Election Results In!

It looks like we have four new board members for the Pomona Unified School District. And if you don't think your vote counts, realize that some of these races were VERY close.

From the Daily Bulletin web site, with 100% of the precincts reporting, here are the results:

POMONA UNIFIED SCHOOL - GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER 

ANDREW S WONG		3,014	20
ROBERTA A PERLMAN		2,897	19.22
ADRIENNE K MACKLIN		2,309	15.32
JOHN J AVILA		2,186	14.5
FRANK C GUZMAN		1,914	12.7
HANK MOLLET		1,768	11.73
ROBERT S TORRES		985	6.53

Registration	59,473
Precincts Reporting	39
Total Precincts	39
% Precincts Reporting	100

For the one-year seat, it was:

POMONA UNIFIED SCHOOL - GBM TERM ENDS 12/11

Candidate		Votes	Percent
JASON A ROTHMAN		2,113	36.16
STEVE LUSTRO		1,984	33.96
NANCY A MATARRITA		1,746	29.88

Registration	59,473
Precincts Reporting	39
Total Precincts	39
% Precincts Reporting	100

Noting that there are 59,473 registered voters in the school district (different than the city), that means that there was a 9.25% turnout of voting (5843 votes cast).

So, do we see any trends? I note that with Jason Rothman's election that he only beat incumbent Steve Lustro by 129 votes. I, personally, would tend to attribute that to the strong effort made by the teacher's union on his behalf.  However, taking into consideration Wong's strong showing, I might also conclude that it might have been a strong indication of voting from South Pomona (Phillips Ranch) and Diamond Bar areas of the district.

The poor showing by Robert Torres, despite a strong push by Assemblywoman Norma Torres via robocalls and a lot of signage, might indicate that there was apathy in North Pomona, and that not getting the teachers' endorsement hurt as well.

But how influential were the teachers? Only two of the people that they endorsed (Rothman and Pearlman) won, while their arch nemesis, Wong, won handily.

Oh, and if you're interested, the Mt. Sac Board race was:

MT SAN ANTONIO COMM COLL - GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER

Candidate		Votes	Percent
JUDY CHEN HAGGERTY		26,403	42.34
DAVID K HALL		24,538	39.35
JOHN MENDOZA		11,419	18.31

Registration	340,701
Precincts Reporting	245
Total Precincts	245
% Precincts Reporting	100

So Water Board Commissioner, and perennial candidate for Mt. Sac Board, John Mendoza was once again rejected.