, Vicki Snell • Michael Schwarzmann Trustee Area 3: • Incumbent, Martha Fluor • Amy Peters Trustee Area 6: • Incumbent, Dana Black • Leslie Bubb |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
