Farmington Municipal Schools elections (2017)
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Two of the five seats on the Farmington Municipal Schools Board of Education were up for by-district general election on February 7, 2017. In her bid for re-election to District 2, incumbent Robyn Hoffman ran unopposed and won another term on the board. District 3 incumbent Bill Young did not file to run for re-election, leaving the seat open for a newcomer. Vernon Keith Corley won that seat unopposed.[1][2]
Having 100 percent unopposed seats was not unusual for the district. In the 2013 school board elections, 100 percent of the seats were also unopposed, and in 2015, two-thirds of the seats were unopposed. Click here for more election trends in the district and the state.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Farmington Municipal Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held by district on a staggered basis every February of odd-numbered years. Three seats—from Districts 1, 4, and 5—were up for election on February 3, 2015, and two seats—from Districts 2 and 3—were up for election on February 7, 2017. There was no primary election.[3][4]
To be eligible to run for office, school board candidates had to live in the boundaries of the school district and be qualified electors of the state. To get on the ballot, they had to file on December 20, 2016. The deadline to withdraw as a candidate was January 3, 2017.[5][6]
To vote in this election, citizens of the school district had to register by January 10, 2017.[6] Photo identification was not required to vote in New Mexico.[7]
Candidates and results
District 2
Results
| Farmington Municipal Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Robyn Hoffman Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 102 |
| Total Votes | 102 | |
| Source: San Juan County Election Department, "Official Results for the February 7, 2017 School Board Member and Bond Election," accessed February 22, 2017 | ||
Candidates
Robyn Hoffman 
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District 3
Results
| Farmington Municipal Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Vernon Keith Corley (unopposed) |
100.00% | 198 |
| Total Votes | 198 | |
| Source: San Juan County Election Department, "Official Results for the February 7, 2017 School Board Member and Bond Election," accessed February 22, 2017 | ||
Candidates
| Vernon Keith Corley
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: New Mexico elections, 2017
The Farmington Municipal Schools election did not share the ballot with other elections.[4]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for New Mexico school board elections in 2017.[5][6][8]
| Deadline | Event |
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| December 20, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| January 3, 2017 | Candidate withdrawal deadline |
| January 10, 2017 | Voter registration deadline |
| February 7, 2017 | General election |
| March 1, 2017 | Board members take office |
| April 3, 2017 | Annual campaign finance report due (if applicable) |
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Campaign finance
Candidates in the Farmington Municipal Schools election did not have to file campaign finance reports. The state only required campaign finance reporting for school districts with an enrollment of 12,000 students or more.[8]
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What was at stake?
2017
Election trends
- See also: School board elections, 2015
The 2017 Farmington Municipal Schools Board of Education election mirrored the district's 2013 election in which the same seats were on the ballot. Just as in 2013, the two seats up for election were unopposed in 2017. One incumbent won re-election, and one newcomer was elected to the other seat, which also happened in 2013.
In 2015, one of the three seats on the ballot saw opposition. An incumbent won re-election unopposed to another seat, and a write-in candidate won election to the third seat as no regular candidates filed to run in that race.
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
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| 2017 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 50.00% | |
| 2015 | 1.00 | 66.67% | 100.00% | 33.33% | |
| 2013 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 50.00% | |
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| 2015 | 2.05 | 30.00% | 64.29% | 50.00% | |
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| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
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About the district
- See also: Farmington Municipal Schools, New Mexico
The Farmington Municipal school district is located in San Juan County in northwest New Mexico. The county seat is Aztec. San Juan County was home to an estimated 118,737 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[9] The district was the seventh-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 11,765 students.[10]
Demographics
San Juan County underperformed compared to New Mexico as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 15.2 percent of county residents aged 25 years or older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 26.3 percent of state residents. The median household income for San Juan County was $48,671, compared to $44,963 for the entire state. The percentage of people living below the poverty level in the county was 18.8 percent, while it was 20.4 percent statewide.[9]
| Racial Demographics, 2015[9] | |||
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| Race | San Juan County (%) | New Mexico (%) | |
| White | 58.0 | 82.5 | |
| Black or African American | 1.0 | 2.6 | |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 37.6 | 10.5 | |
| Asian | 0.6 | 1.7 | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
| Two or more races | 2.7 | 2.5 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20.0 | 48.0 | |
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.
Recent news
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See also
| Farmington Municipal Schools | New Mexico | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ San Juan County Clerk, "2017 School Board Candidates," accessed December 21, 2016
- ↑ San Juan County Election Department, "Unofficial Results for the February 7, 2017 School Board Member and Bond Election," accessed February 7, 2017
- ↑ Farmington Municipal Schools, "Board of Education Membership," accessed December 21, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 San Juan County Clerk, "2017 School Board Election," accessed December 21, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 New Mexico School Boards Association, "School Board Member Handbook: CHAPTER II – LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Cuddy & McCarthy LLP, "New Mexico School District Election Calendar: For Regular School District Elections In February 2017," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State Voter Services, "Voter Registration Information," accessed February 18, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Mexico Statutes, "Chapter 1. Elections: Article 22A. School District Campaign Reporting," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 United States Census Bureau, "San Juan County, New Mexico," accessed January 5, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Farmington Municipal Schools elections in 2017 | |
| San Juan County, New Mexico | |
| Election date: | February 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Incumbent, Robyn Hoffman District 3: • Vernon Keith Corley |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
