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Trica Ojeda
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Trica Ojeda is the Trustee Area 1 representative on the San Jacinto Unified board of trustees in California. She was first elected to the board in a special election on November 3, 2015.[1]
Ojeda sought another term in the general election on November 8, 2016, but the election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Ojeda was re-elected to the board by default.[2]
Elections
2016
Three of the five seats on the San Jacinto Unified School District board of trustees were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election to Trustee Areas 1 and 2, incumbents Trica Ojeda and Willie Hamilton, respectively, ran unopposed and won re-election by default. The Trustee Area 3 race featured incumbent John Norman and challenger Jeremy Fontes. Norman won re-election.[2][3]
Results
This race was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Trica Ojeda was re-elected by default.
2015
One seat on the San Jacinto Unified School District board of trustees was up for special election to a one-year term in Trustee Area 1 on November 3, 2015. Dee Cozart, Lisa Huber, Trica Ojeda, and Joe Schnake ran for the seat, and Ojeda won election to the board.[2][4]
Results
| San Jacinto Unified School District, Trustee Area 1 Special Election, 1-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Trica Ojeda |
38.5% | 151 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dee Cozart | 28.1% | 110 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joe Schnake | 16.8% | 66 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lisa Huber | 16.6% | 65 | |
| Total Votes | 392 | |||
| Source: Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results: November 3, 2015," accessed December 1, 2016 | ||||
About the district
The San Jacinto Unified School District is located in Riverside County in southern California. The county seat is Riverside. Riverside County was home to 2,361,026 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] The district was the 157th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 10,301 students.[6]
Demographics
Riverside County underperformed compared to California as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2010 and 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 20.8 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 Riverside County was $56,592, compared to $61,489 for the entire state. The percentage of people in poverty in the county was 17.1 percent, compared to 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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See also
- San Jacinto Unified School District, California
- San Jacinto Unified School District elections (2016)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ San Jacinto Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List," accessed August 15, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Riverside County, "Consolidated Presidential Election," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results: November 3, 2015," accessed December 1, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "Riverside County, California," accessed July 6, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Past Elections," accessed July 3, 2014
| 2016 San Jacinto Unified School District Elections | |
| Riverside County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 1: • Incumbent, Trica Ojeda Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, Willie Hamilton Trustee Area 3: • Incumbent, John Norman • Jeremy Fontes |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
