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Jessica Vargas-Alvarez

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Jessica Vargas-Alvarez
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Jessica Vargas-Alvarez was a candidate for District 2 representative on the Long Beach Unified Board of Education in California. The general election was held on April 12, 2016.[1] She lost the election.[2]

Biography

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Vargas-Alvarez is a school community organizer.[1]


Elections

2016

See also: Long Beach Unified School District elections (2016)

Two of the five seats on the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on April 12, 2016. In his bid for re-election in District 2, Incumbent Felton Williams defeated challenger Jessica Vargas-Alvarez. In District 4, incumbent Jon Meyer defeated challenger Rosi Pedersen.[1][2]

Results

Long Beach Unified School District,
District 2 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Felton Williams Incumbent 68.30% 3,158
Jessica Vargas-Alvarez 31.70% 1,466
Total Votes 4,624
Source: City of Long Beach, "Cumulative Report - Official: Primary Nominating Election 4/12/2016," accessed April 28, 2016

Funding

See also: Campaign finance in the Long Beach Unified School District

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 was targeting summer 2016 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free through their new system. From that point forward, Ballotpedia planned to begin including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.

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Endorsements

Vargas-Alvarez was endorsed by a number of community leaders.[3] A list of her supporters can be found here.

Campaign themes

2016

Candidate statement

The following video shows Vargas-Alvarez outlining her campaign statement with PADNET.tv.

Recent news

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See also

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Footnotes