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Los Alamitos Unified School District elections (2014)
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Two seats on the Los Alamitos Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Two at-large incumbents, Dr. Jeffrey I. Barke and Diana D. Hill, were up for re-election.[1][2] They ran against challengers Cathy Larson and Greg Shellenbergar.[3] Barke and Hill defeated their challengers and retained their seats in the general election.
About the district
Los Alamitos Unified School District is located in Orange County, California. The county seat of Orange County is Santa Ana. Orange County was home to 3,114,363 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] In the 2011-2012 school year, Los Alamitos Unified School District was the 172nd-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 9,714 students.[5]
Demographics
Orange County outperformed the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 36.6 percent of Orange County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.5 percent for California as a whole. The median household income for Orange County was $75,566 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for Orange County was 11.7 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[4]
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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 Los Alamitos Unified School District Board of Education consists of five members elected at-large 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, and three seats will be up for election in 2016.[1][2]
School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period. The filing period began July 14, 2014, and ended August 8, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 20, 2014. Voters could request vote-by-mail ballots from October 6, 2014, through October 28, 2014.[7]
Elections
2014
Candidates
At-large
- Jeffrey I. Barke
- Incumbent
- Physician
- Reserve Deputy Sheriff, Orange County Sheriff's Department
- Diana D. Hill
- Incumbent
- Graduate, California State University at Long Beach
- Consultant, Online Trading Academy
- Cathy Larson
- Graduate, California State University at Long Beach
- Educator and business owner
- Greg Shellenbergar
- Graduate, Texas State University
- Theatre general manager
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Diana D. Hill Incumbent |
37.3% | 8,910 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeffrey I. Barke Incumbent |
32% | 7,630 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cathy Larson | 22.3% | 5,317 | |
| Nonpartisan | Greg Shellenbergar | 8.4% | 2,008 | |
| Total Votes | 23,865 | |||
| Source: Orange County, "General Election Official Results," accessed December 22, 2014 | ||||
Campaign finance
Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.[8]
Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.[8]
Reports
The Orange County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.
Past elections
Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right. | |
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2012This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbents David Boyer, Meg Cutuli and Karen Russell were re-elected to the board by default.[9] 2010This election was canceled to due lack of opposition. Incumbent Jeffrey I. Barke and candidate Diana D. Hill were elected to the board by default.[10] | |
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Los Alamitos Unified School District election in 2014:[8][11]
| Deadline | Event |
|---|---|
| July 14, 2014 | First day for candidates to file nomination documents |
| August 8, 2014 | Last day for candidates to file nomination documents |
| October 6, 2014 | First day to request vote-by-mail ballot |
| October 6, 2014 | First pre-election report due |
| October 20, 2014 | Last day to register to vote |
| October 23, 2014 | Second pre-election report due |
| October 28, 2014 | Last day to request vote-by-mail ballot |
| November 4, 2014 | Election Day |
| December 31, 2014 | Termination report due |
| February 2, 2015 | Semi-annual report due |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: California elections, 2014
This election shared the ballot with general elections for seven U.S. House seats, several state executive offices, three state Senate seats and seven state Assembly seats. It also shared the ballot with a number of other school board elections and municipal elections, as well as two countywide ballot measures.[12][13]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Los + Alamitos + Unified + School + District + California"
See also
- California
- Los Alamitos Unified School District, California
- California school board elections, 2014
- List of school board elections in 2014
- School board elections, 2014
- Orange County, California ballot measures
- California ballot measures
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Los Alamitos Unified School District, "Board of Education," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate's Handbook for the November 4, 2014 Statewide General Election," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List General Election 2014," accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Orange County, California," accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results Archive," accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Summary of November 4, 2014, General Election Calendar," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Register, "No school board election in Los Alamitos," August 17, 2012
- ↑ Los Alamitos Unified School District Board of Education, "Official Minutes of the Regular Board of Education Meeting," August 24, 2010
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "November 4, 2014 General Election Calendar," accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "What's on the November 2014 General Election Ballot," accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Measures," accessed September 3, 2014
| 2014 Los Alamitos Unified School District Elections | |
| Orange County, California | |
| Election date: | November 4, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Jeffrey I. Barke • Incumbent, Diana D. Hill • Cathy Larson • Greg Shellenbergar |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
