Colt Balok
Colt Balok was a candidate for the District 1 seat on the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education in the New Mexico general election on February 3, 2015.[1] He was defeated by incumbent Analee Maestas.
Biography
Currently a student at the University of New Mexico and event coordinator for the Gallup-McKinley County Humane Society, Balok graduated from Miyamura High School in 2012. He has worked for the New Mexico State Senate's Chief Clerk, was assistant to state senator George K. Munoz and executive assistant to Susan Riedel during her 2014 campaign for New Mexico Attorney General.[2] Balok has 13 brothers and sisters.[3]
Elections
2015
The election in Albuquerque Public Schools featured three of seven total seats up for general election on February 3, 2015. The seats from Districts 1, 2 and 4 were up for re-election.
Incumbent Analee Maestas faced two challengers for the District 1 seat, Colt Balok and Madelyn Jones, and won re-election. In District 2, incumbent Kathy Korte faced only one challenger, Peggy L. Muller-Aragon. Muller-Aragon defeated Korte to take a seat on the board. District 4 incumbent Martin Esquivel did not seek re-election, leaving the seat open for a newcomer. Five candidates, Sina-Aurelia Pleasant Soul-Bowe, Mark Gilboard, John Jake Lopez, Charles MacQuigg and Barbara Petersen, filed to run for that open seat. James Osborn also originally filed to run for the District 4 seat, but he withdrew his candidacy. Petersen defeated her fellow candidates to become the next District 4 representative on the board.
Results
| Albuquerque Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Analee Maestas Incumbent |
72.5% | 453 | |
| Nonpartisan | Madelyn Jones | 17.1% | 107 | |
| Nonpartisan | Colt Balok | 10.4% | 65 | |
| Total Votes | 625 | |||
| Source: Abbey Smith, "Email communication with the Bernalillo County Bureau of Elections," February 26, 2015 | ||||
Funding
The New Mexico Secretary of State's Office requires school board candidates in districts with an enrollment of 12,000 students or more to file an annual report each year. Candidates running for a seat on this district's school board had to file that annual report by April 13, 2015.[4]
Endorsements
Balok did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Colt + Balok + Albuquerque + Public + Schools"
See also
- Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico
- Albuquerque Public Schools elections (2015)
- New Mexico school board elections attract numerous educators as candidates (January 23, 2015)
- New faces to join all of New Mexico's largest school district boards (February 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Albuquerque Journal, "11 people file candidacy for 3 APS board seats," December 17, 2014
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Colt Balok," accessed December 24, 2014
- ↑ Albuquerque Journal, "APS District 1: Candidate profiles and Q&A," January 20, 2015
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Guidelines of Candidates and Campaign Committees: associated with Proposed Rule-Campaign Finance," accessed January 6, 2015
