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Los Angeles County, CA March 3, 2015 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Elizabeth Badger Bartels

Candidate for
Board Member; Los Angeles Unified School District; District 3

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Elizabeth Badger, Candidate for LAUSD School Board (3rd District) is CEO/Founder of Minority Outreach Committee, Inc. a nonpartisan non-profit 501(c)(3) organization designed to encourage and facilitate political, economic and social development within and between the minority and majority Los Angeles communities. Elizabeth is also and Co-Owner/office manager for a small family-owned business.

A graduate from California State University Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) and Masters in Public Administration/Policy. She is also graduate of University of Southern California's Public Policy Institute.

Elizabeth is a woman of faith, who attends West Angeles Church of God in Christ led and mentored by Bishop Charles Blake. She works with many organizations that help to foster the same tenants of her non-profit organization.

Elizabeth is a life-long democrat; but strongly believes that inclusion and social charity is not the ownership of one particular political group. "We, being proprietors of God's will; it is our responsibility to ignore political aisles or boundaries, and treat ALL human beings as God intended with value and dignity".

A proud delegate to both the 2008 and 2012 Democratic National Conventions in Denver, Colorado/Charlotte, N.C respectively. Elizabeth has received a number of honors and letters of support from local, state, national leaders; including Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Culminating in Democrat of Year from Los Angeles Democratic Party.

Elizabeth is a mother of six children (3 biological children and 3 step children). They are: Lucas and Madison, who are both in elementary school, Aami, who works in banking; Heather, who worked in the real estate profession; Adam who works with the LAPD, and Brett, a Staff Sergeant with the USMC. Both of her older sons are United States Marines, and have served 2 tours in the Iraq War.

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