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Linda Etim
Linda Etim was an at-large representative on the Osseo Area School Board in Minnesota. She served on the board from 2012 to 2016. Etim lost a re-election bid in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
Etim previously served on the board from 2004 to 2008.[2] She also unsuccessfully ran as a Republican candidate for the District 47B seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives on November 2, 2010.
Elections
2016
- See also: Osseo Area Schools elections (2016)
Three of the six seats on the Osseo Area Schools School Board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Linda Etim and Jacki Girtz faced challengers Pa Ann, Meghan Curtis, Heather Douglass, Stephanie Fortner, Mike Ostaffe, Carey Raph, Pachia Vue, and Jesse Winkler.[1][3] Ostaffe, Douglass, and Fortner won election to the board.[4]
Results
| Osseo Area Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mike Ostaffe |
14.57% | 18,310 |
| Heather Douglass |
13.39% | 16,828 |
| Stephanie Fortner |
11.50% | 14,452 |
| Meghan Curtis | 11.28% | 14,182 |
| Jesse Winkler | 10.17% | 12,779 |
| Jacki Girtz Incumbent | 8.43% | 10,597 |
| Linda Etim Incumbent | 8.37% | 10,516 |
| Pa Ann | 8.15% | 10,240 |
| Pachia Vue | 7.13% | 8,960 |
| Carey Raph | 6.46% | 8,121 |
| Write-in votes | 0.55% | 697 |
| Total Votes | 125,682 | |
| Source: Osseo Area Schools, "Special Board Meeting Canvassing School Board General Election," accessed December 22, 2016 | ||
Funding
Etim reported no contributions or expenditures to the Osseo Area Schools in the election.[5]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Dean G. Henke Incumbent |
23% | 24,218 | |
| Nonpartisan | Linda Etim |
21.7% | 22,883 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jacki Girtz |
20% | 21,016 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Gerhart | 19.9% | 20,937 | |
| Nonpartisan | Collette Guyott-Hempel | 14.6% | 15,422 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.8% | 796 | |
| Total Votes | 105,272 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 279 - Osseo," accessed August 1, 2014 | ||||
2010
Etim ran for election to the District 47B seat in 2010. Etim was defeated by Melissa Hortman (DFL) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[6]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings: 2016 State General Election," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Maple Grove Patch, "Linda Etim, Osseo School District 279 School Board Candidate: Candidate Profile," August 30, 2012
- ↑ Osseo Area Schools, "School Board Members," accessed June 9, 2016
- ↑ Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 279 - OSSEO," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Osseo Area Schools, "School Board Election Campaign Finance Reports," accessed December 8, 2016
- ↑ Secretary of State Official general election results
| 2016 Osseo Area Schools Elections | |
| Hennepin County, Minnesota | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Linda Etim • Incumbent, Jacki Girtz • Pa Ann • Meghan Curtis • Heather Douglass • Stephanie Fortner • Mike Ostaffe • Carey Raph • Pachia Vue • Jesse Winkler |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
