Lynn Davis (California)

Lynn Davis is a member of the Tustin Unified Board of Education in California, representing Trustee Area 3. Davis assumed office in 2018. Davis' current term ends on December 9, 2022.

Davis won re-election to the Tustin Unified Board of Education to represent Trustee Area 3 in California outright after the general election on November 6, 2018, was canceled.

He was previously an at-large member on the board from 2002 to 2018.^[1]^[2]

Biography[edit]

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Lynn Davis is a resident of Orange County, California. Davis earned his B.A. in mathematics from Claremont McKenna College and his MBA in finance from the Harvard Business School. He is self-employed as a business consultant, and he also serves as an adviser with CliffordMoss LLC.^[3]

Elections[edit]

2018[edit]

See also: Tustin Unified School District elections (2018)

The following candidate won election automatically as the election was canceled due to lack of opposition.^[2]

The general election was canceled. Lynn Davis (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

2014[edit]

See also: Tustin Unified School District elections (2014)

The election in Tustin featured two at-large seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Jonathan Abelove and Lynn Davis won the election against challengers Michael Jones, Elias Teferi and David Yang.

Results[edit]

Tustin Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Lynn Davis Incumbent	32.8%	12,058
	Nonpartisan	Jonathan Abelove Incumbent	29.4%	10,790
	Nonpartisan	Michael Jones	16.6%	6,111
	Nonpartisan	David Yang	15.7%	5,754
	Nonpartisan	Elias Teferi	5.5%	2,018
Total Votes				36,731
Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results for General Election 2014," accessed December 19, 2014

Funding[edit]

Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.^[4]

Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.^[4]

The Orange County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.

Endorsements[edit]

Davis received endorsements from:^[5]

Tustin Unified Board of Education President James Laird, Vice President Francine Scinto and trustees Jonathan Abelove and Tammie Bullard
Former Tustin Unified Board of Education President Jane Bauer
State Senator Mimi Walters (R-37)
State Assembly member Don Wagner (R-68)
Former California Superintendent of Public Instruction Dave Long
Orange County Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares
Former Orange County Superintendent of Schools Bill Habermehl
Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer
Tustin Mayor Al Murray
Tustin Mayor Pro Tem Chuck Puckett
Former Irvine mayors Sukhee Kang and Beth Krom
Tustin Taxpayers for Quality Schools
The North Tustin PAC

2010[edit]

Tustin Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Lynn Davis Incumbent	38.3%	18,178
	Nonpartisan	Jonathan Abelove Incumbent	36.5%	17,321
	Nonpartisan	Kirk O. Hahn	14%	6,637
	Nonpartisan	Manny Estrada	11.2%	5,290
Total Votes				47,426
Source: Smart Voter, "Board Member; Tustin Unified School District Voter Information," accessed August 10, 2014

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Footnotes[edit]

↑ Tustin Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed September 16, 2014
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters," October 1, 2018
↑ LinkedIn, "Lynn Davis," accessed October 23, 2014
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
↑ Lynn Davis - Tustin School Board, "Who Supports Lynn?" accessed October 23, 2014

[1] Tustin Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed September 16, 2014

[canceled-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters," October 1, 2018

[3] LinkedIn, "Lynn Davis," accessed October 23, 2014

[fppcschedule-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014

[5] Lynn Davis - Tustin School Board, "Who Supports Lynn?" accessed October 23, 2014

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Tustin Unified School District elections in 2018
Orange County, California
Election date:	November 6, 2018
Important information:	What was at stake?

2014 Tustin Unified School District Elections
Orange County, California
Election date:	November 4, 2014
Candidates:	At-large: • Incumbent, Jonathan Abelove • Incumbent, Lynn Davis • Michael Jones • Elias Teferi • David Yang
Important information:	Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot

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