Deer Park Independent School District elections (2016)
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Two of the seven seats on the Deer Park Independent School District board of trustees were up for general election on May 7, 2016. Position 4 incumbent Lynn Kirkpatrick and Position 5 incumbent Ken Donnell ran unopposed for the two seats up for election. Due to a lack of opposition, the election was canceled and Kirkpatrick and Donnell were automatically re-elected.[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Deer Park Board of Trustees consists of seven members elected by district to three-year terms. Each member resides in the single-member district they represent on the board. There was no primary election, and a general election took place on May 7, 2016, for Districts 5, 6 and, 7.[1]
School board candidates submitted candidacy paperwork with the school district secretary by February 19, 2016. Each candidate must be at least 18 years old, a registered voter and a resident of the district for at least six months.[2]
Candidates and results
Position 4
Results
This election was canceled due to a lack of opposition.
Candidates
Lynn Kirkpatrick 
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District 5
Results
This election was canceled due to a lack of opposition.
Candidates
| Ken Donnell
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Additional elections
The school board election on May 7, 2016, did not share the ballot with any other local election.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Texas school board elections in 2016:[3][4]
| Deadline | Event |
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| February 19, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| February 23, 2016 | Deadline for write-in candidates |
| April 7, 2016 | Pre-general election campaign finance deadline |
| April 19, 2016 | Campaign finance report due |
| May 7, 2016 | Election Day |
| May 18, 2016 | Final day for canvassing of votes |
| July 15, 2016 | Post-election campaign finance deadline |
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Past elections
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2015Incumbent Rhonda Leigh Lowe won re-election without opposition. Incumbent Albert Lee Giddens won re-election without opposition. Incumbent Ryan Taylor won re-election without opposition.
2014Position 6 incumbent Mike Mills and Position 7 incumbent Donna Thomas were the only candidates to file by the February 28, 2014 deadline. The district canceled elections in early April as allowed by state election law.[5][6]
2013Lynn Kirkpatrick and Ken Donnell won seats in Positions 3 and 4 by default after the district canceled elections on March 18, 2013.[7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
What was at stake?
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About the district
Deer Park Independent School District is located in Texas. The district was the 88th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 13,015 students.[8]
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tiffany Rouse, "Email communication with Communications Administrative Assistant Cheryl Leon," March 2, 2016
- ↑ Deer Park Independent School District, "Board Policy Online," accessed March 2, 2016
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "2016 Filing Schedule for Reports Due in Connection with Elections Held on Uniform Election Dates," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "May 7, 2016 Election Law Calendar," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ Bobby Vasquez, InsideDP.com, "Ballots for city council, school board set," March 3, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Election Advisory No. 2013-17," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ Deer Park Independent School District, "Minutes of the Board of Trustees," March 18, 2013
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
| 2016 Deer Park Independent School District Elections | |
| Election date: | May 7, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Position 4:Incumbent, Lynn Kirkpatrick Position 5:Incumbent, Ken Donnell |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
