2022 LAUSD Elections

LAUSD Candidate Engages With The Community

While his opponent is courting the establishment, Marvin Rodriguez is listening to his neighbors during weekly meetups at neighborhood parks.

“I look to engage the communities I serve at every level.”

- Board District 6 Candidate Marvin Rodriguez

Marvin Rodriguez with his wife and his youngest daughter.

By all measures, teacher and parent Marvin Rodriguez should have been crushed during the primary election. After all, he was outspent by over 66:1 and the incumbent in the race, Kelly Gonez, was endorsed by both the teachers’ union, UTLA, and the charter school industry. Still, Rodriguez managed to secure 31.37% of the vote, which was good enough for a second-place finish. Since Gonez failed to earn more than 50% of the vote, she will face Rodriguez in a runoff on November 8, 2022.

Rodriguez’s strategy for the general election will be very similar to the one he used to secure the upset in June when he earned the votes of 21,495 constituents in Board District 6…