Alissia Young
Alissia Young was a candidate seeking an at-large seat on the Champaign Community Unit School District 4 Board of Education in Illinois. She ran against two incumbents and five fellow challengers in the general election on April 7, 2015.[1][2] She lost the election.[3]
Young discussed some of the issues facing the district and her plans for the future with the other eight candidates running in this election in a series of candidate forums in March 2015. The candidates shared why they decided to run for school board, where they think the district's new high school should be located if the plans to build it pass a referendum on April 7, 2015, and what they thought about the district's school resource officer program.
- See also: Issues in the election
Biography
Young works at the childcare resource service department at the University of Illinois. Her three children attended and graduated from the Champaign Community Unit School District 4. She unsuccessfully applied for an open seat on the board in 2012 when the board had to appoint someone to an unexpired term.[4]
Elections
2015
Five of the seven at-large seats on the Champaign Community Unit School District 4 Board of Education were up for general election on April 7, 2015. Four of the seats were four-year terms, and one seat was up for election to fill an unexpired two-year term.
Only two incumbents, Kerris Lee and Jamar Brown, ran for re-election. They faced six challengers, Amy Armstrong, Azark David Cobbs, Christopher James Kloeppel, Kathy Richards, Kathy Shannon and Alissia Young. Four newcomers, Armstrong, Kloeppel, Richards and Shannon, won the seats. Candidate Jonathan Westfield ran unopposed and won the unexpired two-year term.
The board of education consists of seven members elected at-large to four-year terms on a staggered basis every odd-numbered year. In 2013, three full, four-year term seats and two two-year term seats were up for election.
Results
| Champaign Community Unit School District 4, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Amy Armstrong |
19.3% | 8,315 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kathy Richards |
16.9% | 7,259 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kathy Shannon |
16.4% | 7,083 | |
| Nonpartisan | Christopher James Kloeppel |
13% | 5,579 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jamar Brown Incumbent | 12.1% | 5,214 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alissia Young | 9.6% | 4,145 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kerris Lee Incumbent | 9% | 3,855 | |
| Nonpartisan | Azark David Cobbs | 3.8% | 1,621 | |
| Total Votes | 43,071 | |||
| Source: Champaign County Clerk, "Consolidated General April 7, 2015: Official Results," accessed April 22, 2015 | ||||
Funding
School board candidates in Illinois are only required to file campaign finance reports if they accept contributions or make expenditures in excess of $5,000 in a 12-month period.[5]
Young reported no contributions or expenditures to the Illinois State Board of Elections in this election.[6]
Endorsements
Young received endorsements from the Champaign Federation of Teachers and the Champaign County Young Democrats.[7][8]
Recent news
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See also
- Champaign Community Unit School District 4, Illinois
- Champaign Community Unit School District 4 elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state budget... (April 8, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Champaign County Clerk, "What is required to file your nomination papers to run for office?" accessed January 19, 2015
- ↑ Champaign County Clerk, "2015 School Board Filings," accessed January 19, 2015
- ↑ News-Gazette, "LIVE: Election Day April 7, 2015," April 7, 2015
- ↑ News-Gazette, "School board candidate Young focuses on family," February 21, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "A Guide to Campaign Disclosure," accessed March 31, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Disclosure Search," accessed April 3, 2015
- ↑ Champaign Federation of Teachers Facebook, "Timeline post from March 18, 2015," accessed March 20, 2015
- ↑ Champaign County Young Democrats Facebook, "PRESS RELEASE FROM CC YOUNG DEMOCRATS," March 8, 2015
