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Top school board candidates face election run-off

By Ana Tintocalis / Education Reporter,  KPBS Public Broadcasting
Published June 7, 2006 at 9:00 PM PDT
This story was published more than 18 years ago.

The top vote-getters in San Diego's school board and community college district races will face a runoff election in November. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

The top vote-getters in San Diego's school board and community college district races will face a runoff election in November. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

In the San Diego Unified School District, current school board member Katherine Nakamura with face off with Micheal McSweeney. Nakamura has served on the board for three years and clinched 40 percent of the vote.

McSweeney who is a construction contractor received 32 percent. San Diego's city charter dictates a runoff election in November for the top two candidates in the primary.

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Meanwhile, in San Diego's Community College District, two seats are still open. Maria Nieto Senour is seeking a fifth term and faces teacher-columnist Daniel Smiechowski. Teacher and hotel owner Rich Grosch faces credit union manager Andy Hollingsworth. Ana Tintocalis, KPBS News.

Ana Tintocalis
Ana Tintocalis was a member of the KPBS radio news team from 2001 to 2011. She first served as a as a producer for "These Days" (now "Midday Edition") and then later as the station's education reporter. After graduating from California State University, Long Beach with a journalism degree, Ana began working as a field reporter and anchor at KLON Radio 88.1 FM in Long Beach, covering breaking news in Orange and Los Angeles counties. During that time she also freelanced for other print and broadcast news organizations, such as Metro Networks, the Associated Press, and Santa Clarita Our Times. In 2001, Ana traveled for more than three months in Cuba where she produced a radio series focusing on the street music in Havana. Upon returning from her journey, Ana freelanced as a reporter covering court cases for the Antelope Valley Press, a newspaper based in Palmdale, California.
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