RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: John Mc Ginnis wins Long Beach School Board Special Election. Seat was previously held by "missing" school board member Michael Shane Ellis

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

John Mc Ginnis wins Long Beach School Board Special Election. Seat was previously held by "missing" school board member Michael Shane Ellis

By Randy Economy

(Long Beach, CA) -- John McGinnis won the Special Election today for an open seat on the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education.

The five candidates included Mc Ginnis (seen here>>>), Richard G. Lewis Jr., Kate Erin Conrath, Pauline Gonzalez Stenberg and Raymond Chavarria. It was a "winner-take-all contest" to replace former controversial board member Michael Shane Ellis.

Ellis (seen here) resigned the 3rd District seat, that includes Downtown Long Beach late this past summer after he missed almost 4 months of meetings without giving any excuse or public explaination.

McGinnis won with about 34 percent of the vote in one of the worst voter turnout possible. Just 6% of total eligible voters actually casted ballots in today's election, and only 1.4% of all voters actually voted at a Polling Place today.

Mc Ginnis will have to run again in the regularly scheduled April 13 school board election to obtain a new, full term on the board, which governs the Long Beach Unified School District.

"I’m running for the Long Beach school board to continue my lifelong commitment to the education of school children and to give something back to my community. Working together, we can close achievement gaps, reduce dropout rates, and prepare students for higher education, the workforce and lifelong learning," Mc Ginnis told his supporters on Facebook during this campaign, and his message and campaign worked.

The district covers the most diverse areas of Long Beach, including Chavez Elementary School, Edison Elementary School, International Elementary School, Lee Elementary School, Lincoln Elementary School, Stevenson Elementary School, Whittier Elementary School, Franklin Classical Middle School, and Renaissance High School for the Arts.

Here are the Results:
Total Registered Voters 35,950

Precinct Registration      35,950
Precinct Ballots Cast          488    1.4%
Vote-by-Mail Ballots Cast 1,671 4.6%
Total Ballots Cast 2,159               6.0%

Long Beach Unified School District Governing Board Member, District 3
Completed Precincts: 27 of 27
                                 Votes Percentage
John J. Mc Ginnis       721   34.0%
Richard G. Lewis, Jr.    616 29.0%
Kate Erin Conrath        356 16.8%
Pauline G. Stenberg      263 12.4%
Raymond Chavarria     166 7.8%

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