Bakersfield City School District elections (2014)

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2014 Bakersfield City School District Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
California Bakersfield City School District Kern County, California ballot measures Local ballot measures, California

Two seats on the Bakersfield City School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Board of education members Pam Baugher and Andrae Gonzales from Trustee Areas 2 and 4, respectively, ran unopposed and won re-election.

About the district

See also: Bakersfield City School District, California

Bakersfield City School District is located in Kern County, California.

Bakersfield City School District is located in Kern County, California. The county seat of Kern County is Bakersfield. Kern County was home to 864,124 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Bakersfield City School District was the 38th-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 28,321 students.

Demographics

Kern County underperformed compared to the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 14.9 percent of Kern County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.5 percent for California as a whole. The median household income for Kern County was $47,727 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for Kern County was 22.5 percent compared to 15.3 percent statewide.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Kern County (%)	California (%)
White	82.9	73.5
Black or African American	6.3	6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native	2.7	1.7
Asian	5.0	14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3	0.5
Two or more races	3.0	3.7
Hispanic or Latino	50.9	38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Kern County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	89,495	126,618
2008	93,457	134,793
2004	68,603	140,417
2000	66,003	110,663

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.

Voter and candidate information

The Bakersfield City School District Board of Education is composed of five members elected to four-year terms by specific geographic areas. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. The seats from Trustee Areas 2 and 4 were up for re-election in 2014, and the seats from Trustee Areas 1, 3 and 5 will be up for election in 2016.

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period. The filing period began July 14, 2014, and ended August 8, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 20, 2014. Voters could request vote-by-mail ballots from October 6, 2014, through October 28, 2014.

Trustee Area 2

• Pam Baugher
  • Incumbent
  • Graduate, Bakersfield College and Fresno State College
  • Retired educator

Trustee Area 4

• Andrae Gonzales
  • Incumbent

Election results

This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Pam Baugher from Trustee Area 2 and Andrae Gonzales from Trustee Area 4 won re-election by default.

Endorsements

No candidate received an official endorsement in this election.

Campaign finance

Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.

Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.

Reports

Candidates received a total of $1,800.00 in contributions and spent a total of $5,776.37 in expenditures, according to the most recent campaign disclosure reports published by the Kern County Registrar of Voters as of October 27, 2014.

Candidate	Existing balance	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Pam Baugher	$1,056.43	$0.00	$50.00	$1,006.43
Andrae Gonzales	$5,120.33	$1,800.00	$5,726.37	$1,194.58

Past elections

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

2012 Trustee Area 1 This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Lillian Tafoya was re-elected by default. Trustee Area 3 Bakersfield City School District, Trustee Area 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Bill McDougle Incumbent 54.3% 3,501      Nonpartisan Ronnie Cruz 45.7% 2,948 Total Votes 6,449 Source: Kern County Registrar of Voters, "Kern County Election Results: November 6, 2012 Consolidated General Election," accessed July 14, 2014 Trustee Area 5 Bakersfield City School District, Trustee Area 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Fred Haynes 55.8% 4,012      Nonpartisan Valerie Munoz 44.2% 3,179 Total Votes 7,191 Source: Kern County Registrar of Voters, "Kern County Election Results: November 6, 2012 Consolidated General Election," accessed July 14, 2014 2010 Bakersfield City School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Andrae Gonzales 26.9% 12,591      Nonpartisan Pam Baugher 26.3% 12,296      Nonpartisan Karen Dewalt Incumbent 20.2% 9,430      Nonpartisan Jerry C. Tate Incumbent 17.6% 8,234      Nonpartisan Ronnie Cruz 9.1% 4,247 Total Votes 46,798 Source: Kern County Registrar of Voters, "Kern County Election Results: November 2, 2010 General Election," accessed September 15, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Bakersfield City School District election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
July 14, 2014	First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 8, 2014	Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
October 6, 2014	First day to request vote-by-mail ballot
October 6, 2014	First pre-election report due
October 20, 2014	Last day to register to vote
October 23, 2014	Second pre-election report due
October 28, 2014	Last day to request vote-by-mail ballot
November 4, 2014	Election Day
December 31, 2014	Termination report due
February 2, 2015	Semi-annual report due

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: California elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with municipal elections and other school district elections. It also shared the ballot with general elections for several state executive offices, two U.S. House seats, two state Senate seats, four state Assembly seats and six statewide ballot measures.

Recent news

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See also

• California
• Bakersfield City School District, California
• California school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Kern County, California ballot measures
• California ballot measures

External links

• Bakersfield City School District
• Kern County Registrar of Voters