Shawn Poole-Louis

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Shawn Poole-Louis was a candidate for at-large representative on the Compton Unified School District school board in California. Poole-Louis was defeated in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 1.1 2017
* 1.1.1 Results
* 1.1.2 Funding
* 1.1.3 Endorsements
* 2 Recent news
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

## Elections[edit]

### 2017[edit]

See also: Compton Unified School District elections (2017)

Four of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education in California were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Margie N. Garrett, Alma Taylor-Pleasant, Mae Thomas, and Satra D. Zurita defeated former member Alita Godwin, former candidates Barbara Calhoun, Willie Dewitt Carson, Joseph L. Lewis, and Gregory Pitts, and newcomers Barbara Banks, Rodney Lonnell Curry, Jesse Harris, Ricky Hicks, Mary Jackson-Freeny, Luis Landeros, Anthony Lee Perry, Shawn Poole-Louis, Jonathan Taylor, and Tracy Shawn Wiggins.[1][2]

#### Results[edit]

Compton Unified School District,
At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017

Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Mae Thomas Incumbent | 13.50% | 2,654
Satra D. Zurita Incumbent | 12.36% | 2,430
Margie N. Garrett Incumbent | 10.19% | 2,003
Alma Taylor-Pleasant Incumbent | 7.72% | 1,517
Gregory Pitts | 7.62% | 1,497
Rodney Lonnell Curry | 6.35% | 1,248
Barbara Calhoun | 6.20% | 1,218
Jonathan Taylor | 5.95% | 1,169
Alita Godwin | 5.08% | 998
Mary Jackson-Freeny | 4.67% | 918
Barbara Banks | 4.33% | 852
Luis Landeros | 3.90% | 766
Joseph L. Lewis | 2.54% | 500
Shawn Poole-Louis | 2.52% | 496
Willie Dewitt Carson | 2.08% | 408
Tracy Shawn Wiggins | 1.88% | 369
Jesse Harris | 1.27% | 249
Ricky Hicks | 0.97% | 190
Anthony Lee Perry | 0.88% | 172
Total Votes | 19,654
Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections November 7, 2017," accessed November 21, 2017

#### Funding[edit]

See also: Campaign finance in the Compton Unified School District elections

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.[3][4][5]

#### Endorsements[edit]

Poole-Louis was endorsed by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party.[6]

## Recent news[edit]

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## See also[edit]

* Compton Unified School District, California
* Compton Unified School District elections (2017)

## External links[edit]

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* Compton Unified School District

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections 11/7/2017," accessed August 12, 2017
2. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections," accessed November 8, 2017
3. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
4. ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
5. ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
6. ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 25, 2017

Compton Unified School District elections in 2017

Los Angeles County, California
Election date:| November 7, 2017
Candidates:| At-large: • Incumbent, Margie N. Garrett • Appointed incumbent, Alma Taylor-Pleasant • Incumbent, Mae Thomas • Incumbent, Satra D. Zurita • Barbara Banks • Barbara Calhoun • Willie Dewitt Carson • Rodney Lonnell Curry • Alita Godwin • Jesse Harris • Ricky Hicks • Mary Jackson-Freeny • Luis Landeros • Joseph L. Lewis • Anthony Lee Perry • Gregory Pitts • Shawn Poole-Louis • Jonathan Taylor • Tracy Shawn Wiggins
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