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Nick Melvoin is a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District in California, representing District 4. He assumed office in 2017. His current term ends on December 11, 2026.
Melvoin (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 30th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Melvoin was born and raised on the westside of Los Angeles. His work experiences includes serving as an adjunct professor at Loyola Marymount University, in domestic policy council for the Obama administration, as a legal clerk in the U.S. Attorney General's Office, and as a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, a master's degree in urban education from Loyola Marymount University, and a juris doctor from the New York University School of Law.
California's 30th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)
Laura Friedman and Alex Balekian are running in the general election for U.S. House California District 30 on November 5, 2024.
 | Laura Friedman (D)  |
 | Alex Balekian (R) |
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The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 30 on March 5, 2024.
| Laura Friedman (D) | 30.1% | 46,329 Votes✔ |
| Alex Balekian (R) | 17.4% | 26,826 Votes✔ |
 | Anthony Portantino, Jr. (D) | 13.3% | 20,459 Votes |
 | Mike Feuer (D) | 12.3% | 18,878 Votes |
 | Maebe A. Girl (D) | 10.3% | 15,791 Votes |
 | J. Emilio Martinez (R) | 4.4% | 6,775 Votes |
 | Ben Savage (D) | 4.0% | 6,147 Votes |
| Nick Melvoin (D) | 2.7% | 4,134 Votes |
 | Jirair Ratevosian (D) | 1.9% | 2,889 Votes |
 | Sepi Shyne (D) | 1.4% | 2,126 Votes |
 | Courtney Najera (D) | 0.8% | 1,167 Votes |
 | Joshua Bocanegra (No party preference) | 0.5% | 780 Votes |
 | Stephen Dunwoody (D) | 0.5% | 727 Votes |
 | Francesco Arreaga (D) | 0.3% | 532 Votes |
 | Sal Genovese (D) | 0.3% | 442 Votes |
| Total votes: 154,002 | ||||
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Incumbent Nick Melvoin won election outright against Tracey Schroeder and Gentille Barkhordarian in the primary for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 4 on June 7, 2022.
| Nick Melvoin (Nonpartisan) | 59.8% | 82,696 Votes✔ |
 | Tracey Schroeder (Nonpartisan) | 26.3% | 36,377 Votes |
| Gentille Barkhordarian (Nonpartisan) | 13.9% | 19,200 Votes |
| Total votes: 138,273 | ||||
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Three seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education were up for primary election on March 7, 2017. A general election was held on May 16, 2017, for the District 4 and 6 seats. In her bid for re-election to the District 2 seat, incumbent Mónica García defeated challengers Lisa Alva and Carl Petersen and won another term outright by receiving a majority of votes in the primary. In District 4, board President Steve Zimmer advanced to the general election with challenger Nick Melvoin after they defeated Gregory Martayan and Allison Holdorff Polhill. Melvoin defeated Zimmer in the general election. Six candidates—Kelly Fitzpatrick-Gonez, Patty Lopez, Imelda Padilla, Araz Parseghian, Gwendolyn Posey, and Jose Sandoval—filed to run for the open District 6 seat in the primary. Fitzpatrick-Gonez and Padilla advanced to the general election, where Fitzpatrick-Gonez won the seat. District 6 incumbent Monica Ratliff opted not to run for re-election to the board and instead ran for a Los Angeles City Council seat.
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 4 General Election, 5-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Nick Melvoin |
57.23% | 38,673 |
| Steve Zimmer Incumbent | 42.77% | 28,897 |
| Total Votes | 67,570 | |
| Source: Los Angeles City Clerk, "Official Election Results May 16, 2017: Certified Final Bulletin," accessed May 30, 2017 | ||
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 4 Primary Election, 5-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Steve Zimmer Incumbent |
46.70% | 45,088 |
| Nick Melvoin |
32.90% | 31,771 |
| Allison Holdorff Polhill | 13.99% | 13,510 |
| Gregory Martayan | 6.41% | 6,189 |
| Total Votes | 96,558 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Los Angeles County Election Results: Consolidated Municipal and Special Elections March 7, 2017," accessed March 30, 2017 | ||
Melvoin reported $822,514.16 in contributions and $822,435.23 in expenditures to the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, which left his campaign with $78.93 on hand in the election.
