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Lakeville Area Public Schools elections (2016)

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Lakeville Area Public Schools Elections

General election date:
November 8, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
11,067 students

Three of the six seats on the Lakeville Area Public Schools Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Bob Erickson, Judy Keliher, and Terry Lind ran against challenger Ben Osborn.[1][2] All three incumbents won re-election.[3]

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The Lakeville Area Board of Education consists of six members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held at large on a staggered basis every November of even-numbered years. Three seats were up for election on November 4, 2014, and three seats were up for election on November 8, 2016. There was no primary election.[4]

To run in this election, school board candidates had to be at least 21 years old, residents of the school district for at least 30 days before the date of the election, and able to vote in Minnesota. They also had to register with the school district by August 16, 2016.[5][6] Any candidate wishing to withdraw their candidacy had to do so by August 18, 2016.[7]

To vote in this election, residents of the district had to register by October 18, 2016.[8] Photo identification was not required to vote in Minnesota.[9]

Candidates and results

At-large

Results

Lakeville Area Public Schools,
At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Terry Lind Incumbent 26.22% 14,941
Green check mark transparent.png Bob Erickson Incumbent 24.94% 14,212
Green check mark transparent.png Judy Keliher Incumbent 24.63% 14,039
Ben Osborn 23.71% 13,514
Write-in votes 0.51% 288
Total Votes 56,994
Source: Lakeville Area Public Schools, "School board election results," accessed January 12, 2017

Candidates

Bob Erickson Green check mark transparent.png Judy Keliher Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Incumbent
  • Member from 2009-2016

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  • Incumbent
  • Member from 1997-2016
Terry Lind Green check mark transparent.png Ben Osborn

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  • Incumbent
  • Member from 2013-2016

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Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Minnesota elections, 2016

The Lakeville Area Public Schools election shared the ballot with the presidential election as well as elections for seats in the Minnesota State Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives. It also shared the ballot with Dakota County elections for county commissioners and soil and water supervisors.[10]

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for Minnesota school board elections in 2016:[11][12]

Deadline Event
August 16, 2016 Candidate filing deadline
August 18, 2016 Candidate withdrawal deadline
October 18, 2016 Voter registration deadline
October 29, 2016 Pre-election campaign finance report due
November 8, 2016 General election date
December 7, 2016 Post-election campaign finance report due
January 2, 2017 Board members take office

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Campaign finance

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See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2016

Candidates received a total of $14,857.22 and spent a total of $14,637.00 in the election, according to the Lakeville Area Public Schools.[13]

Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Bob Erickson $5,460.00 $5,289.00 $171.00
Judy Keliher $2,790.56 $2,790.56 $0.00
Terry Lind $1,864.66 $1,831.15 $33.51
Ben Osborn $4,742.00 $4,726.29 $15.71

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About the district

See also: Lakeville Area Public Schools, Minnesota
The Lakeville Area school district is located in Dakota County, Minnesota.

The Lakeville Area school district is located in Dakota County in southeastern Minnesota. The county seat is Hastings. Dakota County was home to 414,686 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[14] The district was the 10th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 11,067 students.[15]

Demographics

Dakota County outperformed Minnesota as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 39.5 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 33.2 percent of state residents. The median household income for Dakota County was $74,995, compared to $60,828 for the entire state. The percentage of people in poverty was 7.3 percent, while it was 11.5 percent statewide.[14]

Racial Demographics, 2015[14]
Race Dakota County (%) Minnesota (%)
White 85.7 85.4
Black or African American 5.9 6.0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5 1.3
Asian 5.0 4.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or more races 2.8 2.4
Hispanic or Latino 6.7 5.2

Presidential Voting Pattern,
Dakota County[16]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 116,255 109,516
2008 116,778 104,364
2004 104,635 108,959
2000 85,446 87,250

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.

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See also

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External links

Footnotes

  1. Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings: 2016 State General Election," accessed August 17, 2016
  2. Lakeville Area Public Schools, "Board of Education Information," accessed August 17, 2016
  3. Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 194 - LAKEVILLE," accessed November 9, 2016
  4. Lakeville Area Public Schools, "About the Board of Education," accessed June 9, 2016
  5. Lakeville Area Public Schools, "Board Member Election November 2016," accessed June 9, 2016
  6. Minnesota School Boards Association, "Important School Board Election Dates for Districts Without a Primary," accessed May 27, 2016
  7. Minneapolis Election & Voter Services, "Filing for Office," accessed June 1, 2016
  8. Dakota County Voting & Elections, "Election Calendar," accessed May 27, 2016
  9. Minnesota Secretary of State, "Do I Need To Bring ID?" accessed May 27, 2016
  10. Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings 2016 State General Election: Dakota County," accessed August 26, 2016
  11. Minnesota Secretary of State, "2016 School District Elections Guide," accessed June 1, 2016
  12. Minnesota Secretary of State, "2016 Minnesota School Districts without a Primary Elections Calendar," accessed July 21, 2016
  13. Lakeville Area Public Schools, "Elections," accessed December 8, 2016
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 United States Census Bureau, "Dakota County, Minnesota," accessed June 28, 2016
  15. National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
  16. Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Election Results and Statistics," accessed August 1, 2014