Billings Public Schools elections (2014)

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2014 Billings Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
May 6, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
Montana Billings Public Schools Yellowstone County, Montana ballot measures Local ballot measures, Montana

Three seats on the Billings Public Schools school board were up for general election on May 6, 2014. Incumbent Janna Hafer defeated challenger Virgil Middendorf to retain her Single Member District 2 seat, while Susan Layton defeated Eric H. Olsen to win the High School District B seat. Tanya Ludwig ran unopposed and won the Single Member District 1 seat by default.

About the district

See also: Billings Public Schools, Montana

Billings Public Schools is located in Yellowstone County, Mont.

Billings Public Schools is located in south-central Montana in Yellowstone County. The county seat of Yellowstone County is Billings. Billings had a population of 104,167 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2014. In the 2013-2014 school year, Billings Public Schools was the largest school district in Montana and served 16,328 students.

Demographics

In 2010, Billings had a higher percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree compared to the state overall. The United States Census Bureau reported that 30.6 percent of residents aged 25 and older in Billings had earned a bachelor's degree, compared with 28.5 percent for Montana. The median household income in Billings was $48,074, above the state median of $45,456. The poverty rate in the city was 13.1 percent, compared to 14.8 percent for Montana as a whole.

Racial Demographics, 2010
Race	Billings (%)	Montana (%)
White	89.6	89.4
Black or African American	0.8	0.4
American Indian and Alaska Native	4.4	6.3
Asian	0.7	0.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	2.9	2.5
Hispanic or Latino	5.2	2.9

Presidential Voting Pattern, Yellowstone County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	26,403	40,500
2008	32,038	36,483
2004	24,120	40,903
2000	20,370	33,922

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 Billings Public Schools Board of Trustees consisted of nine members elected to three-year terms by geographic electoral districts. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on May 6, 2014. The Single Member District 1 seat, the Single Member District 2 seat, and the High School District B seat were on the ballot in 2014.

Candidates began to file affidavits of candidacy on December 23, 2013. The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was March 27, 2014.

Elections

2014

Candidates

Single Member District #1

• Tanya Ludwig

Single Member District #2

• Janna Hafer
  • Incumbent
  • Graduate, Montana State University
  • Chief financial officer and co-owner, High Plains Architects

• Virgil Middendorf
  • Graduate, University of North Dakota and the University of Wyoming
  • Meteorologist and information technology officer, National Weather Service

High School District B

• Susan Layton
  • Owner, Great Harvest Bread Co.

• Eric H. Olsen
  • Graduate, Montana Tech of the University of Montana
  • Manager, August Energy

Election results

Tanya Ludwig ran unopposed and won the Single Member District #1 seat by default without an election.

Billings Public Schools, Single Member District #2 General Election, 3-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Janna Hafer Incumbent	64.1%	1,204
	Nonpartisan	Virgil Middendorf	35%	657
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.9%	17
Total Votes				1,878
Source: Yellowstone County, MT, "School Election," accessed January 22, 2015

Billings Public Schools, High School District B General Election, 3-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Susan Layton	59.4%	1,297
	Nonpartisan	Eric H. Olsen	39.7%	866
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	1%	21
Total Votes				2,184
Source: Yellowstone County, MT, "School Election," accessed January 22, 2015

Campaign finance

No candidate filed a campaign finance report with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices during the election.

Past elections

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

2013 Billings Public Schools, Single Member District #3 General Election, 3-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Greta Besch Moen Incumbent 95.3% 3,676      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 4.7% 181 Total Votes 3,857 Source: Yellowstone County, MT, "Official Final Results," accessed March 5, 2014 Billings Public Schools, Single Member District #5 General Election, 3-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Lindy S. Graves Incumbent 97% 3,408      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 3% 107 Total Votes 3,515 Source: Yellowstone County, MT, "Official Final Results," accessed March 5, 2014 Billings Public Schools, Single Member District #7 General Election, 3-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Kevin Toohill 56.3% 3,046      Nonpartisan Connie Wardell Incumbent 42.7% 2,307      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1% 56 Total Votes 5,409 Source: Yellowstone County, MT, "Official Final Results," accessed March 5, 2014

Key deadlines

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

Deadline	Event
December 23, 2013	First day to file affidavits of candidacy
March 27, 2014	Last day to file affidavits of candidacy
April 7, 2014	Close of voter registration
April 16, 2014	First day absentee ballots are available
May 6, 2014	Election day

Additional elections on the ballot

This election did not share the ballot with other elections.

See also

• Montana
• Billings Public Schools, Montana
• Montana school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Yellowstone County, Montana ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Montana
• 90 candidates seek 38 seats in first round of May school board elections
• Incumbents falter in early May elections, governing majority shifts in Buffalo

External links

Suggest a link

• Billings Public Schools
• Billings, Montana
• Yellowstone County Elections Office