Sharon Gill

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Porterville Unified board of trustees Trustee Area 6

Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2020

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2016

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Sharon Gill is the Trustee Area 6 representative on the Porterville Unified board of trustees in California. Gill sought another term in the general election on November 8, 2016, but the election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Gill was re-elected to the board by default.[1]

Elections[edit]

2016[edit]

See also: Porterville Unified School District elections (2016)

Three of the seven seats on the Porterville Unified School District board of trustees were supposed to be up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. The election was canceled, however, due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Hayley Buettner, newcomer Tomas Velasquez, and incumbent Sharon Gill were the only candidates to file for the Trustee Area 1, 2, and 6 seats, respectively. Because of this, they were elected to the board by default.[1]

Results[edit]

This race was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Sharon Gill won re-election to the board by default.[1]

2012[edit]

Porterville Unified School District,
Trustee Area 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSharon Gill Incumbent 53% 1,889
     Nonpartisan Linda L. Peterson 46.5% 1,658
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.6% 20
Total Votes 3,567
Source: Tulare County Registrar of Voters, "November 6, 2012 Summary Report," accessed August 1, 2014

About the district[edit]

See also: Porterville Unified School District, California
The Porterville Unified School District is located in Tulare County, California.

The Porterville Unified School District is located in Tulare County in central California. The county seat is Visalia. Tulare County was home to 459,863 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[2] The district was the 114th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 14,020 students.[3]

Demographics[edit]

Tulare County underperformed compared to California as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 13.3 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 31 percent of state residents. The median household income for Tulare County was $42,863, compared to $61,489 for the entire state. The percentage of people in poverty in the county was 28.1 percent, compared to 16.4 percent statewide.[2]

Racial Demographics, 2015[2]
Race Tulare County (%) California (%)
White 88.3 72.9
Black or African American 2.2 6.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8 1.7
Asian 4.0 14.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.2 0.5
Two or more races 2.5 3.8
Hispanic or Latino 63.6 38.8

Presidential Voting Pattern, Tulare County[4]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 41,752 56,956
2008 43,634 59,765
2004 22,126 43,605
2000 26,950 42,149

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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