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Karen Martinez
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2018 - Present
2026
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Karen Martinez is a member of the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District Board in California, representing Trustee Area 2. Martinez assumed office in 2018. Martinez's current term ends on December 11, 2026.
Martinez ran for re-election to the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District Board to represent Trustee Area 2 in California. Martinez won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Martinez is a former at-large representative on the Alum Rock Union board of trustees in California, serving from 2012 to 2016. Martinez resigned in December of 2018 after being elected a trustee of the San Jose Evergreen Community College District.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Santa Clara County, California (2022)
General election
General election for San Jose-Evergreen Community College District Trustee Area 2
Incumbent Karen Martinez defeated Anthony Macias in the general election for San Jose-Evergreen Community College District Trustee Area 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 60.0 | 10,811 | |
 | Anthony Macias (Nonpartisan)  | 40.0 | 7,195 | |
| Total votes: 18,006 | |||
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2018
See also: Municipal elections in Santa Clara County, California (2018)
General election
General election for San Jose-Evergreen Community College District Trustee Area 2
Karen Martinez defeated Paula Quintero and Scott Hung Pham in the general election for San Jose-Evergreen Community College District Trustee Area 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 37.0 | 7,543 | |
| Paula Quintero (Nonpartisan) | 31.6 | 6,442 | ||
| Scott Hung Pham (Nonpartisan) | 31.4 | 6,414 | ||
| Total votes: 20,399 | |||
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2016
Two of the five seats on the Alum Rock Union School District board of trustees were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Dolores Marquez and Karen Martinez defeated challenger Bruce Huynh.[2][3]
Results
| Alum Rock Union School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Dolores Marquez Incumbent |
37.66% | 13,261 |
| Karen Martinez Incumbent |
35.68% | 12,562 |
| Bruce Huynh | 26.66% | 9,386 |
| Total Votes | 35,209 | |
| Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Official Final Results," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
Martinez reported $7,530.00 in contributions and $2,484.03 in expenditures to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, which left her campaign with $5,045.97 on hand in the election.[4]
Endorsements
Martinez was endorsed by CCSA Advocates.[5]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Dolores Marquez Incumbent |
32.8% | 10,650 | |
| Nonpartisan | Karen Martinez |
27.4% | 8,889 | |
| Nonpartisan | Esau Herrera Incumbent | 22.6% | 7,349 | |
| Nonpartisan | Leland Lowe | 17.2% | 5,603 | |
| Total Votes | 32,491 | |||
| Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election November 6, 2012 Official Final Election Results," accessed July 3, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Karen Martinez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate San Jose-Evergreen Community College District Trustee Area 2 |
Footnotes
- ↑ San Jose Spotlight, "Embattled Alum Rock Union School District selects new trustee," February 7, 2019
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Santa Clara County, "November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election Summary," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "County of Santa Clara Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed February 7, 2017
- ↑ CCSA Advocates, "Our Endorsements: November 2016 Elections," accessed October 27, 2016
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