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Regina Varela
Regina Varela was a candidate for the Trustee Area 4 seat on the Stockton Unified School District school board in California. Varela was defeated in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016.
Elections
2016
Three of the seven seats on the Stockton Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. Five newcomers filed for the Trustee Area 1 seat that was left open due to term limits: Berniece Spivey Bass, Cecilia Mendez, Jennifer Kuan, Ramiro Reyes, and Minerva Garcia. Mendez won election to the seat. In Trustee Area 3, board incumbent Kathleen Garcia defeated challengers Alicia Rico, Martin Rodriguez, and Ytzel Gonzalez Arroyo to win another term. Four newcomers—Lange Luntao, Carmen Garcia, Douglas Vigil, and Regina Varela—ran for the open Trustee Area 4 seat, and Luntao won the election.[1][2][3]
Results
| Stockton Unified School District, Trustee Area 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lange Luntao |
42.03% | 3,461 |
| Douglas Vigil | 26.57% | 2,188 |
| Carmen Garcia | 19.16% | 1,578 |
| Regina Varela | 11.86% | 977 |
| Write-in votes | 0.38% | 31 |
| Total Votes | 8,235 | |
| Source: San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, "November 8, 2016 Official Final Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
Varela reported $1,595.00 in contributions and $457.42 in expenditures to the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, which left her campaign with $1,137.58 on hand as of October 22, 2016.[4]
About the district
The Stockton Unified School District is located in San Joaquin County in central California. The county seat is Stockton. San Joaquin County was home to 726,106 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] The district was the 19th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 39,486 students.[6]
Demographics
San Joaquin County underperformed compared California as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 18.1 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 31 percent of state residents. The median household income for San Joaquin County was $53,253, compared to $61,489 for the entire state. The percentage of people in poverty in the county was 20.7 percent, while it was 16.4 percent statewide.[5]
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Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Recent news
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Footnotes
- ↑ San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ '"Stockton Record, "Record Endorsements, Stockton Unified: Incumbent, two newcomers deserve seats," October 13, 2016
- ↑ San Joaquin Registrar of Voters, "Registrar of Voters Department," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, "San Joaquin County Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "San Joaquin County, California," accessed August 11, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results," accessed July 24, 2014
| 2016 Stockton Unified School District Elections | |
| San Joaquin County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 1: • Berniece Spivey Bass • Minerva Garcia • Jennifer Kuan • Cecilia Mendez • Ramiro Reyes Trustee Area 3: • Incumbent, Kathleen Garcia • Ytzel Gonzalez Arroyo • Alicia Rico • Martin Rodriguez Trustee Area 4: • Carmen Garcia • Lange Luntao • Regina Varela • Douglas Vigil |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
