Bellevue Public Schools elections (2014)

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2014 Bellevue Public Schools 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
Nebraska Bellevue Public Schools Sarpy County, Nebraska ballot measures Local ballot measures, Nebraska

Three seats on the Bellevue Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Incumbents Nina Wolford, Frank Kumor, and Mike Kinney ran unopposed and won re-election.

About the district

See also: Bellevue Public Schools, Nebraska

Bellevue Public Schools is located in Sarpy County, Nebraska.

Bellevue Public Schools is located in Sarpy County, Nebraska. The county seat is Papillion. Sarpy County had a population of 169,331 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2014. In the 2011-2012 school year, Bellevue Public Schools was the fifth-largest school district in Nebraska and served 9,988 students.

Demographics

In 2012, Sarpy County had a higher percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree compared to the state overall. The United States Census Bureau reported that 35.8 percent of residents aged 25 and older in Sarpy County had earned a bachelor's degree, compared with 28.1 percent for Nebraska. The median household income in Sarpy County was $69,269, above the state median of $51,381. The poverty rate in the county was 6.6 percent, compared to 12.4 percent for Nebraska as a whole.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Sarpy County (%)	Nebraska (%)
White	89.8	89.7
Black or African American	4.4	4.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.6	1.3
Asian	2.3	2.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or more races	2.8	2.0
Hispanic or Latino	8.1	9.9

Party registration, Sarpy County, 2014
Party	Number of registered voters
Republican	46,975
Democratic	27,561
Nonpartisan	25,797
Libertarian	660
Total	100,993

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

As of the 2014 election, the Bellevue Board of Education consisted of six members elected at-large to four-year terms. A representative of the military community may be invited to serve as a seventh member in an advisory capacity. There was no primary election and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Three seats were up for election in 2014.

School board candidates had to file in the office of the election commissioner or county clerk during the candidate filing period, which ended on February 18, 2014, for incumbents and on March 3, 2014, for challengers. The deadline to withdraw was also on March 3, 2014. Write-in candidates had to file by October 24, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 17, 2014.

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

• Mike Kinney
  • Incumbent
  • Graduate, University of Iowa
  • Attorney, Cassem, Tierney, Adams, Gotch & Douglas
  • Former member, Papillion-La Vista Board of Education (1979-1985)
• Frank Kumor
  • Incumbent Board Vice-President
  • Owner, Erwin's Jewelry
• Nina Wolford
  • Incumbent Board President
  • Retired English teacher

Election results

Bellevue Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Nina Wolford Incumbent	34.7%	6,658
	Nonpartisan	Frank Kumor Incumbent	33.4%	6,393
	Nonpartisan	Mike Kinney Incumbent	30.7%	5,890
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	1.2%	221
Total Votes				19,162
Source: Sarpy County Election Commissioner, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 20, 2014

Endorsements

The Sarpy County Democratic Party endorsed Nina Wolford and Michael Kinney in the election.

Campaign finance

Candidates were not required to file campaign finance reports until they receive or expend $5,000 or more in a calendar year.

Past elections

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

2012 Bellevue Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Lisa Rybar Incumbent 26.9% 9,988      Nonpartisan Cindy Copich 22.8% 8,456      Nonpartisan Douglas P. Cook 18.2% 6,760      Nonpartisan Doug Townsend 17.9% 6,659      Nonpartisan Phil Davidson 13.6% 5,043      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.5% 199 Total Votes 37,105 Source: Sarpy County Election Commissioner, "General election results November 6, 2012," accessed September 4, 2014 2010 Bellevue Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Alisha Richards 20.3% 5,197      Nonpartisan Nina Wolford Incumbent 19.5% 5,002      Nonpartisan Frank Kumor Incumbent 18.8% 4,826      Nonpartisan Kevin Hensel 15.5% 3,974      Nonpartisan N. Carol Olsen Incumbent 14% 3,594      Nonpartisan Kim Hawley 11.6% 2,968 Total Votes 25,658 Source: Sarpy County Election Commissioner, "General election results November 2, 2010," accessed September 4, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Bellevue Public Schools election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
December 2, 2013	First day for candidates to file nomination documents
February 18, 2014	Filing deadline for incumbents
March 3, 2014	Filing deadline for challengers
March 3, 2014	Last day for candidates to withdraw
September 2, 2014	Last day to file for office by petition
October 4, 2014	First day for in-person early voting at the Election Office
October 6, 2014	1st General Statement campaign finance report due
October 17, 2014	Last day to register to vote in the general election
October 24, 2014	Last day for write-in candidates to file nomination documents
October 27, 2014	2nd General Statement campaign finance report due
November 3, 2014	Last day for early voting in person at County Clerk or Election Commissioner office
November 4, 2014	General election day
December 1, 2014	Meeting of the Board of State Canvassers to certify general election results
January 13, 2015	Post General Statement campaign finance report due

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Nebraska elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with general elections for two U.S. House seats, a U.S. Senate seat, Nebraska state executive offices, Nebraska State Senate seats, and one statewide ballot measure. It also shared the ballot with county, municipal, and judicial elections.

See also

• Nebraska
• Bellevue Public Schools, Nebraska
• Nebraska school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Sarpy County, Nebraska ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Nebraska

External links

Suggest a link

• Bellevue Public Schools
• Sarpy County Election Commission