Sharon Whitehurst-Payne
Sharon Whitehurst-Payne is a member of the San Diego Unified School District school board in California, representing District E. She assumed office in 2016. Her current term ends on December 8, 2028.
Whitehurst-Payne ran for re-election to the San Diego Unified School District school board to represent District E in California. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Whitehurst-Payne is a former educator in the San Diego Unified School District. She obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics education and a master's degree in mathematics from Duke University. She went on to earn a doctorate degree in administrative and policy studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: San Diego Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
General election for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District E
Incumbent Sharon Whitehurst-Payne won election in the general election for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District E on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sharon Whitehurst-Payne (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 49,166 |
| Total votes: 49,166 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District E
Incumbent Sharon Whitehurst-Payne advanced from the primary for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District E on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sharon Whitehurst-Payne (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 18,491 |
| Total votes: 18,491 | |||
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Endorsements
Whitehurst-Payne received the following endorsements.
2020
See also: San Diego Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District E
Incumbent Sharon Whitehurst-Payne defeated LaWana Richmond in the general election for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District E on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sharon Whitehurst-Payne (Nonpartisan) | 55.7 | 220,480 |
 | LaWana Richmond (Nonpartisan) | 44.3 | 175,176 | |
| Total votes: 395,656 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District E
Incumbent Sharon Whitehurst-Payne and LaWana Richmond advanced from the primary for San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District E on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sharon Whitehurst-Payne (Nonpartisan) | 55.0 | 16,514 |
| ✔ | | LaWana Richmond (Nonpartisan) | 45.0 | 13,524 |
| Total votes: 30,038 | |||
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2016
Three of the five seats on the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election for all three seats was held on June 7, 2016. In his bid for re-election in District A, incumbent John Lee Evans faced challenger Stephen Groce. District D incumbent Richard Barrera ran unopposed. Incumbent Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, who was appointed to the District E seat in February 2016 after former member Marne Foster pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and resigned from the board, ran for re-election against challenger Lashae Collins. Because no more than two candidates ran in each race, all the candidates who ran in the primary advanced to the general election.[2][3] All three incumbents won re-election in the general election.[4]
Results
| San Diego Unified School District, District E General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sharon Whitehurst-Payne Incumbent |
54.78% | 172,347 |
| Lashae Collins | 45.22% | 142,293 |
| Total Votes | 314,640 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election - Tuesday, November 8, 2016," accessed December 9, 2016 | ||
| San Diego Unified School District, District E Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Lashae Collins |
60.00% | 17,966 |
| Sharon Whitehurst-Payne Incumbent |
40.00% | 11,975 |
| Total Votes | 29,941 | |
| Source: County of San Diego, "Presidential Primary Election Tuesday, June 7, 2016," accessed July 12, 2016 | ||
Funding
Whitehurst-Payne reported $18,948.50 in contributions and $17,923.40 in expenditures to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, which left her campaign with $1,025.10 on hand as of October 22, 2016.[5]
Endorsements
Whitehurst-Payne was endorsed by SEIU Local 221 and UFCW Local 135.[6][7] Click here to see a list of Whitehurst-Payne's supporters.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sharon Whitehurst-Payne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Sharon Whitehurst-Payne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ San Diego Unified School District, "Board of Education," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County, California, "Candidate List," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County, "Presidential Primary Election: Tuesday, June 7, 2016," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County, "Presidential General Election Tuesday, November 8, 2016," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County Voter Registrar, "Campaign Finance Disclosure: Electronic Filing and Historical Reports," accessed November 15, 2016
- ↑ SEIU Local 221, "2016 Endorsements," accessed July 15, 2016
- ↑ UFCW Local 135, "Endorsements," accessed July 15, 2016
