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Craig Denny
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Craig Denny is the former District 4 representative on the Shawnee Mission School District school board in Kansas. First elected in 1997, Denny lost a re-election campaign in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.[1]
Biography
Denny earned a doctoral degree in civil engineering, and he has worked at Terracon, an engineering consulting firm.[2]
Elections
2017
Three of the seven seats on the Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education in Kansas were up for general election on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on August 1, 2017, for the at-large seat and the District 4 seat. In his bid for re-election to the District 4 seat, incumbent Craig Denny ran against challengers Lee Biard, Laura Guy, and Christopher White. Denny and Guy advanced to the general election, where Guy won, defeating the incumbent. Mandi Serrone Hunter and Heather Ousley defeated incumbent Cindy Neighbor and fellow challengers Robert Roberge and Fabian Shepard in the at-large primary and advanced to the general election, where Ousley won the seat.[3][4]
The District 2 seat did not hold a primary election as fewer candidates filed to run for that seat. Mary Sinclair defeated James Lockard for that open seat in the general election.[5][6]
District 4 candidate Lee Biard announced that he stopped actively campaigning, but his name still appeared on the primary election ballot.[7]
Results
| Shawnee Mission School District, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Laura Guy |
60.20% | 3,258 |
| Craig Denny Incumbent | 39.62% | 2,144 |
| Write-in votes | 0.18% | 10 |
| Total Votes | 5,412 | |
| Source: Johnson County, "Election Summary Report 2017 Fall General Official Final Results," accessed November 17, 2017 | ||
| Shawnee Mission School District, District 4 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Laura Guy |
38.23% | 1,121 |
| Craig Denny Incumbent |
28.14% | 825 |
| Christopher White | 23.06% | 676 |
| Lee Biard | 10.57% | 310 |
| Total Votes | 2,932 | |
| Source: Johnson County Election Office, "Election Summary Report: 2017 Fall Primary Official Final Results," accessed August 8, 2017 | ||
Funding
Denny reported $11,560.70 in contributions and $9,082.90 in expenditures to the Johnson County Elections Office, which left his campaign with $2,477.80 on hand in the election.[8]
Endorsements
Denny was endorsed by Equality Kansas and the political action committee for the MainStream Coalition (MainPAC), for the primary election.[9][10]
2013
| Shawnee Mission School District, Position 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Craig Denny Incumbent |
99.1% | 1,500 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.9% | 13 | |
| Total Votes | 1,513 | |||
| Source: Johnson County Elections, "Election Summary Report 2013 Spring General," April 8, 2013 | ||||
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Shawnee Mission Post, "A 20 year veteran of Shawnee Mission School Board, Craig Denny files for reelection," February 10, 2017
- ↑ Shawnee Mission Post, "A 20 year veteran of Shawnee Mission School Board, Craig Denny files for reelection," February 10, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Election Summary Report: 2017 Fall Primary Official Final Results," accessed August 8, 2017
- ↑ The Kansas City Star, "Slew of first-time candidates raise stakes in Shawnee Mission school board primary," July 27, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Unofficial Candidate Filings - August 1, 2017," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Unofficial Candidate Filings - November 7, 2017," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ Shawnee Mission Post, "Our questions for the Shawnee Mission Board of Education candidates," June 19, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Campaign & Committee Reports," accessed December 18, 2017
- ↑ Equality Kansas, "2017 Municipal and School Board Primary Election Endorsements," July 16, 2017
- ↑ Mainstream Coalition, "MainPAC Endorsements," accessed July 20, 2017
| Shawnee Mission School District elections in 2017 | |
| Johnson County, Kansas | |
| Election date: | Primary election: August 1, 2017 • General election: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • James Lockard • Mary Sinclair District 4: • Incumbent, Craig Denny • Lee Biard • Laura Guy • Christopher White At-large: • Incumbent, Cindy Neighbor • Mandi Serrone Hunter • Heather Ousley • Robert Roberge • Fabian Shepard |
| Important information: | What's at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
