Candidates
(Vote for 3)
 Click on highlighted
name for additional information supplied by candidate.
Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for
voters.
Dolores "Dee"  Whitley
21851 votes
30.54%
Linda S Brenner
 
21579 votes
30.16%
- Occupation: Incumbent
 - Have two school aged children who have recently attended PBVUSD schools - elected as a Trustee in 2000
 - BA Degree from UCLA on a 4 year scholarship, Past Supervisor of operations, training, and facilities for McDonald's-started as a minimum wage employee
 - Past President: PBVUSD Parent Council, Reagan Elementary Parent Club, Couples Against Cancer, Kern Medical Alliance, past Boy Scout Committee Chair
 - Currently a Jim Burke Educational Foundation Board member, Stockdale High School POSSE Treasurer, and a participant in the Educational Leaders' Forum
 - Past recipient of Junior League of Bakersfield's Volunteer of the Year Award, Kern Medical Alliance Member of the Year (twice)
 - Leadership Recognition Award - Kern County Commission to Promote Self Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility
  
Priorities:
- Challenging students to reach their greatest potential in a safe environment
 - Retaining and recruiting quality teachers
 - Making the most efficient use of district resources to maintain and improve quality education in our schools
  
Cathy J. Brown
 
18829 votes
26.32%
- Occupation: Appointed Incumbent
 - Retired Certified Public Accountant
 - BBA, University of Texas
 - Stockdale High School, Parent Club Co-Treasurer
 - Former Parent Club President, Ronald Reagan Elementary
 - Former Parent Club Treasurer, Warren Jr. High
  
Priorities:
- Maintaining fiscal integrity while managing growth in the student population
 - Preserving proven programs
 - Keeping pace with technology in the classroom
  
Joel E. Lueck
 
8957 votes
12.52%
- Occupation: Attorney
 - Graduate of Panama-Buena Vista School District
 - Parent of a Soon-to-Be Kindergartener and Expecting Second Child in May 2005
 - Bachelors Degree from CSU Bakersfield
 - Law Degree from Southern Illinois University
 - Former Teacher with Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office
 - Learn More at http://www.joellueck.com
  
Priorities:
  
Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official.
All candidates have been invited to supply additional information to Smart Voter.
Order of candidates is random and changes daily.
 | 
  | 
News and Analysis 
Bakersfield Californian
 
Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement. 
 |