Escondido Union High School District elections (2014)

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2014 Escondido Union High School District Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
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California Escondido Union High School District San Diego County, California ballot measures Local ballot measures, California

Four seats on the Escondido Union High School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents from Trustee Areas 1, 2, and 5 were up for re-election to a four-year term, and Christi Knight from Trustee Area 3 was up for re-election to a two-year term after getting appointed.

Incumbents Tina Pope and Christi Knight from Trustee Areas 1 and 3, respectively, ran unopposed and won re-election. Candidates Lou Barrios and Bill Durney ran for election to the open Trustee Area 2 seat, and incumbent Jon Petersen ran against challenger Georgine Tomasi for the Trustee Area 5 seat. Durney won the Trustee Area 2 seat, and Petersen won the Trustee Area 5 seat.

The last time seats for Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 5 were up for election in 2010, the election was canceled due to lack of opposition. This happened again in 2012 when members from Trustee Areas 3 and 4 were up for election.

About the district

See also: Escondido Union High School District, California

Escondido Union High School District is located in San Diego County, California.

Escondido Union High School District is located in San Diego County, California. The county seat of San Diego County is San Diego. San Diego County was home to 3,211,252 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Escondido Union High School was the 180th-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 9,312 students.

Demographics

San Diego County outperformed the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 34.4 percent of San Diego County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.5 percent for California as a whole. The median household income for San Diego County was $63,373 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for San Diego County was 13.9 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	San Diego County (%)	California (%)
White	76.6	73.5
Black or African American	5.6	6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native	1.3	1.7
Asian	11.7	14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.6	0.5
Two or more races	4.2	3.7
Hispanic or Latino	32.9	38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, San Diego County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	626,957	536,726
2008	666,581	541,032
2004	526,437	596,033
2000	437,666	475,736

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 Escondido Union High School District Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms by specific geographic regions. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Seats from Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 5 were up for re-election to four-year terms, and the seat from Trustee Area 3 was up for election to a two-year term after it was filled by appointment. Two seats will be up for election in 2016.

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period. The filing period began July 14, 2014, and ended August 8, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 20, 2014. Voters could request vote-by-mail ballots from October 6, 2014, through October 28, 2014.

Trustee Area 1

• Tina Pope
  • Incumbent

Trustee Area 2

• Lou Barrios
  • Instructor
  • Engineer
• Bill Durney
  • Business owner

Trustee Area 3 (two-year term)

• Christi Knight
  • Incumbent
  • CAO Staff Officer, County of San Diego Health and Human Services

Trustee Area 5

• Jon Petersen
  • Incumbent
  • Graduate, San Diego State University and Pennsylvania State University
  • School principal
• Georgine Tomasi
  • Education consultant
  • Educator

Election results

Trustee Area 1

Incumbent Tina Pope ran unopposed and won re-election by default.

Trustee Area 2

Escondido Union High School District,
Trustee Area 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Bill Durney	55.8%	3,811
	Nonpartisan	Lou Barrios	44.2%	3,020
Total Votes				6,831
Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election," accessed December 22, 2014

Trustee Area 3

Incumbent Christi Knight ran unopposed and won re-election to a two-year term by default.

Trustee Area 5

Escondido Union High School District,
Trustee Area 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Jon Petersen Incumbent	66.8%	5,025
	Nonpartisan	Georgine Tomasi	33.2%	2,496
Total Votes				7,521
Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election," accessed December 22, 2014

Campaign finance

Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.

Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.
2012 Elections for Trustee Areas 3 and 4 were canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbents Kurt Marler and George McClure were re-elected by default. 2010 Elections for Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 5 were canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbents Tina Pope, Jon Petersen and Randy Garcia were re-elected by default.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Escondido Union High School District election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
July 14, 2014	First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 8, 2014	Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
October 6, 2014	First day to request vote-by-mail ballot
October 6, 2014	First pre-election report due
October 20, 2014	Last day to register to vote
October 23, 2014	Second pre-election report due
October 28, 2014	Last day to request vote-by-mail ballot
November 4, 2014	Election Day
December 31, 2014	Termination report due
February 2, 2015	Semi-annual report due

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: California elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with general elections for several state executive offices, five U.S. House seats, three state Senate seats and six state Assembly seats.

Recent news

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See also

• California
• Escondido Union High School District, California
• California school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• San Diego County, California ballot measures
• California ballot measures

External links

• Escondido Union High School District
• San Diego County Registrar of Voters