Hesperia Unified School District elections (2014)

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2014 Hesperia Unified 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 Hesperia Unified School District San Bernardino County, California ballot measures Local ballot measures, California

Three seats on the Hesperia Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Three at-large incumbents, A. Hardy Black, Niccole Childs and Eric Swanson, were up for re-election. They ran against three challengers: Kelly J. Gregg, Marcy M. Kittinger and Maria T. Gomez.

Black was unseated in the general election, which Childs, Swason and Kittinger won.

About the district

See also: Hesperia Unified School District, California

Hesperia Unified School District is located in San Bernardino County, California.

Hesperia Unified School District is located in San Bernardino County, California. The county seat of San Bernardino County is San Bernardino. San Bernardino County was home to 2,088,371 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Hesperia Unified School District was the 56th-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 23,444 students.

Demographics

San Bernardino County underperformed compared to the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 18.6 percent of San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino County was $54,750 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for San Bernardino County was 17.6 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	San Bernardino County (%)	California (%)
White	77.5	73.5
Black or African American	9.5	6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native	2.0	1.7
Asian	7.1	14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.5	0.5
Two or more races	3.4	3.7
Hispanic or Latino	51.1	38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, San Bernardino County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	305,109	262,358
2008	315,720	277,408
2004	227,789	289,306
2000	214,749	221,757

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 Hesperia Unified 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.

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.

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

• A. Hardy Black
  • Incumbent
  • Graduate, Brigham Young University and California State University at San Bernardino
  • Retired teacher, Hesperia Unified School District
• Niccole Childs
  • Incumbent
  • Teacher/counselor
• Eric Swanson
  • Incumbent
• Kelly J. Gregg
  • Director, Hesperia Recreation and Park District
• Marcy M. Kittinger
• Maria T. Gomez

Election results

Hesperia Unified School District,
At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Eric Swanson Incumbent	22%	5,827
	Nonpartisan	Marcy M. Kittinger	21.8%	5,787
	Nonpartisan	Niccole Childs Incumbent	18.3%	4,839
	Nonpartisan	A. Hardy Black Incumbent	14.2%	3,769
	Nonpartisan	Kelly J. Gregg	12.6%	3,342
	Nonpartisan	Maria T. Gomez	11.1%	2,935
Total Votes				26,499
Source: San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Statewide General Election: November 4, 2014, Final Certified Election Results," accessed December 19, 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.

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.

Past elections

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

2012 Hesperia Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Ella M. "Lee" Rogers 35.7% 11,572      Nonpartisan Cody C. Gregg 26.3% 8,513      Nonpartisan Marcy M. Kittinger 20.5% 6,633      Nonpartisan Christopher Bentley Incumbent 17.6% 5,706 Total Votes 32,424 Source: San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election November 6, 2012," accessed July 22, 2014 2010 Hesperia Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Niccole Childs 11.4% 4,666      Nonpartisan Eric Swanson 11% 4,505      Nonpartisan A. Hardy Black Incumbent 10.4% 4,247      Nonpartisan Ella M. "Lee" Rogers Incumbent 10.2% 4,171      Nonpartisan Marcy M. Kittinger 6.9% 2,824      Nonpartisan Edward O'Brien 6.5% 2,669      Nonpartisan David E. Holtz 6.2% 2,527      Nonpartisan Rick Maschek 6.1% 2,493      Nonpartisan Hal Heywood 6% 2,469      Nonpartisan Christopher "Chris" Lindsay 5.9% 2,431      Nonpartisan Martin Hoover 5.6% 2,310      Nonpartisan Frank J. Valadez 5.6% 2,297      Nonpartisan Rosanne Weathers 4.8% 1,970      Nonpartisan Rusty L. Caldwell 3.3% 1,358 Total Votes 40,937 Source: San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "General Election November 2nd, 2010 Results," accessed October 3, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Hesperia Unified School District election in 2014:

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 five U.S. House seats, several state executive offices, two state Senate seats and eight state Assembly seats, as well as judicial, municipal and other school board elections.

Recent news

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See also

• California
• Hesperia Unified School District, California
• California school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• San Bernardino County, California ballot measures
• California ballot measures

External links

• Hesperia Unified School District
• San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters