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Haysville Unified School District 261, Kansas, elections (2019)

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Haysville Unified School District 261 elections

Primary date
August 6, 2019 (canceled)
General election date
November 5, 2019
Enrollment ('16-'17)
5,646 students

Five seats on the Haysville Unified School District 261 school board in Kansas were up for general election on November 5, 2019, four for regular election and one for special election. A primary was scheduled for August 6, 2019, but was canceled after two or fewer candidates filed per seat. The filing deadline for this election was June 3, 2019.

Incumbents Susan Norton, Tom Gibson, and Greg Fenster and challengers Jennifer Bain and Jerome Crawford won election to the Haysville Unified School District 261 school board.

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Candidates and results

At-large

General election

General election for Haysville Unified School District 261 school board At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Haysville Unified School District 261 school board At-large on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Susan Norton (Nonpartisan)
 
22.1
 
1,051
Jennifer Bain (Nonpartisan)
 
18.0
 
858
Tom Gibson (Nonpartisan)
 
15.7
 
748
Greg Fenster (Nonpartisan)
 
13.4
 
637
Mitch Lindsay (Nonpartisan)
 
11.2
 
536
Mike Fussell (Nonpartisan)
 
11.1
 
529
Wade Buller (Nonpartisan)
 
7.7
 
367
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
39

Total votes: 4,765
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At-large (special)

General election

Special general election for Haysville Unified School District 261 school board At-large

Jerome Crawford won election in the special general election for Haysville Unified School District 261 school board At-large on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jerome Crawford (Nonpartisan)
 
97.1
 
1,195
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.9
 
36

Total votes: 1,231
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About the district

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The Haysville Unified School District 261 is located in Sedgwick County, Kansas. The district served 5,646 students during the 2016-2017 school year.[1]

State profile

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Partisan data

The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019

Presidential voting pattern

  • Kansas voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Congressional delegation

State executives

  • Democrats held five and Republicans held 12 of Kansas' 24 state exeecutive offices. Elections for the other offices are nonpartisan.
  • Kansas' governor was Democrat Laura Kelly.

State legislature

Kansas Party Control: 1992-2025
No Democratic trifectas  •  Sixteen years of Republican trifectas

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Kansas quick stats

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Demographic data for Kansas
 KansasU.S.
Total population:2,906,721316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):81,7593,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:85.2%73.6%
Black/African American:5.8%12.6%
Asian:2.6%5.1%
Native American:0.8%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.1%0.2%
Two or more:3.3%3%
Hispanic/Latino:11.2%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:90.2%86.7%
College graduation rate:31%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$52,205$53,889
Persons below poverty level:15%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
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**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.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Kansas. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Kansas with 56.7 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 36.1 percent. In presidential elections between 1864 and 2016, Kansas voted Republican 84.21 percent of the time and Democratic 15.78 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Kansas voted Republican all five times.[2]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Kansas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 29 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 21.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 34 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 20.9 points. Clinton won six districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 32.8 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 91 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 35.5 points. Trump won 11 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also

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