- sdvote.com (opens in a new tab)San Diego County Registrar of Voters — certified June 2, 2026 results
- ballotpedia.org (opens in a new tab)Ballotpedia -- San Diego County Board of Education District 5 (candidate pages for Rick Shea and Bianca Ragonesi-Lasche, with the full certified June 2, 2026 primary field): incumbent Shea drew 58.9%, Ragonesi-Lasche 30.2%, and eliminated primary candidate Tammy Alam 10.8% -- both advance to a November general regardless of Shea's primary majority
- sandiegouniontribune.com (opens in a new tab)San Diego Union-Tribune -- "Q&A: Meet Rick Shea, candidate for San Diego County Board of Education in District 5" (Jemma Stephenson, May 7, 2026): Shea, 76, is the current vice president of the county Board of Education, an Encinitas native who has served on the board since 2015 and previously worked for SDCOE and as a teacher
- cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS -- "SHEA TO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 2022; RE-ELECT RICK" (Filer #1454250), status ACTIVE -- Shea's committee from his 2022 re-election carried forward rather than a newly named 2026 committee; no Form 460/461/450 electronically filed for the 2025-2026 cycle as of this retrieval
Last updated August 31, 2026.
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San Diego County Board of Education, Trustee Area 5
This person is one of five members on the county's Board of Education. The board oversees the San Diego County Office of Education. That office supports local school districts with fiscal oversight. It also runs alternative schools and reviews charter-school appeals. It does not run any single district's classrooms. The term is four years.
Rick Shea is the incumbent, in office since 2015. He faces challenger Bianca Ragonesi-Lasche for the Trustee Area 5 seat. Shea won a majority in June's three-candidate primary. The race still goes to a November runoff.
This person is one of five members overseeing the San Diego County Office of Education, which supports the county's local school districts with fiscal oversight, alternative-education and juvenile-court schools, and charter-school appeals -- it doesn't run any individual district's classrooms directly. The term is four years.
Shea is campaigning on continuity and institutional knowledge from more than a decade on the board, including its current vice presidency. Ragonesi-Lasche's platform was not found in this pass -- unlike Trustee Area 3's challenger, they have not built a public campaign website or Cal-Access committee that this research could locate, leaving their June second-place finish as the clearest public signal of their support.
Rick Shea
Rick Shea, 76, is the current vice president of the County Board of Education. He is an Encinitas native. He has served on the board since 2015. He once worked for the County Office of Education. He also worked as a teacher.
Bianca Ragonesi-Lasche
Bianca Ragonesi-Lasche is a challenger. They finished second in June's three-candidate primary. They won 30.2% of the vote. No campaign website or platform was found for them. No Cal-Access committee was found either.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.