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Linda Salomon Saldana
Linda Salomon Saldana was a candidate for Trustee Area 4 representative on the Downey Unified Board of Education in California. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[1] She lost the election.[2]
Elections
2015
Opposition
Four of the seven seats on the Downey Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held by district, with the seats from Trustee Areas 2, 3, 4 and 6 on the ballot.[3][4]
Incumbent Tod Corrin ran unopposed and won re-election to the Trustee Area 2 seat. In Trustee Area 3, incumbent Willie Gutierrez defeated challenger Claudia Medina, winning his bid for re-election. The Trustee Area 4 race featured incumbent Donald La Plante and challengers Maria Avalos and Linda Salomon Saldana. La Plante won another term on the board. Trustee Area 6 Incumbent D. Mark Morris defeated challenger Vanessa Rodriguez.[1][2]
Results
| Downey Unified School District, Trustee Area 4, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Donald La Plante Incumbent |
51.7% | 390 |
| Linda Salomon Saldana | 30.6% | 231 |
| Maria Avalos | 17.6% | 133 |
| Total Votes | 754 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
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.[5][6][7]
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.[8]
If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Saldana received no official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2015
Saldana highlighted the following reason she ran for school board on her campaign website:
| “ | WHY AM I RUNNING
I am running for Downey's School Board because I want to make decisions regarding the education of my children. My children are young and we have many years ahead in Downey Schools. I am invested in this district and whatever choice I make will have a personal impact on my family. I am running because I am like the thousands of other parents in our District. I go from school to the baseball field, to the boy scout meeting, to the girl scout meeting, to city art classes, to music lessons, to the grocery store and to the park on weekends. I am a part of the community and want to make sure our needs are being met. I am running because I am a product of public education and I believe in it. I understand the work of the Teacher and Administrator but I also understand the crucial role of the Parent in the education of their child. At home I support and teach my children by supplementing what they have been taught in class. I am running because I want to help reinforce the bridge between campus and home at the District level. I am running because my role at my children's school has enlightened me as to the needs of our students and families as well as the needs of the District to have parent involvement. I am ready to serve.[9] |
” |
| —Linda Salomon Saldana (2015)[10] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Downey Unified School District, California
- Downey Unified School District elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “Running for Office,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Linda Salomon Saldana, "About," accessed October 28, 2015
