Bloomington Public Schools elections (2015)

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2015 Bloomington Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
November 3, 2015
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
Minnesota Bloomington Public Schools Hennepin County, Minnesota ballot measures Local ballot measures, Minnesota

Three seats on the Bloomington Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.

The seats of incumbents Maureen Bartolotta, Dick Bergstrom and Nelly Korman were up for election. All three incumbents filed to run for re-election. They defeated challengers Michael Poke, Nicole Robinson, Paige Rohman and Carmelisa Scott for the three at-large seats.

About the district

See also: Bloomington Public Schools, Minnesota

Bloomington Public Schools is located in Hennepin County, Minn.

Bloomington Public Schools is located in central Minnesota in Hennepin County. The county seat is Minneapolis. This county was home to 1,152,425 residents in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Bloomington Public Schools was the 12th-largest school district in Minnesota and served 10,690 students.

Demographics

Hennepin County outperformed the rest of Minnesota in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 45.8 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 32.6 percent for Minnesota as a whole. The median household income in Hennepin County was $64,403, compared to $59,836 for the state of Minnesota. The poverty rate was 12.8 percent, compared to 11.5 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Hennepin County (%)	Minnesota (%)
White	76.4	86.2
Black or African American	12.4	5.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	1.2	1.3
Asian	6.9	4.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	3.1	2.3
Hispanic or Latino	6.8	5.0

Presidential Voting Pattern, Hennepin County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	423,982	240,073
2008	420,958	231,054
2004	383,841	255,133
2000	307,599	225,657

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 Bloomington Board of Education consists of seven members elected at-large to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 3, 2015. Three seats were up for election in 2015.

School board candidates had to file nomination documents during the candidate filing period, which began on July 28, 2015, and ended on August 11, 2015. The deadline for candidates to withdraw was August 13, 2015.

Elections

2015

Candidates

At-large

Maureen Bartolotta		Dick Bergstrom		Nelly Korman
	Incumbent B.A., the University College of New York at Buffalo Volunteer, Companies to Classroom and the Education Foundation of Bloomington		Incumbent Former member, Bloomington/Richfield Parent Advisory Council Former site council representative, Normandale Hills Elementary		Incumbent B.A., the Universidad del Valle Colombia M.A., Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Teacher, Saint Louis Park High School

Michael Poke		Nicole Robinson
Paige Rohman		Carmelisa Scott
	Assistant to the vice president for university services, the University of Minnesota

Election results

Bloomington Public Schools, At-Large, General Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Nelly Korman Incumbent	22.3%	4,052
Maureen Bartolotta Incumbent	20.3%	3,686
Dick Bergstrom Incumbent	19.3%	3,506
Paige Rohman	13.0%	2,359
Nicole Robinson	9.8%	1,772
Michael Poke	9.6%	1,749
Carmelisa Scott	5.2%	936
Write-in votes	0.58%	106
Total Votes		18,166
Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Local Results in Hennepin County," accessed November 4, 2015 These election results are not official and will be updated when certified results are available. You can submit certified results by contacting us.

Endorsements

Incumbent Nelly Korman and newcomer Michael Poke received endorsements from both SEIU Local 284 and the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Korman also received an endorsement from womenwinning.

Challenger Paige Rohman received endorsements from Bloomington City Council members Tim Busse and Andrew Carlson, as well as Bloomington Chamber of Commerce President Maureen Scallen Failor.

Campaign finance

The Bloomington Public Schools administration does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.

Past elections

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

2013 See also: Bloomington Public Schools elections (2013) Bloomington Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Ricardo Oliva 16.8% 6,602      Nonpartisan Jim Sorum 15.1% 5,947      Nonpartisan Tom Bennett 15% 5,902      Nonpartisan Dawn Steigauf 14.6% 5,763      Nonpartisan Tim Culver Incumbent 13.3% 5,220      Nonpartisan Arlene Bush Incumbent 12.5% 4,941      Nonpartisan Lyle Abeln Incumbent 12.4% 4,895      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 120 Total Votes 39,390 Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 271 - Bloomington," accessed December 18, 2013 2011 Bloomington Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Nelly Korman 22.8% 5,440      Nonpartisan Maureen Bartolotta Incumbent 22% 5,243      Nonpartisan Dick Bergstrom 19.4% 4,628      Nonpartisan Judy Gruggen 18.1% 4,314      Nonpartisan Ricardo Oliva 17.8% 4,256 Total Votes 23,881 Source: Bloomington, Minnesota, "Official results: General Election - Tuesday, November 8, 2011," accessed October 14, 2013

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Bloomington Public Schools election in 2015:

Deadline	Event
July 28, 2015	First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 11, 2015	Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 13, 2015	Last day for candidates to withdraw
November 3, 2015	Election Day

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Minnesota elections, 2015

This election shared the ballot with the general election for mayor and the at-large, District I and District II city council seats.

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See also

Bloomington Public Schools	Minnesota	School Boards
Bloomington Public Schools elections (2013) List of school districts in Minnesota	Minnesota school board elections, 2015 Public education in Minnesota Local ballot measures, Minnesota	School board elections, 2015 School board elections, 2014 School board election data analysis, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2014

External links

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• Bloomington Public Schools
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