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Heather Ousley
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Heather Ousley is an at-large representative on the Shawnee Mission School District school board in Kansas. Ousley won a first term in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
A graduate of the Shawnee Mission School District, Ousley went on to earn a bachelor's degree and a J.D. from the University of Kansas. An attorney, Ousley has also served as president of the PTA and as a troop leader for the Girl Scouts. She has three children.[1]
Elections
2017
Three of the seven seats on the Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education in Kansas were up for general election on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on August 1, 2017, for the at-large seat and the District 4 seat. In his bid for re-election to the District 4 seat, incumbent Craig Denny ran against challengers Lee Biard, Laura Guy, and Christopher White. Denny and Guy advanced to the general election, where Guy won, defeating the incumbent. Mandi Serrone Hunter and Heather Ousley defeated incumbent Cindy Neighbor and fellow challengers Robert Roberge and Fabian Shepard in the at-large primary and advanced to the general election, where Ousley won the seat.[2][3]
The District 2 seat did not hold a primary election as fewer candidates filed to run for that seat. Mary Sinclair defeated James Lockard for that open seat in the general election.[4][5]
District 4 candidate Lee Biard announced that he stopped actively campaigning, but his name still appeared on the primary election ballot.[6]
Results
| Shawnee Mission School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Heather Ousley |
66.08% | 21,314 |
| Mandi Serrone Hunter | 33.68% | 10,864 |
| Write-in votes | 0.24% | 76 |
| Total Votes | 32,254 | |
| Source: Johnson County, "Election Summary Report 2017 Fall General Official Final Results," accessed November 17, 2017 | ||
| Shawnee Mission School District, At-large Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Heather Ousley |
42.29% | 7,641 |
| Mandi Serrone Hunter |
20.79% | 3,756 |
| Cindy Neighbor Incumbent | 20.71% | 3,742 |
| Fabian Shepard | 13.75% | 2,485 |
| Robert Roberge | 2.47% | 446 |
| Total Votes | 18,070 | |
| Source: Johnson County Election Office, "Election Summary Report: 2017 Fall Primary Official Final Results," accessed August 8, 2017 | ||
Funding
Ousley reported $25,443.54 in contributions and $23,448.65 in expenditures to the Johnson County Elections Office, which left her campaign with $165.49 on hand in the election.[7]
Endorsements
Ousley was endorsed by the following organizations in the general election:[8][9][10][11][12]
- National Education Association-Shawnee Mission’s Political Action Committee
- Education First Shawnee Mission
- MainStream Coalition's political action committee (MainPAC)
- Kansans Advancing Women (KAW)
She was also endorsed by Equality Kansas and the Network for Public Education in the primary election.[1][13]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heather Ousley for Shawnee Mission Board of Education, "About," accessed July 20, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Election Summary Report: 2017 Fall Primary Official Final Results," accessed August 8, 2017
- ↑ The Kansas City Star, "Slew of first-time candidates raise stakes in Shawnee Mission school board primary," July 27, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Unofficial Candidate Filings - August 1, 2017," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Unofficial Candidate Filings - November 7, 2017," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ Shawnee Mission Post, "Our questions for the Shawnee Mission Board of Education candidates," June 19, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Campaign & Committee Reports," accessed December 18, 2017
- ↑ Education First Shawnee Mission, "Endorsements: 2017 School Board Election," accessed October 13, 2017
- ↑ Shawnee Mission Post, "National Education Association-Shawnee Mission PAC endorses Ousley, White in school board primaries," June 27, 2017
- ↑ MainPAC, "2017 MainPAC General Election Recommendations," accessed October 13, 2017
- ↑ Kansans Advancing Women, "2017 General Election Endorsements," accessed October 13, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "National Education Association-Shawnee Mission post August 23, 2017," accessed October 13, 2017
- ↑ Equality Kansas, "2017 Municipal and School Board Primary Election Endorsements," July 16, 2017
| Shawnee Mission School District elections in 2017 | |
| Johnson County, Kansas | |
| Election date: | Primary election: August 1, 2017 • General election: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • James Lockard • Mary Sinclair District 4: • Incumbent, Craig Denny • Lee Biard • Laura Guy • Christopher White At-large: • Incumbent, Cindy Neighbor • Mandi Serrone Hunter • Heather Ousley • Robert Roberge • Fabian Shepard |
| Important information: | What's at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
