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{{Greener | start=12/4/2015 9:00pm CDT | before= | after=}}<APIWidget where="person.id = '39015'" template="Polinfobox" />{{tnr|limit=3}}'''Merle "Mel" Kleven''' {{Greener | start=12/4/2015 9:00pm CDT | before=is | after=was}} the Trustee Area 1 representative on the [[Lancaster School District, California|Lancaster Board of Education]]. {{Greener | start=12/4/2015 9:00pm CDT | before=He first joined the board in 1995. | after=He first joined the board in 1995 and served until December 2015.}}<ref name=board/>  
{{Greener | start=12/4/2015 9:00pm CDT | before= | after=}}<BPW widget='profile/infobox' person='39015' />{{tnr|limit=3}}'''Merle "Mel" Kleven''' {{Greener | start=12/4/2015 9:00pm CDT | before=is | after=was}} the Trustee Area 1 representative on the [[Lancaster School District, California|Lancaster Board of Education]]. {{Greener | start=12/4/2015 9:00pm CDT | before=He first joined the board in 1995. | after=He first joined the board in 1995 and served until December 2015.}}<ref name=board/>  


Kleven {{Greener|start=11/3/2015 10:00PM CST|before=is seeking|after=sought}} another term in the general election on [[Lancaster School District, California elections (2015)|November 3, 2015]].<ref name=candidates>[http://apps1.lavote.net/candlist/candoff.cfm?GetContest.electid=0015&eid=0015 ''Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk'', "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 14, 2015]</ref> He lost the election.<ref name=results/>
Kleven {{Greener|start=11/3/2015 10:00PM CST|before=is seeking|after=sought}} another term in the general election on [[Lancaster School District, California elections (2015)|November 3, 2015]].<ref name=candidates>[http://apps1.lavote.net/candlist/candoff.cfm?GetContest.electid=0015&eid=0015 ''Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk'', "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 14, 2015]</ref> He lost the election.<ref name=results/>
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====Endorsements====
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Kleven received no official endorsements {{Greener|start=11/3/2015 10:00pm CDT|before=as of October 28, 2015.|after=in this election.}}
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===2011===
===2011===
On November 8, 2011, two seats on the Lancaster School District Board of Education were up for election. Candidates [[Merle "Mel" Kleven]] and John Lee Miller were unopposed and won the uncontested election.
On November 8, 2011, two seats on the Lancaster School District Board of Education were up for election. Candidates [[Merle "Mel" Kleven]] and John Lee Miller were unopposed and won the uncontested election.
==About the district==
::''See also: [[Lancaster School District, California]]''
[[File:Lancaster CA.png|200px|thumb|left|link=Lancaster School District, California|Lancaster School District is located in Los Angeles County, Calif.]]
Lancaster School District is located in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] in southwestern [[California]]. The county seat is [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].<ref>[http://geology.com/county-map/california.shtml ''Geology.com'', "California County Map with County Seat Cities," accessed September 23, 2015]</ref> Los Angeles County was home to 10,116,705 residents in 2014, according to the United States Census Bureau.<ref name= census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06037.html ''United States Census Bureau'', "Los Angeles County, California," accessed August 7, 2015]</ref> During the 2012-2013 school year, Lancaster School District was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|109th-largest school district by enrollment]] in [[Public education in California|California]] and served 14,713 students.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/tableGenerator.aspx ''National Center for Education Statistics'', "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 29, 2015]</ref>
===Demographics===
Los Angeles County underperformed compared to the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 29.7 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 30.7 percent for California as a whole. The median household income for Los Angeles County was $55,909, compared to $61,094 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level was 17.8 percent, compared to 15.9 percent statewide.<ref name = census/>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Los Angeles County (%)
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| White || 71.3 || 73.2
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| Black or African American || 9.2 || 6.5
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 1.5 || 1.7
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| Asian || 14.8 || 14.4
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander || 0.4 || 0.5
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| Two or more races || 2.9 || 3.7
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| Hispanic or Latino || 48.4 || 38.6
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern,<br>Los Angeles County<ref>[http://rrcc.co.la.ca.us/elect/pastrslt.html-ssi ''Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk'', "Past Election Results," accessed July 1, 2014]</ref>
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| 2012 || 2,216,903 || 885,333
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| 2008 || 2,295,853 || 956,425
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| 2004 || 1,907,736 || 1,076,225
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| 2000 || 1,710,505 || 871,930
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==Recent news==
==Recent news==

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Merle Kleven
Prior offices:
Lancaster School District school board Trustee Area 1
Military
Service / branch
U.S. Army

Merle "Mel" Kleven was the Trustee Area 1 representative on the Lancaster Board of Education. He first joined the board in 1995 and served until December 2015.[1]

Kleven sought another term in the general election on November 3, 2015.[2] He lost the election.[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.[1]

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.[6][3]

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.[7]

Results

Lancaster School District, Trustee Area 1, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Keith Giles 27.2% 215
Merle "Mel" Kleven Incumbent 22.8% 180
Susan Corso 19.9% 157
Debra Cook-Lewis 13.6% 107
Cheryl Gayfield 11.2% 88
George Chris Zelazo 5.3% 42
Total Votes 789
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.[8][9][10]

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.[11]

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Endorsements

Kleven received no official endorsements in this election.

2011

On November 8, 2011, two seats on the Lancaster School District Board of Education were up for election. Candidates Merle "Mel" Kleven and John Lee Miller were unopposed and won the uncontested election.

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lancaster School District, "Meet the Board," accessed January 27, 2015
  2. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 14, 2015
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 5, 2015
  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. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 14, 2015
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
  9. ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
  10. ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
  11. ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
2015 Lancaster School District Elections
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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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