Soo Y. Yoo
Soo Y. Yoo is a member of the ABC Unified School District school board Trustee in California, representing Area 2. She assumed office in 2013.
Yoo (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 67. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Yoo is the Trustee Area 2 representative on the ABC Unified School District school board in California. First elected in 2013, Yoo sought a new term in the general election that was scheduled to be held on November 7, 2017. Due to lack of opposition, however, the election was canceled. Yoo was re-elected to her seat by default.[1]
Before she was elected to the board, Yoo unsuccessfully ran for a seat in 2011.
Biography
Yoo's work experience is in academic counseling. She earned a bachelor's degree from University of California Irvine and a master's degree in Westminster Theological Seminary.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 67
Incumbent Sharon Quirk-Silva defeated Soo Y. Yoo in the general election for California State Assembly District 67 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sharon Quirk-Silva (D) | 53.3 | 58,781 | |
| Soo Y. Yoo (R) | 46.7 | 51,441 | ||
| Total votes: 110,222 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 67
Incumbent Sharon Quirk-Silva and Soo Y. Yoo defeated Param Brar and Sou Moua in the primary for California State Assembly District 67 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sharon Quirk-Silva (D) | 47.7 | 30,873 | |
| ✔ | Soo Y. Yoo (R) | 38.6 | 25,005 | |
| Param Brar (D) | 7.4 | 4,800 | ||
| Sou Moua (R) | 6.3 | 4,076 | ||
| Total votes: 64,754 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2017
Three of the seven seats on the ABC Unified School District school board in California were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. In her bid for re-election to the Trustee Area 2 seat, incumbent Soo Y. Yoo ran unopposed and did not appear on the ballot. She was re-elected to the board by default. Newcomer H. Ernie Nishii won the Trustee Area 3 seat, defeating incumbent Lynda Johnson, former candidate Daniel Fierro, and former member Armin Reyes. The race for the Trustee Area 6 seat included former candidate Louise Dodson and newcomer Olga Rios. Rios won the seat.[1][3][4]
Results
This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Soo Y. Yoo was re-elected to the board by default.[1]
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.[5][6][7]
2013
Soo Y. Yoo ran against four other candidates, including incumbents Olympia Chen and Lynda Johnson and challengers Ethan L. Robinson and Daniel Fierro, for three seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.[8]
Results
| ABC Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Lynda Johnson |
28% | 4,514 | |
| Nonpartisan | Soo Y. Yoo |
25.9% | 4,177 | |
| Nonpartisan | Olympia Chen |
22.9% | 3,686 | |
| Nonpartisan | Daniel Fierro | 11.9% | 1,923 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ethan L. Robinson | 11.3% | 1,815 | |
| Total Votes | 16,115 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 5, 2013 - LOCAL & MUNI CONSOLIDATED ELECTION Final Official Election Returns" accessed December 12, 2013 | ||||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles County 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.[9]
Endorsements
Soo Y. Yoo was endorsed by Los Cerritos News.[10]
2011
| ABC Unified School District, At-large General Election, 2-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lynda Johnson |
33.3% | 3,018 | |
| Nonpartisan | Soo Y. Yoo | 33% | 2,994 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cindy Yen Chen | 29.8% | 2,704 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mansour Meisami | 3.9% | 352 | |
| Total Votes | 9,068 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; ABC Unified School District Voter Information" accessed August 27, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Soo Y. Yoo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Final List Of Qualified Candidates Whose Name Will Not Appear On The Ballot," August 28, 2017
- ↑ Smart Voter.org, "Soo Y. Yoo" accessed August 27, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections 11/7/2017," accessed August 12, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections November 7, 2017," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ La Vote.net, "LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS - 11/5/2013" accessed November 1, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Disclosure Information," accessed October 7, 2016
- ↑ Los Cerritos News, "ABC School Board Endorsements: Elect Ethan Robinson and Re-elect Lynda Johnson," accessed November 4, 2013
