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Zaida Govan
Zaida Govan was a candidate for District 4 representative on the Springfield Public Schools school board in Massachusetts. Govan was defeated in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Govan previously ran for a seat on the board, and she lost in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Biography
Govan received an M.S.W. degree from Springfield College and began her career as an outpatient substance abuse program supervisor with the Catholic Charities Institute for the Hispanic Family. She went on to work as a clinical director at Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services.[1]
Elections
2017
Six of the seven seats on the Springfield Public Schools School Committee in Massachusetts were up for general election on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Denise M. Hurst and newcomer LaTonia Naylor won election, defeating James Ferrera III and Ryan Hess for the at-large seats. Incumbent Barbara Gresham defeated Stephanie Murchison-Brown for the District 2 seat. Newcomer Maria Perez and incumbent Christopher Collins ran unopposed and won the District 1 and 3 seats, respectively. The District 4 race was won by incumbent Peter Murphy; he defeated challenger Zaida Govan.[2][3][4][5]
A primary election was held for the at-large and District 2 seats on September 19, 2017. Four candidates advanced to the general election from the at-large primary, and two candidates advanced from the District 2 primary.[2] James Anziano, LaMar Cook, Joesiah Gonzalez, and Michael Kocmiersky were defeated in the at-large primary, and Giselle Vizcarrondo was defeated in the District 2 primary.[4]
Results
| Springfield Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Peter Murphy Incumbent |
57.20% | 1,188 |
| Zaida Govan | 42.47% | 882 |
| Write-in votes | 0.34% | 7 |
| Total Votes | 2,077 | |
| Source: City of Springfield, "Returns: Nov. 7, 2017 Municipal Election," accessed November 28, 2017 | ||
Funding
Govan reported $2,209.72 in contributions and $2,014.59 in expenditures to the City of Springfield, which left her campaign with $195.13 on hand in the election.[6]
2013
Zaida Govan unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Peter Murphy for the District 4 seat in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Springfield Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter Murphy Incumbent |
63.2% | 1,606 | |
| Nonpartisan | Zaida Govan | 36.6% | 932 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 2,543 | |||
| Source: City of Springfield, Massachusetts, "Springfield Vote Counts: Nov. 5 City Election Night Results," accessed December 18, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Zaida Govan reported $1,623.52 in contributions and $1,507.77 in expenditures to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, which left her campaign with $115.75 on hand in the election.[7]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Govan in the election.
Campaign themes
2013
On Govan's campaign website, she highlighted the following issue:
| “ | The district here is made up of approximately 26,000 students. Of those students over 82% of them are students of color, meaning not white. Because of those numbers I think it is very important that our School Committee reflect the population in our fair city. That means that of the 7 member School Committee 5.2 of them should be people of color to reflect our population.[8] | ” |
| —Zaida Govan (2013)[9] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Springfield Public Schools, Massachusetts
- Springfield Public Schools, Massachusetts elections (2017)
- Springfield Public Schools elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Zaida Govan," accessed September 24, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mass Live, "Here's who qualified for the 2017 Springfield School Committee election," August 2, 2017
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Gladys Oyola, City of Springfield, Massachusetts," August 3, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Springfield Election Office, "Returns: Sept. 19, 2017 Preliminary Election," September 19, 2017
- ↑ City of Springfield, "Returns: Nov. 7, 2017 Municipal Election," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ City of Springfield, "Campaign Finance Reporting," accessed January 23, 2018
- ↑ Springfield, Massachusetts, "OCPF Information," accessed December 20, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Facebook, "Zaida Govan for School Committee," accessed September 24, 2013
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| Election date: | Primary election: September 19, 2017 • General election: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Denise M. Hurst • James Anziano • LaMar Cook • James Ferrera III • Joesiah Gonzalez • Ryan Hess • Michael Kocmiersky • LaTonia Naylor District 1: • Maria Perez District 2: • Incumbent, Barbara Gresham • Stephanie Murchison-Brown • Giselle Vizcarrondo District 3: • Incumbent, Christopher Collins District 4: • Incumbent, Peter Murphy • Zaida Govan |
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