Aaron Duncan
Aaron Duncan ran for election for an at-large seat of the St. Joseph School District Board of Education in Missouri. Duncan lost in the general election on April 3, 2018.
Elections
2018
Three seats on the St. Joseph School District school board in Missouri were up for general election on April 3, 2018. The seats of Larry Koch, Martin Rucker, and Dennis Snethen were up for grabs in this election. Koch was the only incumbent who filed for re-election and faced challengers Lute Atieh, Aaron Duncan, Lorrie Lynn Hollis, David Jordan, Kenneth Reeder, and Seth Wright.[1]
The three winners of this race were sworn in shortly before the contract of the district's new superintendent commences. The school board announced Dr. Doug Van Zyl as the district's new superintendent on February 1, 2018, following Dr. Robert Newhart's announcement in late 2017 that he would retire as the district's superintendent at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.
Results
General election
General election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large on April 3, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Seth Wright (Nonpartisan) | 22.0 | 6,491 |
| ✔ |  | Lute Atieh (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 5,445 |
| ✔ |  | Larry Koch (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 4,684 |
| David Jordan (Nonpartisan) | 15.4 | 4,563 | ||
| Kenneth Reeder (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 3,351 | ||
 | Lorrie Lynn Hollis (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 3,336 | |
| Aaron Duncan (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 1,571 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 104 | ||
| Total votes: 29,545 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
When asked why he was running for the board, Duncan said for three reasons: To make sure teachers and students were given the tools they need to teach and learn, to be a good steward of taxpayer funds, and to be an independent voice “for the kids and for the teachers, because that’s what the education is about.”[2] Duncan said he felt the most important issues facing the district were the failure of Proposition 1 and the fact that the district needed to regain the support of the community. “Really, I think that’s the biggest issue, is getting those people involved, getting them to understand what we need to do to grow education to make our kids more successful in the future,” he said.
Duncan also said that his independence set him apart from the other candidates running in the race because he had no ties to past administrations. “I’m really just an independent person that wants to do what’s best for our kids,” he said.[2]
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 'Buchanan County Board of Elections, "April 3, 2018 - General Municipal," accessed April 5, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
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| St. Joseph School District elections in 2018 | |
| Buchanan County, Missouri | |
| Election date: | April 3, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
