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Franklin-McKinley School District elections (2014)

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2014 Franklin-McKinley 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
See also
California
Franklin-McKinley School District
Santa Clara County, California ballot measures
Local ballot measures, California
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Three seats on the Franklin-McKinley School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014.[1][2] Rudy Rodriguez was the only incumbent running for re-election. He ran against challengers Thanh Tran, Omar Torres and Tina Castillo.[3] Rodriguez, Tran and Torres won the election.

About the district

See also: Franklin-McKinley School District, California
Franklin-McKinley School District is located in Santa Clara County, California.

Franklin-McKinley School District is located in Santa Clara County, California. The county seat is San Jose. Santa Clara County was home to 1,862,041 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] In the 2011-2012 school year, Franklin-McKinley School District was the 152nd-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 10,620 students.[5]

Demographics

Santa Clara County outperformed the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 46 percent of Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County was $90,747 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for Santa Clara County was 9.7 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[4]

Racial Demographics, 2012[4]
Race Santa Clara County (%) California (%)
White 57.6 73.7
Black or African American 2.9 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4 1.7
Asian 33.7 13.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.5 0.5
Two or more races 3.9 3.6
Hispanic or Latino 26.9 38.2

Presidential Voting Pattern, Santa Clara County[6]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 450,818 174,843
2008 462,241 190,039
2004 386,100 209,094
2000 332,490 188,750

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 Franklin-McKinley School District Board of Education consists of five members elected at-large to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Three seats were up for election in 2014, and two seats will be up for election in 2016.[1][2]

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.[7]

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

Election results

Franklin-McKinley School District,
At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngThanh Tran 29.9% 6,420
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngRudy Rodriguez Incumbent 26% 5,586
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngOmar Torres 23.4% 5,036
     Nonpartisan Tina Castillo 20.7% 4,458
Total Votes 21,500
Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Official Final Results," 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.[8]

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.[8]

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Franklin-McKinley School District election in 2014:[8][9]

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 a number of state executive offices, four seats in the U.S. House, one state Senate seat, six state Assembly seats and several judicial and municipal elections.[10]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Franklin-McKinley + School + District + California"

See also

External links

Footnotes