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Littleton Public Schools elections (2017)
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Three of the five seats on the Littleton Public Schools Board of Education in Colorado were scheduled to be up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017, but the election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbents Kelly Perez, Jack Reutzel, and Carrie Warren-Gully were the only candidates to file to run in the election. Because of this, they won re-election automatically.[1]
The 2017 election had a higher percentage of unopposed seats compared to the district's previous two elections. For information on election trends in the district, click here.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Littleton Board of Education consists of five members elected at large to four-year terms. Elections are held on a staggered basis so that two or three seats are up for election every odd-numbered year in November.[2]
To qualify to run for school board, candidates had to be residents of the school district and registered voters for a minimum of 12 consecutive months before the election. They also could not have been convicted of a sexual offense against a child. To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file nomination petitions containing 50 signatures of eligible voters in the school district by September 1, 2017.[3]
Colorado voters were allowed to register to vote through election day.[4] Photo identification was not required to vote in Colorado.[5]
Candidates and results
At-large
Results
The election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbents Kelly Perez, Jack Reutzel, and Carrie Warren-Gully were re-elected to the board by default.[1]
Candidates
Kelly Perez 
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Jack Reutzel
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Carrie Warren-Gully
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Colorado elections, 2017
If it had not been canceled, the Littleton Board of Education election would have shared the ballot with elections for Littleton City Council.[6]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the 2017 Colorado school board elections.[7][8]
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
School board candidates in Colorado were required to file three campaign finance reports. The reports were due on October 17, 2017, November 3, 2017, and December 7, 2017.[8]
Past elections
To see results from past elections in Littleton Public Schools, click here.
What was at stake?
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Election trends
- See also: School boards in session: 2015 in brief
The 2017 Littleton Board of Education had more unopposed seats than the district's previous two elections had. The 2017 election was canceled after the three incumbents who were up for re-election were the only candidates to file to run in the race. Neither the 2013 election nor the 2015 election had unopposed seats on the ballot, and they attracted an average of 1.67 and 1.5 candidates per seat, respectively.
The 2017 election was the only year out of the three election cycles that saw a 100 percent incumbent success rate. In both 2013 and 2015, no incumbents ran for re-election, which left every seat open for newcomers.
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbents running for re-election | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
| Littleton Public Schools | ||||||
| 2017 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% | |
| 2015 | 1.50 | 0.00% | 0.00% | Not applicable | 100.00% | |
| 2013 | 1.67 | 0.00% | 0.00% | Not applicable | 100.00% | |
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| 2015 | 1.77 | 30.77% | 55.38% | 83.33% | 53.85% | |
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| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 70.37% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
About the district
- See also: Littleton Public Schools, Colorado
The Littleton school district is located in Arapahoe County in central Colorado. The county seat is Littleton. Arapahoe County was home to an estimated 637,068 residents in 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[9] The district was the 18th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 15,691 students.[10]
Demographics
Arapahoe County outperformed Colorado as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 40.1 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 38.1 percent of state residents. The median household income in the county was $63,265, compared to $60,629 statewide. The poverty rate in the county was 9.2 percent, while it was 11.5 percent for the entire state.[9]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[9] | ||
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| Race | Arapahoe County (%) | Colorado (%) |
| White | 77.6 | 87.5 |
| Black or African American | 11.2 | 4.5 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Asian | 6.0 | 3.3 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Two or More Races | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18.9 | 21.3 |
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.
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brian Ewert, Littleton Public Schools Superintendent," September 8, 2017
- ↑ Littleton Public Schools, "Board of Education," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Association of School Boards, "2017 Elections School Board Candidate Guide," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Voter Registration FAQs," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Acceptable Forms of Identification," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Littleton City Clerk, "2017 General Election," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "2017 Biennial School Election Calendar," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 United States Census Bureau, "QuickFacts: Arapahoe County, Colorado; Colorado," accessed August 30, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Littleton Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Arapahoe County, Colorado | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 (canceled) |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Kelly Perez • Incumbent, Jack Reutzel • Incumbent, Carrie Warren-Gully |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
