Micah Ali
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Micah Ali
Compton Unified School District Area C
Tenure
2007 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
18
Elections and appointments
Education
Contact
Micah Ali is a member of the Compton Unified School District school board in California, representing Area C. He assumed office in 2007. His current term ends in 2028.
Ali ran for re-election to the Compton Unified School District school board to represent Area C in California. He won in the general election on March 5, 2024.
Ali ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Compton Unified School District school board in 2019. On September 1, 2019, the Los Angeles County Superior Court released a judgment canceling the election and ordering new, by-district elections be held beginning in March 2020.[1]
Biography
Ali graduated from the Compton Unified School District. He went on to earn a bachelor's degree from California State University at Dominguez Hills.[2] His work experience includes serving a number of politicians. He worked as a staff liaison to the Compton City Council, as a congressional fellow to the late Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-37) and also worked with Compton City Councilwoman Delores Zurita and the late Assemblyman Mervyn Malcolm Dymally (D). He also worked for Compton’s Community Redevelopment Agency (RDA).[3]
In addition to serving on the board, Ali serves as vice president of the Los Angeles County School Trustees Association, as a member of the board of directors for the Friends of Ballona Wetlands and as a member of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Environmental Justice Advisory Group. He was also nominated to serve as president of the Compton Creek Mosquito Abatement District Board of Trustees by Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and was unanimously confirmed for that position by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.[3]
Elections
2024
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ali in this election.
2020
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
2019
The general election was canceled.
2015
Three of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[4] 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.[5][1] Arevalo and Orozco ran together as a slate.[6]
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.[7][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][14]
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
Ali received endorsements from the following organizations and elected officials:[15][16][17][18]
Ali also received endorsements from a number of local officials and members from other school boards in Los Angeles County.[15] A list of his supporters can be found here.
2014
Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Mike Gipson (D) and Prophet La'omar Walker (D) defeated Micah Ali (D) and Steve Neal (D) in the blanket primary. Gipson defeated Walker in the general election.[19][20][21]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mike Gipson |
63.6% | 30,041 | |
| Democratic | Prophet La'omar Walker | 36.4% | 17,217 | |
| Total Votes | 47,258 |
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |
Mike Gipson |
51% | 11,975 | |
| Democratic | Prophet La'omar Walker |
21.4% | 5,022 | |
| Democratic | Steve Neal | 15.2% | 3,580 | |
| Democratic | Micah Ali | 12.4% | 2,923 | |
| Total Votes | 23,500 |
Endorsements
In 2014, Ali's endorsements included the following:[22]
- Brad Sherman, Congressman
- Linda Sanchez, Congresswoman
- Loretta Sanchez, Congresswoman
- Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Jim Dear, Mayor, City of Carson
- Elito Santarina, Mayor Pro Tem, Carson City Council
- Janice Schaefer, Planning Commissioner, City of Carson
- Joseph L. Piñon, Planning Commissioner, City of Carson
- Olivia Verrett, Planning Commissioner, City of Carson
- Edolia Austin, Commissioner, City of Carson Cultural Arts Commission
- Carolyn Perry, Commissioner, City of Carson Environmental Commission
- Althea Friday, Commissioner, City of Carson Public Safety Commission
- Bennie Harris, Commissioner, City of Carson Public Works Commissioner
- Alene B Harris, Chair, City of Carson Parks & Recreation Commission
- Yvonne Arceneaux, Councilwoman, Compton City Council
- Isaac Galvan, Councilman, Compton City Council
- Delores Zurita, Councilwoman (retd), Compton City Council
- Janna Zurita, Councilwoman, Compton City Council
- LoWanda Green, Member, Compton Community College District Board of Trustees
- Andrés Ramos, Member, Compton Community College District Board of Trustees
2011
| Compton Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Micah Ali Incumbent |
19.7% | 2,323 | |
| Nonpartisan | Emma Sharif |
11.9% | 1,401 | |
| Nonpartisan | Skyy Fisher |
11.6% | 1,369 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joel Estrada | 8.4% | 998 | |
| Nonpartisan | Enelida Alvarez | 7.9% | 928 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph L. Lewis | 7.6% | 901 | |
| Nonpartisan | Otha Ray Scott | 6% | 709 | |
| Nonpartisan | Willie Dewitt Carson | 5.8% | 684 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carolyn Patterson Stokes | 5.4% | 639 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rodolfo Enriquez | 5.3% | 632 | |
| Nonpartisan | Latanya Hall-Ganter | 5.3% | 623 | |
| Nonpartisan | Donna Hefflin | 5.2% | 609 | |
| Total Votes | 11,816 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Compton Unified School District Voter Information" accessed September 12, 2013 |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Micah Ali did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Micah Ali did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Micah Ali did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Ali shared the following top priorities with the League of Women Voters:
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| —Micah Ali (2015)[24] |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Compton Unified School District, "Establishment of Board-Districts (Trustee Areas) Pursuant to the CVRA," accessed November 11, 2019 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedboardbio - ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County, California, "Candidate List," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ A Better Compton, "Your Candidates for a Better Compton School District," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 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 15, 2015
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Micah Ali Compton School Board, "Endorsements," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, "Endorsements," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ SEIU Local 99, "Making Politics Work for Us: School Board Endorsements for Nov 3 Election," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
- ↑ micah4assembly.com, "Endorsements," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Smart Voter, "Micah Ali: Candidate for Governing Board Member; Compton Unified School District," accessed October 15, 2015
