Keith Garton
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Keith Garton was a member of the South Kitsap Board of Directors in Washington, representing District 2. Garton assumed office in 1999. Garton left office in 2019.
Garton ran for re-election to the South Kitsap Board of Directors to represent District 2 in Washington. Garton won in the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Garton is a school volunteer and a science teacher in the Peninsula School District. Garton also served as an engineer for 20 years before becoming an educator. He and his wife have three children.[1][2]
Elections
2015
Three of the five seats on the South Kitsap Board of Directors were up for election on November 3, 2015. In the District 2 race, Brian Lightbody faced incumbent Keith Garton. District 1 incumbent Patty Henderson and District 5 incumbent Greg Wall were unopposed. Henderson, Garton and Wall all won re-election to their respective seats.
Results
| South Kitsap School District Board of Directors, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Keith Garton Incumbent |
51.1% | 6,220 |
| Brian Lightbody | 47.8% | 5,812 |
| Write-in votes | 1.12% | 136 |
| Total Votes | 12,168 | |
| Source: Kitsap County, Washington, "General Election: November 3, 2015," November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
Garton reported no contributions or expenditures to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission as of August 4, 2015.[3]
Endorsements
Garton did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
2011
| South Kitsap School District, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Keith Garton |
98% | 14,764 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 2% | 300 | |
| Total Votes | 15,064 | |||
| Source: Kitsap County Auditor, "Official Results," accessed May 27, 2015 | ||||
2007
| South Kitsap School District, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2007 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Keith Garton Incumbent |
98% | 12,783 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 2% | 267 | |
| Total Votes | 13,050 | |||
| Source: Kitsap County Auditor, "Official Results," accessed May 27, 2015 | ||||
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See also
- South Kitsap School District, Washington
- South Kitsap School District elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedorchard - ↑ South Kitsap School District, "School board," accessed May 27, 2015
- ↑ Washington Public Disclosure Commission, "Local Candidates," accessed August 4, 2015
| 2015 South Kitsap School District Elections | |
| Kitsap County, Washington | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1: Incumbent, Patty Henderson District 2: Incumbent, Keith Garton • Brian Lightbody |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
