David Spring
David Spring ran for election for Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction. He did not appear on the ballot for the primary on August 6, 2024.
Spring was a candidate for the nonpartisan position of Washington superintendent of public instruction in the 2016 election.[1] He was defeated in the primary election.
He was also a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 5-Position 2 of the Washington House of Representatives.[2] Spring ran unsuccessfully for the same seat in 2012.
Elections
2024
See also: Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2024
General election
General election for Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Chris Reykdal defeated David Olson in the general election for Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Reykdal (Nonpartisan)  | 52.8 | 1,746,848 |
 | David Olson (Nonpartisan) | 46.6 | 1,543,550 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 19,932 | ||
| Total votes: 3,310,330 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Chris Reykdal and David Olson defeated Reid Saaris and John Patterson Blair in the primary for Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Reykdal (Nonpartisan) | 39.3 | 702,227 |
| ✔ | | David Olson (Nonpartisan) | 31.2 | 557,822 |
 | Reid Saaris (Nonpartisan) | 23.9 | 427,788 | |
 | John Patterson Blair (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 91,410 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 7,404 | ||
| Total votes: 1,786,651 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chad Magendanz (Nonpartisan)
- David Spring (Nonpartisan)
- Brad Klippert (Nonpartisan)
- Vincent Perez (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Spring in this election.
2020
See also: Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2020
General election
General election for Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Chris Reykdal defeated Maia Espinoza in the general election for Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Reykdal (Nonpartisan) | 54.6 | 1,955,365 |
 | Maia Espinoza (Nonpartisan) | 44.9 | 1,609,643 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 17,957 | ||
| Total votes: 3,582,965 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction
The following candidates ran in the primary for Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Reykdal (Nonpartisan) | 40.2 | 898,951 |
| ✔ | | Maia Espinoza (Nonpartisan) | 25.3 | 564,674 |
 | Ronald Higgins (Nonpartisan) | 20.5 | 456,879 | |
 | Dennis Wick (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 121,425 | |
| David Spring (Nonpartisan) | 5.0 | 111,176 | ||
 | Stan Lippmann (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 71,395 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 9,571 | ||
| Total votes: 2,234,071 | |||
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2016
- Main article: Washington Superintendent of Schools election, 2016
Spring filed to run in the 2016 election for the nonpartisan position of Washington superintendent of public instruction.[1] Eight other candidates competed in the primary election. Spring was defeated in the August 2 top-two primary election by Erin Jones and state Rep. Chris Reykdal.
The following candidates ran in the Washington primary for superintendent of schools.
| Washington primary for superintendent of schools, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Erin Jones |
25.76% | 295,330 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chris Reykdal |
20.95% | 240,194 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ronald Higgins | 16.65% | 190,886 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robin Fleming | 13.52% | 154,991 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Spring | 8.52% | 97,702 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Patterson Blair | 5.59% | 64,064 | |
| Nonpartisan | KumRoon Maksirisombat | 3.79% | 43,491 | |
| Nonpartisan | Al Runte | 3.26% | 37,386 | |
| Nonpartisan | Grazyna Prouty | 1.94% | 22,265 | |
| Total Votes | 1,146,309 | |||
| Source: Washington Secretary of State | ||||
2014
Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2014. A blanket primary election took place on August 5, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 17, 2014. Colin Alexander (D) and Ryan Dean Burkett (I) were defeated by David Spring (D) and incumbent Chad Magendanz (R) in the primary. Spring was defeated by Magendanz in the general election.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chad Magendanz Incumbent |
59% | 26,287 | |
| Democratic | David Spring | 41% | 18,259 | |
| Total Votes | 44,546 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |
Chad Magendanz Incumbent |
56.4% | 12,733 | |
| Democratic | David Spring |
32.7% | 7,375 | |
| Democratic | Colin J. Alexander | 6.8% | 1,545 | |
| Independent | Ryan Dean Burkett | 4% | 907 | |
| Total Votes | 22,560 | |||
2012
Spring ran in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives, District 5-Position 2. Spring advanced past the August 7 blanket primary election and was defeated by Chad Magendanz (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chad Magendanz |
55.2% | 35,961 | |
| Democratic | David Spring | 44.8% | 29,156 | |
| Total Votes | 65,117 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |
Chad Magendanz |
53.5% | 14,654 | |
| Democratic | David Spring |
42.1% | 11,526 | |
| Independent | Ryan Dean Burkett | 4.4% | 1,202 | |
| Total Votes | 27,382 | |||
2010
David Spring ran for the Washington House of Representatives District 5-Position 2. He defeated Dean Willard in the August 17, 2010, primary and was defeated by Republican Glenn Anderson in the general election on November 2, 2010.[7]
| Washington House of Representatives, District 5-Position 2 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Glenn Anderson (R)
|
36,170 | |||
| David Spring (D) | 26,907 | |||
| Washington House of Representatives, District 5-Position 2 Primary (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Glenn Anderson (R)
|
18,827 | 57.92% | ||
| David Spring (D)
|
8.144 | 25.05% | ||
| Dean Willard (D) | 5,535 | 17.03% | ||
2008
| Washington House of Representatives, District 5-Position 2 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Glenn Anderson (R)
|
35,913 | 51.58% | ||
| David Spring (D) | 33,712 | 48.42% | ||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Spring did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
David Spring did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Spring's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[8]
We can create a Full Employment Economy with three simple steps:
- Excerpt: "Step 1: Restore School Funding - by rolling back tax breaks for wealthy corporations."
- Excerpt: "Step 2: Rebuild our economy - with a Public Bank to reduce the cost of public projects."
- Excerpt: "Step 3: Revive our Democracy - by ending corporate kickbacks to political campaigns."
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Spring is divorced and has one child.[9]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Washington Secretary of State, "2016 candidates who have filed," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Washington Secretary of State, "2014 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 5, 2014, Official Primary Results," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Official general election results, 2014," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State - 2012 Primary Candidates
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 07, 2012 Primary Results - Legislative - All Results," accessed August 15, 2012
- ↑ Washington Legislature Official primary results SOS
- ↑ Spring for House, "Main page," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed June 2, 2014
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