Highline Public Schools elections (2015)

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2015 Highline Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
November 3, 2015
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Four seats on the Highline Public Schools Board of Directors were up for election on November 3, 2015. Three seats were up for general election: Districts 1, 4 and 5. One seat, District 3, was up for special election to a two-year unexpired term.

District 1 incumbent Tyrone Curry Sr., District 4 incumbent Bernie Dorsey and District 5 incumbent Michael Spear won re-election to regular four-year terms. Curry and Dorsey won re-election unopposed. Spear, meanwhile faced challenger John Burdine.

District 3 incumbent Susan Goding announced in February 2015 that she would be resigning from the board effective March 4, 2015. A member of the board since 2005, she decided to leave the board mid-term to focus on her statewide advocacy regarding math education. The race for her vacated seat featured Joe Van and Miles Partman. Van was appointed to fill the District 3 vacancy until the election; Partman challenged Goding in her most recent re-election campaign in 2013. Van won the election and the remaining two years of Goding's term on the board.

About the district

See also: Highline Public Schools, Washington

Highline Public Schools is located in King County, Wash.

Highline Public Schools is located in King County in northwestern Washington. The county seat is Seattle. King County was home to an estimated 2,044,449 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2012-2013 school year, Highline Public Schools was the 15th-largest school district in Washington, serving 18,372 students.

Demographics

In 2013, King County outperformed the state of Washington as a whole in terms of higher education achievement, median household income and poverty rate. The United States Census Bureau found that 46.6 percent of county residents aged 25 and older had earned a bachelor's degree or higher, while the rate was 31.9 percent for state residents. The median household income was $71,811 in the county in comparison to $59,478 statewide. The rate of persons living below the poverty line in King County was 11.5 percent compared to 13.4 percent for Washington.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	King County (%)	Washington (%)
White	70.8	81.2
Black or African American	6.6	4.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	1.1	1.9
Asian	15.9	7.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.8	0.7
Two or More Races	4.8	4.4
Hispanic or Latino	9.3	11.9

Presidential Voting Pattern, King County
Year	Democratic Vote (%)	Republican Vote (%)
2012	68.7	28.3
2008	70.0	28.0
2004	65.0	33.7
2000	60.0	34.4

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 Highline Board of Directors consists of five members elected by district to four-year terms. If more than two candidates had filed for any one position up for election, a primary election would have been held on August 4, 2015. The general election for Districts 1, 4 and 5 was November 3, 2015. The special election for a two-year term in the District 3 seat was the same day.

Elections in Washington require candidates to pay filing fees equal to 1 percent of a position's annual salary. Board members in Highline School District can be reimbursed up to $4,800 for district activities but do not receive salaries, which eliminates the filing fee. Candidates were required to file for this election by May 15, 2015.

District 1

Election results

Highline Public Schools Board of Directors, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tyrone Curry Sr. Incumbent	98.4%	14,288
Write-in votes	1.64%	238
Total Votes		14,526
Source: King County Elections, "Election Results: General and Special Elections November 4, 2015," November 24, 2015

Candidates

• Tyrone Curry Sr.
  • Incumbent

District 3 (unexpired term)

Election results

Highline Public Schools Board of Directors, District 3 General Election, 2-year unexpired term, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Joe Van Incumbent	78.6%	13,946
Miles Partman	20.9%	3,708
Write-in votes	0.53%	94
Total Votes		17,748
Source: King County Elections, "Election Results: General and Special Elections November 4, 2015," November 24, 2015

Candidates

• Joe Van
  • Incumbent
  • Appointed in April 2015
• Miles Partman

District 4

Election results

Highline Public Schools Board of Directors, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Bernie Dorsey Incumbent	98.6%	14,165
Write-in votes	1.44%	207
Total Votes		14,372
Source: King County Elections, "Election Results: General and Special Elections November 4, 2015," November 24, 2015

Candidates

• Bernie Dorsey
  • Incumbent

District 5

Election results

Highline Public Schools Board of Directors, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michael Spear Incumbent	51.3%	9,062
John Burdine	48.2%	8,514
Write-in votes	0.5%	89
Total Votes		17,665
Source: King County Elections, "Election Results: General and Special Elections November 4, 2015," November 24, 2015

Candidates

• Michael Spear
  • Incumbent
• John Burdine

Campaign finance

No contributions or expenditures were reported as of October 29, 2015, according to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission.

Candidates who raised and spent no more than $5,000 in aggregate and who did not receive more than $500 from any one contributor, including themselves, could participate in "mini reporting." These candidates were required to file a candidate registration statement and keep a record of their contributors and expenditures, but they were not required to report them unless they exceed the stated thresholds. In those cases, they were required to switch their filing status from "mini" to "full" reporting by August 31, 2015.

Contributions to school board candidate committees were subject to the following limits:

• State parties or caucus political committees (separately): $0.95 per registered voter from January 1 to December 31
• County and legislative district parties (combined): $0.50 per registered voter from January 1 to December 31
• Individuals, PACS, unions, corporations or other entities (separately): $950 per primary and general election

School board candidate committees were prohibited from receiving contributions from other candidate committees. No contributors except state committees of political parties could give more than $5,000 in aggregate in the 21 days prior to the election.

Past elections

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

2013 See also: Highline Public Schools elections (2013) District 2 Highline Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Angelica M. Alvarez Incumbent 98.5% 18,276      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.5% 276 Total Votes 18,552 Source: King County Elections, "Certified Results," November 25, 2013 District 3 Highline Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Susan Goding Incumbent 76.4% 16,555      Nonpartisan Miles Partman 22.9% 4,972      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.6% 140 Total Votes 21,667 Source: King County Elections, "Certified Results," November 25, 2013 2011 District 1 Highline Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Tyrone Curry, Sr. 54.2% 12,133      Nonpartisan Sili Savusa 45% 10,076      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.8% 169 Total Votes 22,378 Source: King County Elections District 4 Highline Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Bernie Dorsey 98.6% 18,286      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.4% 253 Total Votes 18,539 Source: King County Elections District 5 Highline Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Michael D. Spear 98.6% 18,151      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.4% 258 Total Votes 18,409 Source: King County Elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the 2015 Washington school board elections:

Deadline	Event
May 11-15, 2015	Candidate filing period
May 18, 2015	Deadline for candidates to withdraw
October 13, 2015	Campaign finance report due
October 26, 2015	Voter registration deadline for general election
October 27, 2015	Campaign finance report due
November 3, 2015	Election Day
November 24, 2015	Election results certified
December 10, 2015	Post-general campaign finance report due
January 11, 2016	End of election cycle campaign finance report due

Recent news

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See also

Highline Public Schools	Washington	School Boards
Highline Public Schools elections (2013) List of school districts in Washington	Washington school board elections, 2015 Public education in Washington Local ballot measures, Washington	School board elections, 2015 School board elections, 2014 School board election data analysis, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2014

External links

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• Highline Public Schools
• King County Elections