SB County re-elects incumbent superintendent
Back for another term will be San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Gary Thomas.
The appointed incumbent, Thomas has been at the county office for six years and took over after longtime Superintendent Herb Fischer retired before the 2008-09 school year.
The chief administrative officer of the County Superintendent of Schools executes the policies established by the County Board of Education.
Voters chose Thomas over Rita Ramirez-Dean and Art Delgado during the primary election last week.
The county superintendent is an elected four-year position.
Voters also went to the polls last week to choose Larry Aceves and Assemblyman Tom
Torlakson as candidates for state superintendent of public instruction elections in the fall.
Aceves, a retired superintendent of San Jose's Franklin-McKinley School District, won 18.8 percent of the statewide vote, the Secretary of State's Office reported.
Torlakson, D-Martinez, won 18 percent.
Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, earned 17.2 percent of the vote, while nine others each got less than 10 percent in their quest to replace outgoing schools chief Jack O'Connell.
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