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Mandi Serrone Hunter
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Mandi Serrone Hunter was a candidate for at-large representative on the Shawnee Mission School District school board in Kansas. Hunter was defeated in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Hunter is an attorney and the owner of The Hunter Law Group. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Kansas and a J.D. from the University of Missouri at Columbia. She has served with the Johnson County Library Foundation, Corinth Elementary, the Parkway Plaza Retail/Office Owners Association, Inc., the Kansas City Business Journal, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Leadership Academy, and the Mortar Board for the University of Kansas. Hunter and her husband have two children.[1]
Elections
2017
Three of the seven seats on the Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education in Kansas were up for general election on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on August 1, 2017, for the at-large seat and the District 4 seat. In his bid for re-election to the District 4 seat, incumbent Craig Denny ran against challengers Lee Biard, Laura Guy, and Christopher White. Denny and Guy advanced to the general election, where Guy won, defeating the incumbent. Mandi Serrone Hunter and Heather Ousley defeated incumbent Cindy Neighbor and fellow challengers Robert Roberge and Fabian Shepard in the at-large primary and advanced to the general election, where Ousley won the seat.[2][3]
The District 2 seat did not hold a primary election as fewer candidates filed to run for that seat. Mary Sinclair defeated James Lockard for that open seat in the general election.[4][5]
District 4 candidate Lee Biard announced that he stopped actively campaigning, but his name still appeared on the primary election ballot.[6]
Results
| Shawnee Mission School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Heather Ousley |
66.08% | 21,314 |
| Mandi Serrone Hunter | 33.68% | 10,864 |
| Write-in votes | 0.24% | 76 |
| Total Votes | 32,254 | |
| Source: Johnson County, "Election Summary Report 2017 Fall General Official Final Results," accessed November 17, 2017 | ||
| Shawnee Mission School District, At-large Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Heather Ousley |
42.29% | 7,641 |
| Mandi Serrone Hunter |
20.79% | 3,756 |
| Cindy Neighbor Incumbent | 20.71% | 3,742 |
| Fabian Shepard | 13.75% | 2,485 |
| Robert Roberge | 2.47% | 446 |
| Total Votes | 18,070 | |
| Source: Johnson County Election Office, "Election Summary Report: 2017 Fall Primary Official Final Results," accessed August 8, 2017 | ||
Funding
Hunter reported $19,820.00 in contributions and $19,239.03 in expenditures to the Johnson County Elections Office, which left her campaign with $580.97 on hand in the election.[7]
Endorsements
Hunter was endorsed by the following organizations for the general election:[8][9][10][11]
- Education First Shawnee Mission
- MainStream Coalition's political action committee (MainPAC)
- Kansans Advancing Women (KAW)
Campaign themes
2017
Hunter highlighted the following issues on her campaign website:
| “ | Why I'm Running
Time for a Change... I am running for the SMSD Board of Education because (to paraphrase Einstein) we cannot continue electing the same people over and over and expecting different results. The past few years have been tumultuous for our teachers, students, and parents. The best example was the district’s support for block grants. It was short-sighted and misinformed, and Shawnee Mission teachers, staff, and students have paid the price. An Independent Thinker... Our kids need an independent thinker and a voice of reason on the board to advocate for excellence in education, the kind of excellence I was assured as a Shawnee Mission West graduate. I want the same for my kids, Will and Kate, who attend Corinth Elementary. Fresh, New Perspective... Shawnee Mission patrons have evolved but stagnant leadership has prevented our schools from adapting to these changes. We need professional, reasonable leadership who can spend the next year finding a superintendent we can trust to partner with teachers, parents, and the business community to restore our position as Kansas' flagship school district.[12] |
” |
| —Mandi Serrone Hunter (2017)[13] | ||
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Footnotes
- ↑ Mandi Hunter Shawnee Mission School Board, "About Mandi," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Election Summary Report: 2017 Fall Primary Official Final Results," accessed August 8, 2017
- ↑ The Kansas City Star, "Slew of first-time candidates raise stakes in Shawnee Mission school board primary," July 27, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Unofficial Candidate Filings - August 1, 2017," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Unofficial Candidate Filings - November 7, 2017," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ Shawnee Mission Post, "Our questions for the Shawnee Mission Board of Education candidates," June 19, 2017
- ↑ Johnson County Election Office, "Campaign & Committee Reports," accessed December 18, 2017
- ↑ Education First Shawnee Mission, "Endorsements: 2017 School Board Election," accessed October 13, 2017
- ↑ Mainstream Coalition, "MainPAC Endorsements," accessed July 20, 2017
- ↑ MainPAC, "2017 MainPAC General Election Recommendations," accessed October 13, 2017
- ↑ Kansans Advancing Women, "2017 General Election Endorsements," accessed October 13, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Mandi Hunter Shawnee Mission School Board, "Issues," accessed July 20, 2017
| Shawnee Mission School District elections in 2017 | |
| Johnson County, Kansas | |
| Election date: | Primary election: August 1, 2017 • General election: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • James Lockard • Mary Sinclair District 4: • Incumbent, Craig Denny • Lee Biard • Laura Guy • Christopher White At-large: • Incumbent, Cindy Neighbor • Mandi Serrone Hunter • Heather Ousley • Robert Roberge • Fabian Shepard |
| Important information: | What's at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
