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William "Bill" Buck was a candidate for Trustee Area 3 representative on the Lancaster Board of Education in California. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[1] He lost the election.[2]

Buck also unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the board in 2013. He was defeated in the general election on November 5, 2013.[3]


Elections

2015

See also: Lancaster School District, California elections (2015)

Opposition

Two of the five seats on the Lancaster School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held by district.[4][5] The seats of incumbents Merle "Mel" Kleven and John Lee Miller from Trustee Areas 1 and 3, respectively, were on the ballot.[6]

Kleven ran against five challengers: Debra Cook-Lewis, Susan Corso, Cheryl Gayfield, Keith Giles and George Chris Zelazo. Giles won the seat. Miller did not file to run for the Trustee Area 3 seat. The race featured five candidates: William "Bill" Buck, Antoine Hawkins, Shannon Renee McDonald, Chuck Simons and Gregory Tepe. Tepe won the election.[7][2]

Kevin Fryer and Brett Sinclair Hitchcock originally filed to run for the Trustee Area 1 seat and Jayson Stonne filed for the Trustee Area 3 seat, but all three of them withdrew from the race.[8]

Results

Lancaster School District, Trustee Area 3, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Gregory Tepe 43.1% 495
William "Bill" Buck 25.8% 297
Antoine Hawkins 12.1% 139
Chuck Simons 10.9% 125
Shannon Renee McDonald 8.1% 93
Total Votes 1,149
Source: "Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Results," accessed November 24, 2015

Funding

See also: Campaign finance in the Lancaster School District election

At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.

The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[9][10][11]

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.[12]

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Endorsements

Buck received no official endorsements in this election.

2013

See also: Lancaster School District elections (2013)

William "Bill" Buck ran against five other candidates, including incumbents Keith Giles and Diane V. Grooms, for three seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.[13]

Results

On November 5, 2013, Chris Grado, Sandy Price and Diane V. Grooms defeated three challenging candidates for three seats on the Lancaster School District Board of Education.

Lancaster School District Board of Education, At-large General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngChris Grado Incumbent 22.1% 2,596
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSandy Price 21.1% 2,484
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDiane V. Grooms Incumbent 18.6% 2,193
     Nonpartisan Keith Giles Incumbent 17% 1,996
     Nonpartisan William "Bill" Buck 13.9% 1,640
     Nonpartisan John Michael Rosario 7.2% 850
Total Votes 11,759
Source: Los Angeles County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 5, 2013 - LOCAL & MUNI CONSOLIDATED ELECTION Final Official Election Returns" accessed December 13, 2013

Funding

Buck did not report any contributions or expenditures to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk in this election.

Endorsements

Buck received an endorsement from the LA chapter of the AFL-CIO for his campaign.[14]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 14, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 5, 2015
  3. ↑ Los Angeles County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 5, 2013 - LOCAL & MUNI CONSOLIDATED ELECTION Final Official Election Returns" accessed December 13, 2013
  4. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
  5. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “Running for Office,” accessed January 27, 2015
  6. ↑ Lancaster School District, "Meet the Board," accessed January 27, 2015
  7. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 14, 2015
  8. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections: Final List of Qualified Candidates to Appear on the Ballot," accessed October 28, 2015
  9. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
  10. ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
  11. ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
  12. ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
  13. ↑ La Vote.net, "LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS - 11/5/2013" accessed September 30, 2013
  14. ↑ LA AFLCIO, "Los Angeles County Federation of Labor," accessed September 30, 2013
2015 Lancaster School District Elections
Los Angeles County, California
Election date:November 3, 2015
Candidates:Trustee Area 1: • Incumbent, Merle "Mel" Kleven • Debra Cook-Lewis • Susan Corso • Cheryl Gayfield • Keith Giles • George Chris Zelazo
Trustee Area 3: • William "Bill" Buck • Antoine Hawkins • Shannon Renee McDonald • Chuck Simons • Gregory Tepe
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