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Adams 12 Five Star Schools elections (2017)
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Two of the five seats on the Adams 12 Five Star Schools Board of Education in Colorado were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. In her bid for re-election to the District 3 seat, incumbent Kathy Plomer defeated challenger Joshua Bastian. District 4 incumbent Brian Batz ran unopposed and won re-election.[1][2]
The 2017 election had more unopposed seats and fewer candidates running compared to the district's previous two elections. For information on election trends in the district, click here.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Adams 12 Five Star Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held on a staggered basis so that two or three seats are up for election every odd-numbered year in November. Though members run for seats in specific geographic districts, they are elected at large.[3]
To qualify to run for school board, candidates had to be residents of the school district and registered voters for a minimum of 12 consecutive months before the election. They also could not have been convicted of a sexual offense against a child. To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file nomination petitions containing 50 signatures of eligible voters in the school district by September 1, 2017.[4]
Colorado voters were allowed to register to vote through election day.[5] Photo identification was not required to vote in Colorado.[6]
Candidates and results
District 3
Results
| Adams 12 Five Star Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kathy Plomer Incumbent |
69.18% | 23,164 |
| Joshua Bastian | 30.82% | 10,318 |
| Total Votes | 33,482 | |
| Source: Adams County Election Results, "Official Results," accessed August 28, 2023 and Broomfield County Election Results, "Official Results," accessed August 28, 2023 | ||
Candidates
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District 4
Results
| Adams 12 Five Star Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Brian Batz Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 27,798 |
| Total Votes | 27,798 | |
| Source: Adams County Election Results, "Official Results," accessed August 28, 2023 and Broomfield County Election Results, "Official Results," accessed August 28, 2023 | ||
Candidates
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Colorado elections, 2017
The Adams 12 Five Star Board of Education election shared the ballot with municipal elections in the city of Thornton.[7]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the 2017 Colorado school board elections.[8][9]
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
Candidates received a total of $10,200.98 and spent a total of $10,594.02 in the election, according to the Colorado Secretary of State.[10]
| Candidate | Balance prior to election | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
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| District 3 | ||||
| Kathy Plomer | $2,058.04 | $7,684.50 | $9,742.54 | $0.00 |
| Joshua Bastian | $0.00 | $956.48 | $791.48 | $165.00 |
| District 4 | ||||
| Brian Batz | $0.00 | $1,560.00 | $60.00 | $1,500.00 |
Reporting requirements
School board candidates in Colorado were required to file three campaign finance reports. The reports were due on October 17, 2017, November 3, 2017, and December 7, 2017.[9]
Past elections
To see results from past elections in Adams 12 Five Star Schools, click here.
What was at stake?
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Election trends
- See also: School boards in session: 2015 in brief
The 2017 Adams 12 Five Star Board of Education election had more unopposed seats and fewer candidates than the district's 2013 and 2015 elections had. Three candidates ran for two seats for an average of 1.5 candidates per seat in 2017, and half of the seats on the ballot were unopposed. By comparison, an average of 2.75 candidates ran per seat on the ballot in 2015, and an average of three candidates ran per seat in 2013. No seats on the ballot in 2013 and 2015 were unopposed.
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbents running for re-election | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
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| 2017 | 1.50 | 50.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% | |
| 2015 | 2.75 | 0.00% | 25.00% | 100.00% | 75.00% | |
| 2013 | 3.00 | 0.00% | 50.00% | 0.00% | 100.00% | |
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| 2015 | 1.77 | 30.77% | 55.38% | 83.33% | 53.85% | |
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| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 70.37% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
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About the district
- See also: Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Colorado
The Adams 12 Five Star school district is located in Adams County in north-central Colorado. The county seat is Brighton. Adams County was home to an estimated 498,187 residents in 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[11] The district was the sixth-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 38,701 students.[12]
Demographics
Adams County underperformed compared to Colorado as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 22.2 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 38.1 percent of state residents. The median household income in the county was $58,946, compared to $60,629 statewide. The poverty rate in the county was 12.8 percent, while the state as a whole had a poverty rate of 11.5 percent.[11]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[11] | ||
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| Race | Adams County (%) | Colorado (%) |
| White | 86.5 | 87.5 |
| Black or African American | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Asian | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Two or More Races | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 39.6 | 21.3 |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Recent news
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See also
| Adams 12 Five Star Schools | Colorado | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Adams 12 Five Star Schools, "Adams 12 School Board Election," accessed September 11, 2017
- ↑ Adams County Election Results, "Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Adams 12 Five Star Schools, "Board of Education," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Association of School Boards, "2017 Elections School Board Candidate Guide," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Voter Registration FAQs," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Acceptable Forms of Identification," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ City of Thornton, "Election & Voter Registration Information," accessed September 11, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "2017 Biennial School Election Calendar," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "TRACER: Candidate Search," accessed December 11, 2017
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 United States Census Bureau, "QuickFacts: Adams County, Colorado; Colorado," accessed August 30, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Adams 12 Five Star Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Adams County, Colorado | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 3: • Incumbent, Kathy Plomer • Joshua Bastian District 4: • Incumbent, Brian Batz |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
