By Miriam Raftery
June 8,2016 (San Diego’s East County)—Timothy Caruthers won 59% of the vote in the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District 4 race. He will run off in November against Elena Adams, who received 33% of the vote. Incumbent Mary Kay Rosinski, who withdrew from the race but whose name still appeared on the ballot, got 9%.
Although the race is nonpartisan, Rosinski was a Democrat and Adams has the backing of the Democratic Party after Rosinski’s withdrawal. Caruthers is endorsed by the Republican Party, giving the GOP a chance to pick up a seat on the community college board in November.
Rosinski had faced criticisms from conservatives over her support of a project labor agreement requiring union-scale pay for construction projects in the district. Caruthers opposes the project labor agreement and favors open bidding on projects.
Adams is an educator with the San Diego Community College District who also serves on the local executive board of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Caruthers is a La Mesa chiropractor who also serves as a trustee in the Alpine Union School District.
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