Charles Davis (California)
Charles Davis was a member of the Compton Unified School District school board in California, representing Area D. He assumed office in 2013. He left office on April 13, 2024.
Davis ran for re-election to the Compton Unified School District school board to represent Area D in California. He lost in the general election on March 5, 2024.
Davis ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Compton Unified School District school board in 2019. On September 1, 2019, the Los Angeles County Superior Court released a judgment canceling the election and ordering new, by-district elections be held beginning in March 2020.[1]
Biography
Davis has lived in Compton since 1972. He earned a bachelor's degree in business from California State University at Los Angeles. Davis served as Compton City Clerk from 1973 to 2003. He also served as a governing board member of the Compton College District.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Compton Unified School District Area D
Michael Hooper defeated incumbent Charles Davis in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area D on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Hooper (Nonpartisan) | 50.6 | 740 |
 | Charles Davis (Nonpartisan) | 49.4 | 722 | |
| Total votes: 1,462 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Davis in this election.
2020
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Compton Unified School District Area D
Incumbent Charles Davis defeated Roberto Rodriguez Savedra and Gregory Pitts in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area D on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Charles Davis (Nonpartisan) | 39.7 | 963 |
 | Roberto Rodriguez Savedra (Nonpartisan) | 33.7 | 817 | |
 | Gregory Pitts (Nonpartisan) | 26.7 | 647 | |
| Total votes: 2,427 | |||
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2019
The general election was canceled.
2016
Los Angeles County held elections for county commission, district attorney, and special districts in 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on July 7, 2016. The candidate filing deadline for this election was on March 11, 2016. Incumbent Albert Robles defeated Ricardo Pulido, Charles Davis, Gary Mendez, and Ronald Gonzales-Lawrence in the Water Replenishment District of Southern California, District 5 general election.[3]
| Water Replenishment District of Southern California, District 5 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Albert Robles Incumbent |
33.29% | 46,155 |
| Ricardo Pulido | 23.06% | 31,979 |
| Charles Davis | 17.20% | 23,843 |
| Gary Mendez | 14.04% | 19,465 |
| Ronald Gonzales-Lawrence | 12.41% | 17,211 |
| Total Votes (99.24% of precincts reporting) | 138,653 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder, "2016 General Election Unofficial Results," accessed November 9, 2016 | ||
2015
Three of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[4] Incumbents Micah Ali and Skyy Fisher sought re-election to their seats. Incumbent Emma Sharif did not file to run for re-election, leaving a seat open to a newcomer. In their bids for re-election, Ali and Fisher faced 18 challengers: Richard Alatorre, Lizette Arevalo, Barbara Calhoun, Charles Davis, Arturo Frazier, Maria Hechavarria, Carol Jordan, Justine Landeros, Jolena Lomax, Janette Mora, Sandra Moss, Francisco Orozco, Diana Padilla, Denzell Perry, Gregory Pitts, Jerry Randle, Kim Smith, and Omar Spry.[5][1] Arevalo and Orozco ran together as a slate.[6]
Ali, Davis, and Moss won the election. Davis was already a member of the Compton Unified Board of Education. His term was not supposed to be up for election again until 2017, but due to the at-large election process, he was able to run early. His election to a different term left a vacancy on the board.[7][8]
Marketta Martin initially filed as a candidate, but she withdrew from the election.[9]
Results
| Compton Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Micah Ali Incumbent |
15.7% | 2,282 |
| Charles Davis |
9.7% | 1,412 |
| Sandra Moss |
8.3% | 1,204 |
| Gregory Pitts | 7.2% | 1,049 |
| Carol Jordan | 7.0% | 1,021 |
| Barbara Calhoun | 6.6% | 960 |
| Richard Alatorre | 6.4% | 932 |
| Jerry Randle | 5.5% | 795 |
| Skyy Fisher Incumbent | 4.4% | 637 |
| Arturo Frazier | 4.2% | 612 |
| Francisco Orozco | 4.2% | 602 |
| Lizette Arevalo | 3.8% | 547 |
| Diana Padilla | 3.2% | 466 |
| Kim Smith | 3.2% | 457 |
| Omar Spry | 2.7% | 387 |
| Justine Landeros | 2.3% | 331 |
| Denzell Perry | 1.8% | 258 |
| Maria Hechavarria | 1.7% | 242 |
| Janette Mora | 1.1% | 161 |
| Jolena Lomax | 0.9% | 135 |
| Total Votes | 14,490 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.
The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[10][11][12]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was September 24, 2015, and the second one was October 22, 2015. If candidates raised or spent more than $1,000 from a single source, including their own funds, between August 5, 2015, and November 2, 2015, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours.[13]
If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at [email protected].
Endorsements
Davis received endorsements from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, SEIU Local 99 and the community organization Evolve.[14][15][16]
2013
Davis ran against eleven other candidates, including incumbents Mae Thomas, Satra D. Zurita and Margie N. Garrett, for four seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.[17]
Results
On November 5, 2013, Satra D. Zurita, Mae Thomas, Margie N. Garrett and Charles Davis defeated nine candidates for four seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education.
| Compton Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Satra D. Zurita Incumbent |
15.4% | 2,385 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mae Thomas Incumbent |
14.2% | 2,200 | |
| Nonpartisan | Margie N. Garrett Incumbent |
13.3% | 2,058 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles Davis |
12% | 1,851 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stephany A. Ortega | 7% | 1,080 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carol Ann Bradley | 6.7% | 1,041 | |
| Nonpartisan | William T. Kemp | 5.9% | 908 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph L. Lewis | 5.4% | 843 | |
| Nonpartisan | Francisco Orozco | 5.4% | 838 | |
| Nonpartisan | Yolanda Hernandez Lopez | 4.2% | 645 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tomas Carlos | 4.1% | 637 | |
| Nonpartisan | Diana Padilla | 3.5% | 541 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cierra Amber Evans | 2.9% | 441 | |
| Total Votes | 15,468 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 5, 2013 - LOCAL & MUNI CONSOLIDATED ELECTION Final Official Election Returns" accessed December 12, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Davis did not reported any contributions or expenditures to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
Endorsements
Davis did not receive any official endorsements for this campaign.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Charles Davis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Charles Davis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Charles Davis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Compton Unified School District, "Establishment of Board-Districts (Trustee Areas) Pursuant to the CVRA," accessed November 11, 2019 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "board" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Compton.edu, "Charles Davis, Trustee Area 1" accessed September 13, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "2016 General Election Final List of Qualified Candidates," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County, California, "Candidate List," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ A Better Compton, "Your Candidates for a Better Compton School District," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Phone communication with Charles Davis," October 20, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Final List of Qualified Candidates," September 1, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ SEIU Local 99, "Making Politics Work for Us: School Board Endorsements for Nov 3 Election," accessed October 16, 2015
- ↑ Evolve, "2015 Endorsements: November 03, 2015 Election," accessed October 16, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, "Endorsements," accessed October 16, 2015
- ↑ La Vote.net, "LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS - 11/5/2013" accessed September 12, 2013
