Kampf Wins Ventura College Board Election
Elementary school principal Gregory Kampf overwhelmingly defeated opponent Dorothy Ballesteros Tuesday in a hotly contested race for a five-month term on the Ventura County Community College District Board of Trustees.
With all of the votes counted, Kampf, 37, defeated Ballesteros, 4,119 to 1,223, or 76.6% to 22.8%. The remaining votes were spread among several write-in candidates.
During the campaign, Kampf emphasized his experience as a Ventura elementary school principal and as a community college district board member from 1981 to 1984. Ballesteros, a Ventura County drug-abuse counselor, cited her Latino heritage and her attendance as a single mother at Ventura College.
Kampf will represent parts of Ventura, Oxnard and unincorporated areas between the two cities.
The election was called after four trustees deadlocked over a replacement for a fifth member who resigned in November.
Also on Tuesday, voters in the Ventura County community of Fillmore defeated a controversial $8-million bond issue meant to help pay for a new junior high school.
The measure, which required at least two-thirds of yes votes to pass, received 990 yes votes to 1,016 no votes--49.4% to 50.6%.
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