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Lake Central School Corporation elections (2014)

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2014 Lake Central School Corporation 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
Indiana
Lake Central School Corporation
Lake County, Indiana ballot measures
Local ballot measures, Indiana
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Two seats on the Lake Central School Corporation School Board were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Incumbent and Board President George Baranowski lost to challenger Sandra Lessentine for the Schererville District seat. Fellow board member Howard W. Marshall Jr. ran unopposed and won re-election to the Unincorporated District seat.[1][2]

About the district

See also: Lake Central School Corporation, Indiana
Lake Central School Corporation is located in Lake County, Indiana.

Lake Central School Corporation is located in Lake County, Indiana. The county seat is Crown Point. Lake County is home to 491,456 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] In the 2011-2012 school year, Lake Central School Corporation was the 23rd-largest school district in Indiana and served 10,037 students.[4]

Demographics

Lake County underperformed compared to the rest of Indiana in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 19.7 percent of Lake County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 23.0 percent for Indiana as a whole. The median household income for Lake County was $49,315 compared to $48,374 for the state of Indiana. The percentage of people below poverty level for Lake County was 17.4 percent while it was 14.7 percent for the state of Indiana.[3]

Racial Demographics, 2013[3]
Race Lake County (%) Indiana (%)
White 70.7 86.3
Black or African American 25.5 9.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5 0.4
Asian 1.5 1.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or more races 1.7 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 17.8 6.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Lake County[5]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 130,897 68,431
2008 139,301 67,742
2004 114,743 71,903

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 Lake Central School Board consists of five members elected at-large or by specific geographic districts to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Two seats were up for election in 2014.[1]

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period, which began on July 23, 2014, and ended on August 22, 2014. Write-in candidates also had to file by August 22, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 6, 2014.[6]

Elections

2014

Candidates

Schererville District

Unincorporated District

Election results

Schererville District
Lake Central School Corporation, Schererville District General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSandra Lessentine 55.4% 6,314
     Nonpartisan George Baranowski Incumbent 44.6% 5,091
Total Votes 11,405
Source: Lake County Board of Elections and Registration, "Lake County Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014
Unincorporated District
Lake Central School Corporation, Unincorporated District General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngHoward W. Marshall Jr. Incumbent 100% 8,578
Total Votes 8,578
Source: Lake County Board of Elections and Registration, "Lake County Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014

Endorsements

No candidates received endorsements in this election.

Campaign finance

The Lake County Board of Elections and Registration does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports.

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Lake Central School Corporation election in 2014:[6]

Deadline Event
July 23, 2014 First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 6, 2014 First day for write-in candidates to file nomination documents
August 22, 2014 Last day for traditional and write-in candidates to file nomination documents
October 6, 2014 Last day to register to vote in the general election
October 17, 2014 Last day to file pre-election campaign finance reports
November 4, 2014 General election day
November 18, 2014 Last day for candidates to file a verified election recount or contest petition

Additional elections on the ballot

This election shared the ballot with general elections for a U.S. House seat, Indiana state executive offices, Indiana House of Representatives seats and Indiana State Senate seats. It also shared the ballot with county, municipal, and judicial elections.[7]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Lake + Central + School + Corporation + Indiana"

See also

External links

Footnotes