Arlington Public Schools elections (2013)

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2013 Arlington Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
November 5, 2013
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections What was at stake? Key deadlines Additional measures External links References
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Virginia Arlington Public Schools Arlington County, Virginia ballot measures Local ballot measures, Virginia

One seat was up for election on the Arlington Public School Board on November 5, 2013. Board Vice Chair James Lander was re-elected in an unopposed race.

About the district

See also: Arlington Public Schools, Virginia

Arlington Public Schools is located in Arlington County, Virginia.

Arlington Public Schools is located in Arlington County, Virginia. The county seat of Arlington County is Arlington. Arlington County is home to 224,906 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Arlington Public Schools was the 13th-largest school district in Virginia and served 21,892 students.

Demographics

Arlington County overperformed in comparison to the rest of Virginia in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 71.7 percent of Arlington County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 35.2 percent for Virginia as a whole. The median household income in Arlington County was $103,208 compared to $63,907 for the state of Virginia. The poverty rate in Arlington County was 8.0 percent compared to 11.3 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Arlington County (%)	Virginia (%)
White	77.3	70.8
Black or African American	8.9	19.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.7	0.5
Asian	9.9	6.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	3.1	2.7
Hispanic or Latino	15.6	8.6

Presidential Voting Pattern, Arlington County
Year	Democratic Vote (%)	Republican Vote (%)
2012	69.1	29.3
2008	71.7	27.1
2004	67.6	31.3
2000	60.1	34.2

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.

Method of board member selection

The Arlington Public School Board is composed of five at-large members that serve staggered four-year terms, which begin January 1st. APS did not hold a primary election and the general election was held on November 5, 2013. The board is officially nonpartisan, though there is a history of candidates being endorsed by parties.

Elections

2013

Candidates

James Lander was an incumbent on the Arlington Public School Board where he also served as Board Vice Chair. His seat was the only one up for election on November 5, 2013, and he ran unopposed.

Election results

Arlington Public Schools, At-Large, 4-year term, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	James Lander Incumbent	96.1%	51,945
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	3.9%	2,132
Total Votes				54,077
Source: Arlington County, Virginia, "November 2013 General Election Official Results," accessed December 12, 2013

Endorsements

In May 2013, Lander secured the endorsement of the Arlington County Democratic Party, defeating Barbara Kanninen, by 47 votes in a two-day caucus.

Campaign finance

Lander reported $12,423.30 in contributions and $10,513.02 in expenditures to the Virginia State Board of Elections, which left his campaign with $1,910.28 on hand.

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2012 Arlington Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Noah L. Simon 49% 77,190      Nonpartisan Emma N. Violand-Sanchez 48.9% 77,015      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 2% 3,180 Total Votes 157,385 Source: Arlington, Virginia, "November 2012 General Election Official Results," accessed October 2, 2013 2011 Arlington Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Abigail J. Raphael 97.4% 27,984      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 2.6% 743 Total Votes 28,727 Source: Arlington, Virginia, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed October 2, 2013

What's at stake?

One seat was up for election on the Arlington Public School board, which was an unopposed race.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Arlington Public School Board election in 2013:

Deadline	Event
June 11, 2013	Last day to file nominating petitions
October 15, 2013	Last day to register to vote
November 5, 2013	Election day

Additional elections on the ballot

This election shared the ballot with other municipal and school board elections, as well as the statewide offices for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Arlington + Public + Schools + Virginia"

Arlington Public Schools News Feed

See also

• School board elections review: Voters opt for experience over new blood in nation's largest school districts
• School board election wrap-up: Incumbents re-elected overwhelmingly in November 5 elections
• Virginia
• Arlington Public Schools
• List of school board elections in 2013
• Arlington County, Virginia ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Virginia

External links

Suggest a link

• District page
• Virginia State Board of Elections