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Gretchen Alix Lister
Gretchen Alix Lister was a candidate for at-large representative on the Lawrence Public Schools school board in Kansas. Lister was defeated in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2017
Three of the seven seats on the Lawrence Public Schools Board of Education in Kansas were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Melissa Johnson and newcomers Kelly Jones and Ronald "GR" Gordon-Ross defeated challengers Jill Hayhurst, James Alan Hollinger, Gretchen Alix Lister, and Steve Wallace.[1][2] Hayhurst and Wallace announced they were informally withdrawing from the race in September 2017. Because the announcement came after the candidate filing deadline, their names still appeared on the ballot.[3]
Results
| Lawrence Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Melissa Johnson Incumbent |
28.90% | 8,824 |
| Kelly Jones |
21.95% | 6,701 |
| Ronald Gordon-Ross |
15.11% | 4,614 |
| Gretchen Alix Lister | 12.08% | 3,689 |
| James Alan Hollinger | 9.43% | 2,878 |
| Jill Hayhurst | 7.05% | 2,151 |
| Steve Wallace | 5.48% | 1,672 |
| Total Votes | 30,529 | |
| Source: Douglas County, Kansas, "Online election results (official)," accessed November 17, 2017 | ||
Funding
Lister reported no contributions or expenditures to the Douglas County Clerk in the election.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Douglas County Clerk, "Official City/School Candidate Filings," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ Douglas County, Kansas, "Online election results (unofficial)," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Lawrence Journal-World, "Two candidates drop out of Lawrence school board race," September 29, 2017
- ↑ Douglas County, "Candidate Reports: City Current Candidates & Elected Officials," accessed December 18, 2017
| Lawrence Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Douglas County, Kansas | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Melissa Johnson • Ronald "GR" Gordon-Ross • Jill Hayhurst • James Alan Hollinger • Kelly Jones • Gretchen Alix Lister • Steve Wallace |
| Important information: | What's at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
