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Cache County School District elections (2016)

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Cache County School District Elections

General election date:
November 8, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
16,279 students

Three of the seven seats on the Cache County School District school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Larry Jeppesen, Jeffrey Nielson, and Kathy Christiansen ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats in Districts 1, 3, and 6, respectively.[1]

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The Cache County 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 three 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

Cache County School District,
District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Larry Jeppesen Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 3,475
Total Votes 3,475
Source: Cache County, Utah, "2016 Nov General Election Results," accessed December 5, 2016

Candidates

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  • Incumbent

District 3

Results

Cache County School District,
District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jeffrey Nielson Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 3,596
Total Votes 3,596
Source: Cache County, Utah, "2016 Nov General Election Results," accessed December 5, 2016

Candidates

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  • Incumbent

District 6

Results

Cache County School District,
District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kathy Christiansen Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 3,938
Total Votes 3,938
Source: Cache County, Utah, "2016 Nov General Election Results," accessed December 5, 2016

Candidates

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Additional elections

See also: Utah elections, 2016

The Cache County 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. There were also municipal elections for Cache County Council, district court, and justice court.[3]

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Cache County school board elections in 2016:[4]

Deadline Event
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

Candidates received a total of $0.00 and spent a total of $50.00 as of November 2, 2016, according to the Office of the Cache County Clerk.[5]

Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
District 1
Larry Jeppesen $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
District 3
Jeffrey Nielson $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
District 5
Kathy Christiansen $0.00 $50.00 -$50.00

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About the district

See also: Cache County School District, Utah
Cache County School District is located in Cache County, Utah.

Cache County School District is located in Cache County, Utah. The county seat is Logan. Cache County was home to 120,783 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[6] The district was the 10th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 16,279 students.[7]

Demographics

Cache County outperformed Utah as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 35.9 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 30.9 percent of all state residents. The median household income in the county was $50,367, compared to $59,846 statewide. The poverty rate in Cache County was 14.2 percent, compared to 11.3 percent for the entire state.[6]

Racial Demographics, 2015[6]
Race Cache County (%) Utah (%)
White 93.1 91.2
Black or African American 0.8 1.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0 1.5
Asian 2.7 2.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.5 1.0
Two or More Races 1.9 2.4
Hispanic or Latino 10.6 13.7

Presidential Voting Pattern,
Cache County[8]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 6,244 35,039
2008 10,294 29,127
2004 6,375 32,486
2000 5,170 25,920

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.

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See also

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