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Lancaster School District, Pennsylvania elections (2015)

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2015 Lancaster School District Elections

Primary Election date:
May 19, 2015
General Election date:
November 3, 2015
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
Pennsylvania
Lancaster School District
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ballot measures
Local ballot measures, Pennsylvania
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Five seats on the Lancaster School District Board of Directors were up for general election on November 3, 2015. A primary election was held on May 29, 2015. Incumbents Randolph Carney, Linda Owens and Candace Roper filed to run for the five seats, along with newcomers Cheryl Desmond and Edith Gallagher. All five candidates won without opposition in the general election. Incumbent Jennifer Desmarais did not file to run for re-election.

Since there were as many candidates as seats up for election, all five proceeded from the primary to the general election. Challenger Luis Morales initially filed to run in the at-large race, but he withdrew from the race before the primary election. Incumbent Stacey Marten withdrew from the race after the primary election. The Democratic Party used a substitute nomination certificate to nominate Gallagher in the place of Marten. No independent candidates filed to run in the general election.[1][2]

About the district

See also: Lancaster School District, Pennsylvania
The Lancaster School District is located in Lancaster County, Pa.

The Lancaster School District is based in Lancaster, the seat of the county that shares its name in southeastern Pennsylvania. Lancaster County was home to 533,320 residents in 2014, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] In the 2012-2013 school year, the Lancaster School District was the 13th-largest school district in Pennsylvania and served 11,174 students.[4]

Demographics

Lancaster County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Pennsylvania in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found 24.2 percent of Lancaster County residents age 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.5 percent of state residents. The median household income in the county was $56,483, compared to $52,548 for the state of Pennsylvania. The poverty rate in the county was 10.5 percent, compared to 13.3 percent for the entire state.[3]

Racial Demographics, 2013[3]
Race Lancaster County (%) Pennsylvania (%)
White 91.0 83.2
Black or African American 4.7 11.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.3
Asian 2.1 3.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 1.8 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 9.5 6.3

Presidential Voting Pattern, Lancaster County[5]
Year Democratic Vote (%) Republican Vote (%)
2012 39.7 58.9
2008 56.0 43.0
2004 33.6 65.8
2000 66.1 31.3

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 Lancaster Board of Directors consists of nine members elected to four-year terms. The members of the board are elected at-large by voters in the district. The Democratic primary election was May 19, 2015; no Republican primary was necessary. The general election was November 3, 2015. Five seats were up for election.

School board candidates had to file for this election with the Lancaster County Board of Elections by March 10, 2015. Those wishing to run as an independent candidate had until August 3, 2015, to file. To vote in the primary election, residents had to register by April 20, 2015, and to vote in the general election, residents had to register by October 5, 2015.[6]

Elections

2015

Candidates

At-large

Democratic Party Randolph Carney Green check mark transparent.png Democratic Party Edith Gallagher Green check mark transparent.png Democratic Party Linda Owens Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Democratic primary winner
  • Incumbent, member from 2011-2015
  • Field service engineer, Eastman Kodak

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  • Nominated by Democratic Party through substitute nomination certificate

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  • Democratic primary winner
  • Incumbent
Democratic Party Candace Roper Green check mark transparent.png Democratic Party Cheryl Desmond Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Democratic primary winner
  • Incumbent
  • Coordinator of international studies program, Franklin and Marshall College

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  • Democratic primary winner
  • Professor, Millersville University
  • Bachelor's degree, Muhlenberg College
  • Master's degree, Syracuse University
  • Ph.D, Syracuse University

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Democratic Party Luis Morales Democratic Party Stacey Marten

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  • Democrat
  • Withdrawn

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  • Withdrawn
  • Democratic primary winner
  • Incumbent
  • Educator

Election results

Lancaster School District, At-Large, General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Cheryl Desmond 20.7% 4,265
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Linda Owens Incumbent 20.3% 4,178
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Edith Gallagher 19.6% 4,039
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Candace Roper Incumbent 19.5% 4,018
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Randolph Carney Incumbent 19.4% 3,992
Write-in votes 0.66% 137
Total Votes 20,629
Source: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "Election Returns Vote by Candidates," accessed December 21, 2015


Lancaster School District,
At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCheryl Desmond 21.2% 1,150
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Owens Incumbent 20.9% 1,132
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngStacey Marten Incumbent 20.4% 1,109
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCandace Roper Incumbent 19.1% 1,039
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRandolph Carney Incumbent 18.4% 999
Total Votes 5,429
Source: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "Primary Returns Democratic Votes by Candidate," accessed June 15, 2015

Endorsements

The Lancaster Democrats endorsed all five candidates in the primary election.[7]

Campaign finance

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The Lancaster County Board of Elections does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Lancaster School District election in 2015:[6]

Deadline Event
March 10, 2015 Partisan candidate filing deadline
March 11, 2015 -
August 3, 2015
Independent candidate filing period
March 25, 2015 Withdrawal deadline for primary election
April 20, 2015 Voter registration deadline for primary election
May 8, 2015 Pre-primary election campaign finance deadline
May 12, 2015 Last day to file for absentee ballot for primary election
May 15, 2015 Absentee ballot deadline for primary election
May 19, 2015 Primary election day
June 18, 2015 Post-primary election campaign finance deadline
August 10, 2015 Withdrawal deadline for general election
October 5, 2015 Last day to register to vote in general election
October 23, 2015 Pre-general election campaign finance deadline for general election
October 27, 2015 Voter registration deadline for general election
October 30, 2015 Absentee ballot deadline for general election
November 3, 2015 General Election Day
December 3, 2015 Post-general election campaign finance deadline for general election

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Pennsylvania elections, 2015

This election shared the ballot with primary and general elections for county offices such as commissioner, coroner, clerk of courts, prothonotary, register of wills, sheriff, treasurer and district attorney. Township and borough offices on the ballot included supervisor, auditor, council member, constable and tax collector.[8]

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See also

Lancaster School District Pennsylvania School Boards
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External links

Footnotes