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Lute Atieh
Lute Atieh was an at-large member of the St. Joseph School District Board of Education in Missouri. Atieh assumed office in 2018. Atieh left office on April 19, 2021.
Atieh ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the St. Joseph School District Board of Education in Missouri. Atieh lost in the general election on April 6, 2021.
Elections
2021
See also: St. Joseph School District, Missouri, elections (2021)
General election
General election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large on April 6, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kenneth Reeder (Nonpartisan) | 14.5 | 4,982 | |
| ✔ |  | David Foster (Nonpartisan) | 14.2 | 4,876 |
| ✔ | LaTonya Williams (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 4,200 | |
| Colby Oyerly (Nonpartisan) | 11.6 | 3,994 | ||
 | Lute Atieh (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 3,921 | |
| David Jordan (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 3,864 | ||
 | Larry Koch (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 3,267 | |
| Rick Gehring (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 3,151 | ||
| Michelle Traster (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 5.1 | 1,754 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 437 | ||
| Total votes: 34,446 | |||
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2018
Three seats on the St. Joseph School District school board in Missouri were up for general election on April 3, 2018. The seats of Larry Koch, Martin Rucker, and Dennis Snethen were up for grabs in this election. Koch was the only incumbent who filed for re-election and faced challengers Lute Atieh, Aaron Duncan, Lorrie Lynn Hollis, David Jordan, Kenneth Reeder, and Seth Wright.[1]
The three winners of this race were sworn in shortly before the contract of the district's new superintendent commences. The school board announced Dr. Doug Van Zyl as the district's new superintendent on February 1, 2018, following Dr. Robert Newhart's announcement in late 2017 that he would retire as the district's superintendent at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.
Results
General election
General election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large on April 3, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Seth Wright (Nonpartisan) | 22.0 | 6,491 |
| ✔ | | Lute Atieh (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 5,445 |
| ✔ | | Larry Koch (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 4,684 |
| David Jordan (Nonpartisan) | 15.4 | 4,563 | ||
| Kenneth Reeder (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 3,351 | ||
 | Lorrie Lynn Hollis (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 3,336 | |
| Aaron Duncan (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 1,571 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 104 | ||
| Total votes: 29,545 | |||
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Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2018
The St. Joseph News Press interviewed the candidates for the 2018 school board election, including Atieh. When asked why he was running for the board, he pointed out that he had originally filed to run for the city council but changed his mind and filed for the school board again, saying he ran for the same reason. "We can't do all this work to attract good business and then ignore the core of our of our [sic] community, which really is the education," he said. "The school system in our town, in our community, really is the core of whether this community is going to be successful or not."[2]
When asked what he felt were the most important issues facing the school district, Atieh said it's time for a new perspective. "Let's look at this as a rebuild, and let's look at it as continuing progress that's been made in the last two years," he said. "Let's decide if we're going to be part of the solution or not, and then move forward." Atieh also said that what set him apart from the other candidates running was a unique blend of experience in both education and business.[2]
Recent news
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
