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Clear Creek Independent School District elections (2014)

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2014 Clear Creek Independent School District Elections

General Election date:
May 10, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
What was at stake?
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
Texas
Clear Creek Independent School District
Galveston County, Texas ballot measures
Local ballot measures, Texas
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Two seats on the Clear Creek Board of Trustees were up for general election on May 10, 2014. Incumbent Win Weber won re-election against Nick Long in the District 2 race. Board president Ken Baliker won another term in the District 3 seat without opposition.

About the district

See also: Clear Creek Independent School District, Texas
Clear Creek Independent School District is located in Galveston County, Texas

Clear Creek Independent School District is located in League City, Texas, a city located in portions of Galveston County and Harris County. According to the United States Census Bureau, League City was home to 88,188 residents in 2014.[1] Clear Creek Independent School District was the 28th-largest school district in Texas, serving 39,209 students during the 2011-2012 school year.[2]

Demographics

League City outperformed in comparison to the rest of Texas in terms of higher education achievement in 2010. The United States Census Bureau found that 42.1 percent of League City residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.3 percent for Texas as a whole. The median household income in League City was $88,289 compared to $51,563 for the state of Texas. The poverty rate in League City was 4.7 percent compared to 17.4 percent for the entire state.[1]

Racial Demographics, 2010[1]
Race League City (%) Texas (%)
White 79.5 70.4
Black or African American 7.1 11.8
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.7
Asian 5.4 3.8
Two or More Races 2.9 2.7
Hispanic or Latino 17.3 37.6

Presidential votes, 2000-2012[3]
Year Democratic vote (%) Republican vote (%)
2012 35.8 62.7
2008 39.8 59.2
2004 41.4 57.8
2000 43.0 54.2

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 Clear Creek Board of Trustees consists of seven members elected to three-year terms. Five members are elected to specific districts and two members are elected to at-large seats. There was no primary election and a general election took place on May 10, 2014. Three seats were on the ballot in May 2015 and two seats were up for election in May 2016.

Candidates for the Board of Trustees submitted paperwork with the school district secretary by February 28, 2014. Each candidate must be at least 18 years old, a registered voter and a resident of the district for at least six months. Members filed two campaign finance reports with the district clerk prior to the election unless they did not receive or spend $500 during the campaign.[4]

Elections

2014

Candidates

District 2

  • Nick Long Defeatedd
    • Graduate, University of Texas-Austin
    • Area vice president, Gallagher Benefit Services
    • Partner, GL Group
    • Ran for at-large seat in 2013
  • Win Weber Green check mark transparent.png
    • Incumbent
    • Graduate, University of Texas-Austin and South Texas College of Law
    • Attorney

District 3

  • Ken Baliker Green check mark transparent.png
    • Incumbent
    • Graduate, University of Kentucky and University of Houston-Clear Lake
    • Energy executive

Election results

Clear Creek Independent School District, District 2 General Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngWin Weber Incumbent 54.8% 407
     Nonpartisan Nick Long 45.2% 336
Total Votes 743
Source: Clear Creek Independent School District, "CCISD OFFICIAL VOTE TOTALS FOR CCISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES DISTRICT 2," accessed May 12, 2014

Note: Ken Baliker won re-election without opposition in District 3.

Endorsements

Nick Long received endorsements from Mayor Tim Paulissen and County Commissioners Ken Clark, Ryan Dennard and Kevin O'Brien. He also earned the endorsements of League City Councilors Heidi Theiss, Todd Kinsey, Geri Bentley and Dan Becker.[5]

Campaign finance

No candidate filed a campaign finance report with the district office prior to the election.

Past elections

What was at stake?

Issues in the district

Debate over teacher tenure

Members of the Corpus Christi chapter of the American Federation of Teachers demonstrated outside of the district's administration building on April 28, 2014 to protest district policy on teacher tenure. Board members Carol Scott, Jane Bell, John Longoria and Dwayne Hargis rejected a measure to reinstate continuing contracts during an April 21, 2014 meeting. These contracts were eliminated from the district in 2011 due to concerns over lengthy legal processes involved in removing ineffective teachers.[6]

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Clear Creek Independent School District election in 2014:[4]

Deadline Event
January 29, 2014 First day to file paperwork for ballot placement
February 28, 2014 Last day to file paperwork for ballot placement
March 5, 2014 Last day to withdraw from ballot
April 10, 2014 Due date for first campaign finance report
April 10, 2014 Last day for voter registration with county clerk
May 1, 2014 Last day to request mailed ballot from county clerk
May 2, 2014 Due date for second campaign finance report
May 10, 2014 Election day
May 21, 2014 Final day for canvassing of votes
July 15, 2014 Last campaign finance report for election

Additional elections on the ballot

The Board of Trustees election shared the ballot with races for mayor and seats on the League City Council.[7]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Clear + Creek + Independent + School + District"

See also

External links

Footnotes