SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Key to Election Tables
* An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent candidate; a: dagger (**) denotes an appointed incumbent.
* Elected candidates and approved measures--or those leading with 99% of precincts reporting--are in bold type.
North Orange County Community College District
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Trustee Area 1
2 Elected
Leonard L. Lahtinen *: 98,142 (40.5)
Cynthia P. Coad *: 93,349 (38.6)
J. Carolan Smyth: 50,645 (20.9)
Trustee Area 3
Nancy C. Rice *: 100,524 (60.2)
Craig H. Miller: 44,314 (26.5)
Judith A. Harrison: 22,139 (13.3)
Trustee Area 4
Partial Term
Donna Miller: 69,930 (41.5)
George A. Dibs: 43,670 (25.9)
Victoria L. Beatley: 31,314 (18.6)
Alysha M. Loumakis: 23,660 (14.0)
Coast Community College Distict
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Trustee Area 2
Jerry Patterson: 80,383 (48.9)
Cynthia L. Crowe: 50,295 (30.6)
Man Pham: 33,614 (20.5)
Trustee Area 3
Armando R. Ruiz *: 67,981 (42.6)
Loretta A. Molino: 55,303 (34.6)
John A. Carser: 36,348 (22.8)
Trustee Area 4
Paul G. Berger *: 92,942 (57.5)
James A. Righeimer: 43,542 (27.0)
Michael B. Collier: 25,064 (15.5)
Rancho Santiago Community College District
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Trustee Area 3
Lisa Woolery: 35,804 (41.9)
Rudolph F. Diaz: 28,951 (33.8)
Bea Foster: 20,769 (24.3)
Trustee Area 3
Partial Term
Phillip E. Yarbrough: 38,187 (45.4)
Robert Messinger: 24,223 (28.8)
Joe Fortier: 21,714 (25.8)
Saddleback Community College Distict
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Trustee Area 1
David B. Lang: 68,325 (36.2)
Don Davis: 62,768 (33.3)
Mark Shelly: 57,517 (30.5)
Trustee Area 3
Dorothy Fortune: 103,542 (54.9)
Lee W. Rhodes *: 84,888 (45.1)
Trustee Area 6
Steven J. Frogue *: 114,799 (60.7)
Dianne S. Brooks: 74,230 (39.3)
Trustee Area 7
John S. Williams *: 114,134 (61.0)
Suzanne Moraes: 72,892 (39.0)
Brea Olinda Unified
School District
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
3 Elected
Dorothy M. Allen: 5,951 (26.9)
Susie D. Sokol *: 5,145 (23.2)
Bernie P. Kilcoyne *: 4,573 (20.7)
Denise Keller: 4,571 (20.7)
Frank C. Murillo: 1,881 (8.5)
Capistrano Unified
School District
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Trustee Area 1
Peter J. Espinosa *: 47,817 (64.1)
Joseph Snyder: 26,766 (35.9)
Trustee Area 2
Marlene Draper *: 44,169 (60.0)
Don Franklin Richardson: 29,500 (40.0)
Trustee Area 3
Mildred Daley Pagelow *: 36,421 (49.9)
David T. Leland: 23,656 (32.4)
John E. Smart: 12,896 (17.7)
Trustee Area 5
Sheila J. Benecke *: 45,760 (64.4)
Ralph R. Riddell: 15,809 (22.2)
Carmen L. Vali: 9,519 (13.4)
Garden Grove Unified School District
3 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Linda Paulsen: 27,360 (23.8)
Kenneth H. Slimmer *: 20,569 (17.9)
Lynn Hamtil *: 18,970 (16.5)
Kerri Weisenberger: 16,456 (14.3)
Fred Clair: 12,798 (11.1)
John L. Holm: 12,523 (10.9)
Fortunato Mabutas: 6,336 (5.5)
Irvine Unified School District
3 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Karen J. Preston: 19,232 (22.8)
Jeanne S. Flint: 17,386 (20.6)
Michael B. Regele *: 14,691 (17.4)
Tom Burnham *: 14,448 (17.1)
Howard Klein: 9,865 (11.7)
Mike House: 8,801 (10.4)
Laguna Beach Unified School District
2 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Eileen T. Walsh: 4,474 (25.0)
Steven Rabago: 4,307 (24.0)
Jan Vickers *: 3,929 (22.0)
El Hathaway: 3,239 (18.1)
Ali Abdolsalehi: 1,944 (10.9)
Los Alamitos Unified School District
3 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Virginia Wilson *: 11,765 (27.7)
Donna Artukovic *: 11,515 (27.1)
Del Clark *: 8,976 (21.1)
M. Kent Gregory: 5,256 (12.4)
Cathie A. Salai: 4,982 (11.7)
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
Trustee Area 6
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Dana Black: 34,163 (64.1)
Brian Kevin Theriot: 19,132 (35.9)
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Distict
3 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Craig Olson *: 22,670 (22.3)
Judy Miner *: 19,758 (19.4)
Roseann Thorn: 19,386 (19.0)
Jan Wagner: 18,997 (18.6)
Michael Manning: 15,336 (15.1)
Carol Liberty: 5,746 (5.6)
Saddleback Valley Unified School District
3 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Marcia L. Birch *: 27,667 (17.6)
Don Sedgwick: 26,733 (17.0)
Debbie Hughes *: 25,123 (15.9)
Frank L. Ury *: 24,438 (15.5)
Wayne R. Hogrefe: 20,412 (12.9)
David C. Greene: 20,375 (12.9)
Sandie Franklin Gonzales: 12,927 (8.2)
Santa Ana Unified School District
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
3 Elected
Rosemarie Avila *: 11,539 (19.6)
Audrey Yamagata-Noji *: 6,961 (11.8)
Nativo V. Lopez: 6,480 (11.0)
Helen Fabian: 6,277 (10.7)
Wendy C. Tobiska: 6,248 (10.6)
Sal Mendoza *: 5,949 (10.1)
Debbie Perez Stephens: 5,773 (9.8)
Ivan V. McKinney: 3,996 (6.8)
Virgel Nickell: 3,376 (5.7)
Jaime B. Vega Rodriguez: 2,311 (3.9)
Partial Term
Debra K. O’Donnell: 8,961 (38.1)
Aida Espinoza: 8,925 (37.9)
Robert B. Hoffman: 5,662 (24.0)
Tustin Unified School District
3 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Ann G. Albertson: 9,960 (15.2)
Tammie K. Bullard: 9,662 (14.8)
Francine Pace Scinto: 9,037 (13.8)
Gail Michelsen *: 8,734 (13.3)
Kay M. Weymouth: 8,681 (13.3)
Todd Ferguson *: 8,617 (13.2)
Ernie Ching: 8,322 (12.7)
Elsa J. O’Hare: 2,407 (3.7)
Anaheim Union High School District
2 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Katherine H. Smith: 24,000 (23.6)
L. E. “Slim” Terrell *: 19,520 (19.2)
Alden E. Esping: 19,403 (19.1)
Robert Stewart *: 16,394 (16.1)
Benny Hernandez: 16,016 (15.7)
Richard Lutz: 6,393 (6.3)
Fullerton Joint Union High School Distict
2 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Barbara R. Kilponen *: 29,930 (41.2)
William E. Dunton *: 27,441 (37.8)
Clifford P. Berning: 15,256 (21.0)
Huntington Beach Union High School Distict
2 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Bonnie Bruce *: 48,027 (41.5)
Michael Simons *: 33,912 (29.3)
Leslie Marie Lowman: 33,881 (29.2)
Anaheim City School District
2 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Christopher B. Whorton *: 11,558 (26.7)
Harald G. Martin: 10,572 (24.4)
Susan Preus *: 9,756 (22.6)
Thomas “Hoagy” Holguin: 6,411 (14.8)
Herlinda Perez-Sullivan: 4,960 (11.5)
Cypress School District
Partial Term
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Rick Gaede **: 5,759 (52.6)
Dave Giese: 5,185 (47.4)
Fullerton School District
2 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Hilda Sugarman: 14,632 (29.9)
Kim Ann Guth: 10,755 (22.0)
Karen Chavez *: 10,010 (20.5)
Rosamaria Gomez-Amaro *: 8,488 (17.3)
John Pugh: 5,028 (10.3)
Huntington Beach City School District
2 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Catherine McGough *: 15,540 (44.8)
Brian E. Rechsteiner *: 13,701 (39.5)
Manny Rothstein: 5,448 (15.7)
La Habra City School District
2 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Cindy Frisbie Hecklau: 5,868 (38.8)
Susan M. Hango *: 5,015 (33.2)
Morrison M. Clements *: 4,234 (28.0)
Ocean View School District
2 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Linda Kovach: 13,213 (30.0)
Peg Edey: 9,051 (20.6)
Jim Peters: 6,790 (15.4)
Bill Prescott: 5,706 (13.0)
Gordon Busch: 4,007 (9.1)
Robert Cheek: 3,656 (8.3)
Tom Shilton: 1,564 (3.6)
Westminster School District
2 Elected
100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Helena Rutkowski: 6,428 (24.3)
Nancy L. Blumenthal *: 6,100 (23.1)
Chris King: 5,587 (21.2)
Stephanie Erickson: 5,457 (20.7)
Leonard Crane: 1,769 (6.7)
Vivian Kirkpatrick-Pilger: 1,069 (4.0)
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