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Sergio Vargas
Sergio Vargas ran for election to the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees to represent Seat No. 5 in California. Vargas lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Vargas was a candidate for Seat No. 2 representative on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees in California. Vargas was defeated in the election on March 7, 2017.
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2020)
General election
General election for Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat No. 5
The following candidates ran in the general election for Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat No. 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nichelle Henderson (Nonpartisan) | 40.0 | 676,466 |
| Cynthia Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 16.9 | 285,380 | ||
| Scott Svonkin (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 249,251 | ||
 | Pat Sturges (Nonpartisan)  | 7.9 | 133,173 | |
| Michelle Manos (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 116,454 | ||
| Sergio Vargas (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 99,118 | ||
| Nichet James-Gray (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 88,802 | ||
| Glenn Bailey (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 43,711 | ||
| Total votes: 1,692,355 | |||
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2017
The city of Los Angeles, California, held primary elections for mayor, eight city council seats, city attorney, and city controller on March 7, 2017. Three community college board of trustees seats were also up for general election on that date.
Most races where no candidate earned a majority (50% plus one) of the primary votes cast advanced to a general election on May 16, 2017. This rule did not apply to the community college board races, which were determined by a plurality winner in the March election.[1]
This election was the second impacted by Charter Amendment 1. Passed in March 2015, the amendment shifted city elections to even-numbered years beginning in 2020. As a result, officials elected in 2017 won special five-and-a-half year terms ending in 2022. Steve Veres defeated Steve Goldstein, Thomas Norman, and Sergio Vargas in the election for Seat No. 2 on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees.[2]
| Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees, Seat No. 2 Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Steve Veres |
45.89% | 188,270 |
| Steve Goldstein | 19.54% | 80,165 |
| Thomas Norman | 17.35% | 71,170 |
| Sergio Vargas | 17.22% | 70,630 |
| Total Votes | 410,235 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "March 7, 2017, Election Results: Statement of Votes Cast," accessed May 22, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2020
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See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sergio Vargas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
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