Darcy Tweedy
Darcy Tweedy was an at-large member of the Deer Valley Unified School District in Arizona. Tweedy assumed office in 2016. Tweedy left office on January 1, 2021.
Tweedy was an at-large candidate for the Deer Valley Governing Board on November 4, 2014. She was defeated in the general election.
Biography
Tweedy has a master's degree in elementary education and is a K-12 reading specialist and middle school math teacher. She has taught at the elementary and college levels. She was a 2013-2014 Deer Valley Teacher of Year semifinalist. Her family includes her three children who all attend Deer Valley Unified School District schools.[1]
Elections
2016
Three of the five seats on the Deer Valley Unified School District school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Ann Ordway and Michael Gregoire ran for re-election, though Gregoire was listed on the ballot as Greg Gregoire. They were joined by four newcomers: Jenny Frank, Darcy Tweedy, Jennie Paperman, and Bob Stambach. Ordway won another term on the board and was joined in her victory by Frank and Tweedy. Bayer's name did not appear in the election results. There was no primary.[2][3][4]
Board incumbent Ron Bayer initially filed to run for re-election in this race, but withdrew his candidacy. However, his name still appeared on the ballot. Tweedy and Stambach unsuccessfully ran for election to the Deer Valley board in 2014. Stambach ran a joint campaign with fellow candidate Ann O'Brien, who was elected.
Results
| Deer Valley Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jenny Frank |
21.69% | 34,091 |
| Darcy Tweedy |
20.08% | 31,564 |
| Ann Ordway Incumbent |
15.60% | 24,530 |
| Jennie Paperman | 15.18% | 23,871 |
| Michael Gregoire Incumbent | 13.93% | 21,892 |
| Bob Stambach | 13.52% | 21,262 |
| Ron Bayer Incumbent | 0.00% | |
| Total Votes (100) | 157,210 | |
| Source: Maricopa County Recorder, "Final Results," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
School board candidates in Arizona were not required to file a campaign finance report if they did not raise or spend more than $500. If they planned to stay under this threshold, they were permitted to file an exemption statement. This rendered them exempt from all other campaign finance reporting, provided they did not exceed the $500 threshold. Otherwise, candidates were not required to file any report until they raised or spent more than the threshold limit. At that point, they had to file a Statement of Organization within five business days from when the threshold was reached. The pre-general campaign finance report was due November 4, 2016. All campaign finance filing was handled by the Arizona Secretary of State.[5]
Endorsements
Tweedy was endorsed by the Deer Valley Education Association.[6]
2014
Two at-large seats on the Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board were up for general election on November 4, 2014. No incumbents filed to run for re-election, but six newcomers vied for the two open seats. They were Ann O'Brien, Bob Stambach, Darcy Tweedy, John Allen, Kimberly Kay Fisher and Trilese Dileo. Nathania Vanderham also filed to run in the election, but later withdrew from the race.
Kimberly Kay Fisher and Ann O'Brien won the general election.[7]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Kimberly Kay Fisher |
23.7% | 16,004 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ann O'Brien |
20.4% | 13,766 | |
| Nonpartisan | Darcy Tweedy | 18.4% | 12,421 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Allen | 15.4% | 10,390 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Stambach | 15.2% | 10,236 | |
| Nonpartisan | Trilese DiLeo | 7% | 4,701 | |
| Total Votes | 67,518 | |||
| Source: Maricopa County Recorder/Elections Office "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 20, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Tweedy reported no contributions or expenditures to the Maricopa County Recorder's office.[8]
Endorsements
Tweedy was endorsed by governing board member Michael Gregoire.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Tweedy provided the following statements on her campaign page:
| “ | My goal is to promote an agenda that will lead to educational improvements that benefit all children. A school district must do all it can to guarantee safety, lower class sizes, retain highly qualified teachers, and ensure fiscal responsibility so educational tax dollars make it into the classroom.[9] | ” |
| —Darcy Tweedy's campaign website (2014)[1] | ||
| “ | EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS I SUPPORT:
- Innovation programming at schools to provide greater parent choice |
” |
| —Darcy Tweedy's campaign website (2014)[1] | ||
She also provided the following statement to the Maricopa County Education Service Agency:
| “ | As a teacher, I have a passion for education. As the mother of three children attending Deer Valley Schools, I have a commitment to this district. I am a highly qualified teacher in the areas of reading and math. My diverse teaching experiences include: elementary education, adult basic education, and college level courses. In addition, I earned a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education with a Reading Emphasis from Northern Arizona University. I also received a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education with an Early Childhood Emphasis from Arizona State University. Recently, I was selected by the Deer Valley Education Foundation as a 2013-14 Teacher of the Year Semifinalist. In addition, I have successfully written over $35,000.00 in educational grants to fund innovative programs that benefited students in the Deer Valley Unified School District.
If I am elected to serve this community, I will promote an agenda that will lead to educational improvements that benefit all children. These are challenging times for education. Just as all AZ schools are facing challenges, so is DVUSD. The district must overcome budget shortfalls, a shortage of teachers, the state’s adoption of new academic standards, as well as the uncertainty of new testing requirements. I am convinced if we welcome these challenges, we embrace the opportunity for growth. I believe my educational background would provide the strong leadership necessary as the Deer Valley Governing Board makes pivotal decisions to conquer these challenges. My priorities will be reducing class sizes, retaining high quality employees, promoting financial accountability, and increasing public input. If I am elected to the Deer Valley Governing Board, you have my commitment that I will do everything possible to ensure that educational tax dollars make it into the classroom.[10][9] |
” |
| —Tweedy (2014) | ||
See also
- Deer Valley Unified School District, Arizona
- Deer Valley Unified School District elections (2016)
- Deer Valley Unified School District elections (2014)
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Darcy Tweedy 2014 campaign website
- Darcy Tweedy 2014 Facebook campaign page
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Darcy Tweedy campaign website, "Homepage," accessed September 21, 2014
- ↑ Maricopa County Education Service Agency, "Current Governing Board Candidates," accessed August 11, 2016
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Phone conversation with Deer Valley Superintendent's Executive Assistant Kim Redding," August 30, 2016
- ↑ Maricopa County Recorder, "General Election Results," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Campaign Finance Guide, "Questions & Answers," accessed October 6, 2016
- ↑ AEA Fund for Public Education, "Local School District Recommendations," accessed October 20, 2016
- ↑ Maricopa County Education Service Agency, "Filed Candidate Listing," August 6, 2014
- ↑ Maricopa County Recorder, "Campaign Finance Document Search," accessed September 21, 2014
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Maricopa County Education Service Agency, "Governing Board Candidates, Deer Valley Unified District," accessed September 21, 2014
| 2016 Deer Valley Unified School District Elections | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Ron Bayer • Incumbent, Ann Ordway • Incumbent, Michael Gregoire • Jenny Frank • Darcy Tweedy • Jennie Paperman • Bob Stambach |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
