Box Elder School District elections (2016)
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Four of the seven seats on the Box Elder School District school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Lynn Capener, Connie Archibald, Nancy Kennedy, and Bryan Smith ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats in Districts 1, 2, 5, and 6, respectively.[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Box Elder school board consists of seven members elected by district to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and a general election was held on November 8, 2016, for four seats.[2]
The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was March 17, 2016.[1]
Candidates and results
District 1
Results
| Box Elder School District, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lynn Capener Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 2,484 |
| Total Votes | 2,484 | |
| Source: Box Elder County, Utah, "Official Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
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District 2
Results
| Box Elder School District, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Connie Archibald Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 2,283 |
| Total Votes | 2,283 | |
| Source: Box Elder County, Utah, "Official Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
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| Connie Archibald
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District 5
Results
| Box Elder School District, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Nancy Kennedy Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 2,256 |
| Total Votes | 2,256 | |
| Source: Box Elder County, Utah, "Official Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
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| Nancy Kennedy
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District 6
Results
| Box Elder School District, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Bryan Smith Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 2,432 |
| Total Votes | 2,432 | |
| Source: Box Elder County, Utah, "Official Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
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| Bryan Smith
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Additional elections
- See also: Utah elections, 2016
The Box Elder school board election shared the ballot with federal elections for President of the United States, United States Senate, and United States Representative. The statewide elections on the ballot included elections for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer, auditor, the Utah State Senate, and the Utah House of Representatives.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Box Elder school board elections in 2016:[3]
| Deadline | Event |
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| March 17, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| September 30, 2016 | First campaign finance deadline |
| October 11, 2016 | Last day to register by mail to vote in the general election |
| October 25-November 4, 2016 | Early voting period |
| November 1, 2016 | Second campaign finance deadline |
| November 1, 2016 | Last day to register online to vote in the general election |
| November 8, 2016 | Election Day |
| January 10, 2017 | Final campaign finance deadline |
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Campaign finance
The Box Elder County Clerk did not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports in 2016.
Past elections
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About the district
- See also: Box Elder School District, Utah
Box Elder School District is located in Box Elder County, Utah. The county seat is Brigham City. Box Elder County was home to 52,097 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] The district was the 14th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 11,310 students.[5]
Demographics
Box Elder County underperformed in comparison to Utah as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 21.6 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 30.6 percent of all state residents. The median household income for the county was $57,336, compared to $59,846 statewide. The poverty rate in the county was 11.6 percent, compared to 11.3 percent for the entire state.[4]
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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.
Recent news
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See also
| Box Elder School District | Utah | School Boards |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Box Elder County, Utah, "2016 General Election," accessed March 18, 2016
- ↑ Box Elder School District, "School Board," September 22, 2016
- ↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2016 Election Information," accessed September 21, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Quickfacts:Box Elder County, Utah," accessed September 22, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Utah.gov, "Election Results," accessed August 5, 2015
