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David Douglas School District elections (2015)

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2015 David Douglas School District Elections

General Election date:
May 19, 2015
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
Oregon
David Douglas School District
Multnomah County, Oregon ballot measures
Local ballot measures, Oregon
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Three seats on the David Douglas School District School Board were up for general election on May 19, 2015.

Position 4 incumbent Bryce Anderson, Position 5 incumbent Kyle Riggs and Position 7 incumbent Frieda Christopher won re-election unopposed.

About the district

See also: David Douglas School District, Oregon
David Douglas School District is located in Multnomah County, Ore.

David Douglas School District is based in Portland, the county seat of Multnomah County, in northeastern Oregon. The county was home to an estimated 766,135 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[1] David Douglas was the 13th-largest school district in the state serving 10,895 students in the 2011-2012 school year.[2]

Demographics

Multnomah County outperformed Oregon as a whole in terms of higher education achievement and median household income while it underperformed in terms of poverty rate in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 39.9 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had earned a bachelor's degree or higher compared to 29.7 percent of residents statewide. The median household income in the county was $52,511 while it was $50,229 for the state. The percentage of persons below the poverty line in Multnomah County was 17.8 percent in comparison to 16.2 percent for the entirety of Oregon.[1]

Racial Demographics, 2013[1]
Race Multnomah County (%) Oregon (%)
White 80.8 88.1
Black or African American 5.7 2.0
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5 1.8
Asian 7.0 4.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.6 0.4
Two or More Races 4.4 3.5
Hispanic or Latino 11.1 12.3

Presidential Voting Pattern, Multnomah County[3]
Year Democratic Vote Pacific Green Vote Libertarian Vote Republican Vote Other Vote
2012 274,887 5,954 4,695 75,302 3,884
2008 279,696 1,207 1,195 75,171 7,441
2004 259,585 1,100 1,202 98,439 2,368

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 David Douglas School Board consists of seven members who are elected to four-year terms. Members are elected to numbered positions. There was no primary election, and the general election for Positions 4, 5 and 7 was May 19, 2015.

Candidates were required to file for the election by March 19, 2015. Voters were required to register by April 28, 2015, in order to vote in this election.

Elections

2015

Candidates

Position 4

Position 5

Position 7

Election results

Position 4
David Douglas School District,
Position 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBryce Anderson Incumbent 96.5% 2,319
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 3.5% 84
Total Votes 2,403
Source: Multnomah County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 3, 2015
Position 5
David Douglas School District,
Position 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKyle Riggs Incumbent 96.3% 2,277
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 3.7% 88
Total Votes 2,365
Source: Multnomah County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 3, 2015
Position 7
David Douglas School District,
Position 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngFrieda Christopher Incumbent 97.3% 2,553
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 2.7% 72
Total Votes 2,625
Source: Multnomah County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 3, 2015

Endorsements

No official endorsements were made in this election.

Campaign finance

No contributions or expenditures were reported during the election, according to the Oregon Secretary of State.[4]

Candidates whose committees expected to receive or spend more than $3,500 in a calendar year were required to file campaign finance reports according to the following rules:[5]

  • Transactions occurring before March 7, 2015, were required to be filed by the 30th day after the date of the transaction.
  • Transactions between March 8, 2015, and April 6, 2015, were required to be filed on April 14, 2015.
  • Transactions between April 7, 2015, and May 19, 2015, were required to be filed by the seventh day after the date of the transaction.

Committees who did not expect to surpass the expenditure or contribution threshold were allowed to file a "Certificate of Limited Contributions and Expenditures". If they later surpassed the limit, they were then required to file all transactions from the calendar year.[5]

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the 2015 Oregon school board elections:[6][5]

Deadline Event
February 7, 2015-
March 19, 2015
Candidate filing period
March 19, 2015 Deadline for candidates to withdraw
March 23, 2015 Candidate statements for voters' pamphlet deadline
April 7, 2015-
May 19, 2015
Seven day campaign finance reporting period
April 14, 2015 Campaign finance report due
April 28, 2015 Voter registration deadline
May 5, 2015 Last day to mail ballots
May 19, 2015 Election Day
June 8, 2015 Certified election results deadline
June 23, 2015 Last day to file recount demand
July 1, 2015 New school board terms begin

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Oregon elections, 2015

Positions on the Multnomah Education Service District, Mount Hood Community College, water district and rural fire protection district were up for election on May 19, 2015, as well.[7]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "David + Douglas + School + District + Oregon"

See also

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