Cupertino Union School District elections (2018)

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Cupertino Union School District elections
General election date
November 6, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
18,948 students

Three of the five seats on the Cupertino Union School District school board in California were up for at-large general election on November 6, 2018. None of the incumbents whose terms were on the ballot in 2018 filed to run for re-election. Lori Cunningham, Jerry Liu, Wil Fluewelling, and Satheesh Kumar Madhathil ran for the open seats.[1][2]

Candidates and results

General election

General election for Cupertino Union School District Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

Lori Cunningham, Jerry Liu, and Satheesh Madhathil defeated Wil Fluewelling in the general election for Cupertino Union School District Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lori Cunningham
Lori Cunningham (Nonpartisan)
 
33.0
 
28,675
✔
Image of Jerry Liu
Jerry Liu (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
30.3
 
26,332
✔
Image of Satheesh Madhathil
Satheesh Madhathil (Nonpartisan)
 
21.0
 
18,237
Image of Wil Fluewelling
Wil Fluewelling (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
15.8
 
13,721

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 86,965
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Endorsements

The following is a list of official endorsements made by organizations and elected officials in the 2018 election. For a more complete list of endorsements, click on a candidate's name.

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Candidate endorsements*
Endorsement Lori Cunningham Wil Fluewelling Jerry Liu Satheesh Kumar Madhathil
Organizations
Cupertino Education Association
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California School Employees Association, Chapter 13, Cupertino
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Federal officials
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California)
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State officials
State Sen. Jerry Hill (D-13)
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State Rep. Marc Berman (D-24)
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State Rep. Evan Low (D-28)
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Local officials
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Joe Simitian
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Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone
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Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith
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Cupertino Mayor Darcy Paul
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Cupertino Council member Barry Chang
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Cupertino Council member Steven Scharf
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Cupertino Public Safety Commissioner Robert McCoy
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Cupertino Union school board members
Cupertino Union School District Board President Soma McCandless
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Cupertino Union School District Board Vice President Kristen Pan Lyn
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Cupertino Union School District Board member Liang Chao
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About the district

See also: Cupertino Union School District, California

The Cupertino Union School District is located in California. The district was the 81st-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 19,079 students.[3]

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in California. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won California with 61.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 31.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, California voted Republican 53.33 percent of the time and Democratic 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, California voted Democratic all five times. In 2016, California had 55 electoral votes, which was the most of any state. The 55 electoral votes were 10.2 percent of all 538 available electoral votes and were 20.4 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Assembly districts in California. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[4][5]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 58 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 38.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 66 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 40.3 points. Clinton won 11 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 22 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 12.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 14 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 13 points.


See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Qualified Candidate List: General Election - 11/6/2018," accessed September 14, 2018
  2. ↑ Cupertino Union School District, "Board of Education," accessed September 14, 2018
  3. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
  4. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
  5. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
Cupertino Union School District elections in 2018
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Election date:November 6, 2018
Candidates:At-large: • Lori Cunningham • Jerry Liu • Wil Fluewelling • Satheesh Kumar Madhathil
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