Francis Howell School District elections (2014)

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2014 Francis Howell School District Elections
General Election date:
April 8, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections What was at stake? Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
Missouri Francis Howell School District St. Charles County, Missouri ballot measures Local ballot measures, Missouri

Three seats on the Francis Howell School District school board were up for general election on April 8, 2014.

About the district

See also: Francis Howell School District, Missouri

Francis Howell School District is located in St. Charles County, Mo.

Francis Howell School District is located in east-central Missouri in St. Charles County. The county seat of St. Charles County is St. Charles. St. Charles County had a population of 373,495 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2014. In the 2011-2012 school year, Francis Howell School District was the fourth-largest school district in Missouri and served 19,626 students.

Demographics

In 2013, St. Charles County had a higher percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree compared to the state overall. The United States Census Bureau reported that 35.1 percent of residents aged 25 and older in the county had earned a bachelor's degree, compared with 26.2 percent for Missouri. The median household income in St. Charles County was $71,077, higher than the state median of $47,380. The poverty rate in the county was 5.8 percent, compared to 15.5 percent for Missouri as a whole.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	St. Charles County (%)	Missouri (%)
White	91.0	83.7
Black or African American	4.6	11.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.3	0.5
Asian	2.4	1.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	1.8	2.0
Hispanic or Latino	3.0	3.9

Presidential Voting Pattern, St. Charles County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	71,838	110,784
2008	84,183	102,550
2004	66,855	95,826
2000	53,806	72,114

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

As of the 2014 election, the Francis Howell School District Board of Education consisted of seven members elected at-large to three-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on April 8, 2014. Three at-large seats were on the ballot in 2014, two seats were on the ballot in 2015, and the remaining seats appeared on the ballot in 2016.

The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was January 28, 2014.

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

• Rene Cope

• Kimberlyann Granger

• Mike Hoehn
  • Incumbent

• Mark C. Lafata
  • Incumbent

• Chad Lange

• Ralph Moore

• Cory Simek

• Gary Stevenson

• Mike Sommer
  • Incumbent

Election results

Francis Howell School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Rene Cope	15.3%	3,424
	Nonpartisan	Mike Sommer Incumbent	14.6%	3,252
	Nonpartisan	Mark C. Lafata Incumbent	14.4%	3,227
	Nonpartisan	Chad Lange	12.7%	2,834
	Nonpartisan	Mike Hoehn Incumbent	12.1%	2,697
	Nonpartisan	Kimberlyann Granger	11.7%	2,618
	Nonpartisan	Gary Stevenson	7.7%	1,712
	Nonpartisan	Cory Simek	6.3%	1,401
	Nonpartisan	Ralph Moore	5.3%	1,178
Total Votes				22,343
Source: St. Charles County Election Authority, "Summary Report," April 22, 2014

Campaign finance

No candidates filed a campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2013 Francis Howell School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Amy McEvoy Incumbent 37% 4,127      Nonpartisan Cynthia Bice Incumbent 30.4% 3,391      Nonpartisan Tony Yakich 16.5% 1,837      Nonpartisan Robert Faltisek 16% 1,788 Total Votes 11,143 Source: St. Charles County Election Authority, "Summary Report," accessed May 11, 2014 2012 Francis Howell School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Marty Hodits Incumbent 27.5% 3,403      Nonpartisan Eric Seider 24.6% 3,048      Nonpartisan Stephen Johnson Incumbent 24.4% 3,021      Nonpartisan Marie Haupt 23.5% 2,917 Total Votes 12,389 Source: St. Charles County Election Authority, "Summary Report," accessed May 11, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Francis Howell School District election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
December 17, 2013	First Day for Candidate Filing
January 21, 2014	Last Day for Candidate Filing
January 28, 2014	Deadline for entities to certify elections to election authority
February 25, 2014	First Day for Absentee Voting
April 2, 2014	Last Day Absentee Ballot can be mailed
March 12, 2014	Voter Registration deadline
April 8, 2014	Election day

Additional elections on the ballot

The April 8, 2014, municipal general election featured races for local, municipal, and school positions.

See also

• Missouri
• Francis Howell School District, Missouri
• Missouri school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• St. Charles County, Missouri ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Missouri
• Election preview: More than 100 candidates running in California, Missouri and South Dakota school board elections
• Post-election:Incumbents fare well in Missouri, South Dakota and California school board elections

External links

Suggest a link

• District page
• St. Charles, Missouri
• St. Charles County Election Authority