Denzell Perry
Denzell Perry is a member of the Compton Unified School District school board in California, representing Area A. He assumed office in 2022. His current term ends on June 7, 2026.
Perry ran for election to the Compton Unified School District school board to represent Area A in California. He won in the general election on June 7, 2022.
Perry was a candidate for at-large representative on the Compton Unified Board of Education in California. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[1] He lost the election.[2]
Biography
Perry graduated from Dominguez High School in 2012. He is studying criminology, law and society at the University of California at Irvine, where he also works as a research assistant to the vice chancellor of student affairs. In addition to going to college, Perry serves as the director of programs and operations at the Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club. He is also the chief executive officer and co-chairman of the United Children's Foundation for Progress. While in high school, Perry served as a student representative to the school board. He was invited to speak at the 2012 National Youth of the Year Dinner in Washington, D.C. and received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama in 2013.[3][4]
Elections
2022
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Compton Unified School District Area A
Denzell Perry defeated LaQuisha Anderson and Adrian Cleveland in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area A on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Denzell Perry (Nonpartisan) | 60.1 | 750 | |
| LaQuisha Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 20.2 | 252 | ||
| Adrian Cleveland (Nonpartisan) | 19.7 | 246 | ||
| Total votes: 1,248 | ||||
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2015
Three of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[5] 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.[1][6] Arevalo and Orozco ran together as a slate.[7]
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.[2][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 elections@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Perry was endorsed by the community organization Evolve.[14]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Denzell Perry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Perry highlighted the following mission on his campaign website:
| “ | On August 5, 2015, Denzell decided to take the first step in supporting transformational efforts ongoing in Compton. He submitted his election filling paperwork to the Compton Unified School District’s Board of Education in order to embrace change in his community and school district.
Denzell mission is to successfully complete the following:
Denzell is on the path to bring about meaningful change to the children and citizens of Compton.[15] |
” |
| —Denzell Perry (2015)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Los Angeles County, California, "Candidate List," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Denzell Perry for Compton Unified School District Governing Board of Trustees, "Meet Denzell," accessed October 19, 2015
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Denzell Perry," accessed October 19, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Compton Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ A Better Compton, "Your Candidates for a Better Compton School District," accessed October 15, 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
- ↑ Evolve, "2015 Endorsements: November 03, 2015 Election," accessed October 16, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
