It’s the 12 Days of Ballotpedia! Your gift powers the trusted, unbiased information voters need heading into 2026. Donate now!
Teresa Castellanos
Do you have a photo that could go here? Click here to submit it for this profile!
2028
Teresa Castellanos is a member of the San Jose Unified School District school board in California, representing Trustee Area 1. Her current term ends on December 8, 2028.
Castellanos ran for re-election to the San Jose Unified School District school board to represent Trustee Area 1 in California. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: San Jose Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
General election for San Jose Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1
Incumbent Teresa Castellanos defeated Chris Webb in the general election for San Jose Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Teresa Castellanos (Nonpartisan) | 60.4 | 7,629 | |
 | Chris Webb (Nonpartisan) | 39.6 | 4,994 | |
| Total votes: 12,623 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Castellanos in this election.
2020
See also: San Jose Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for San Jose Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1
Incumbent Teresa Castellanos defeated Anthony Macias in the general election for San Jose Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Teresa Castellanos (Nonpartisan) | 79.7 | 10,545 | |
 | Anthony Macias (Nonpartisan) | 20.3 | 2,687 | |
| Total votes: 13,232 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2016
Three of the five seats on the San Jose Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. In her bid for re-election to Trustee Area 1, incumbent Teresa Castellanos ran unopposed and won re-election by default. Trustee Area 3 incumbent Pam Foley defeated challenger Olivia Navarro to win another term on the board. The Trustee Area 5 race featured incumbent Sandra Engel and challenger Kimberly Meek. Meek won the election.[1][2]
Results
This race was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Teresa Castellanos won re-election by default.[1]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Teresa Castellanos |
68.7% | 6,747 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Murphy | 25.1% | 2,468 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bill Kleidon | 6.1% | 603 | |
| Total Votes | 9,818 | |||
| Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Official Final Election Results: Presidential General Election November 6, 2012," accessed August 5, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Teresa Castellanos did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Teresa Castellanos did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
About the district
The San Jose Unified School District is located in Santa Clara County in western-central California. The county seat is San Jose. Santa Clara County was home to 1,918,044 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] The district was the 24th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 33,152 students.[4]
Demographics
Santa Clara County outperformed California as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2010 and 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 47.3 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 31 percent of state residents. The median household income for Santa Clara County was $93,854, compared to $61,489 for the entire state. The percentage of people in poverty in the county was 8.5 percent, compared to 16.4 percent statewide.[3]
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate San Jose Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "Santa Clara County, California," accessed June 14, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Past Election Results," accessed July 3, 2014
