Marci Anderson
Marci Anderson was a member of the Anoka-Hennepin School District school board in Minnesota, representing District 2. She assumed office in 2007. She left office on January 1, 2024.
Anderson ran for re-election to the Anoka-Hennepin School District school board to represent District 2 in Minnesota. She won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Anderson was first elected to the board in 2007.
Biography
Marci Anderson graduated from Spring Lake Park High School. Anderson began working for Bell State Bank and Trust in 1989. Her career experience includes working as the vice president of compliance/construction loan finance.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: Anoka-Hennepin School District, Minnesota, elections (2019)
General election
General election for Anoka-Hennepin Board of Education District 2
Incumbent Marci Anderson won election in the general election for Anoka-Hennepin Board of Education District 2 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marci Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 91.3 | 356 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 8.7 | 34 | ||
| Total votes: 390 | |||
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2015
The election in Anoka-Hennepin featured three of the six seats on the board up for general election on November 3, 2015.
The seats of District 1 incumbent Tom Heidemann, District 2 incumbent Marci Anderson, and District 5 incumbent Nicole Hayes were up for election. All three incumbents filed to run for re-election. Hayes defeated challenger Scott Simmons in District 5. Heidemann and Anderson ran unopposed and won re-election to the District 1 and District 2 seats, respectively. Jamison Sawyer, who originally filed for the District 1 seat, withdrew from the race on August 13, 2015, and did not appear on the ballot.[2]
Results
| Anoka-Hennepin School District, District 2, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Marci Anderson Incumbent |
95.5% | 236 |
| Write-in votes | 4.45% | 11 |
| Total Votes | 247 | |
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School Districts No. 11," accessed November 3, 2015 These election results are not official and will be updated when certified results are available. You can submit certified results by contacting us. |
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Funding
Anderson began the race with an existing account balance of $876.01 from her previous campaign. She reported $0.00 in contributions and $51.16 in expenditures to Anoka County Elections & Voter Registration office, which left her campaign with $824.85 on hand during the election.[3]
Endorsements
Anderson did not receive any official endorsements during the election.
2011
| Anoka-Hennepin School District, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Marci Anderson Incumbent |
40.2% | 1,559 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Nelson | 29.1% | 1,128 | |
| Nonpartisan | Randy Kolb | 28.6% | 1,109 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 2% | 79 | |
| Total Votes | 3,875 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected School District Contests," accessed October 14, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Marci Anderson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Anderson completed a survey conducted by ABC Newspapers:
| “ | 1. Why are you running for School Board?
As my girls moved through the Anoka-Hennepin school system, I had plenty of opportunity to talk with educators about various challenges and celebrations. Most of the folks I talked with had such passion about their work. There seemed to be a need for parent involvement. This is my form of community service. I do not look at myself as a politician; I see myself as a volunteer. I like problem solving, and serving on a school board provides the opportunity to solve complex problems. 2. What is Anoka-Hennepin’s biggest strength and largest weakness? Anoka-Hennepin’s biggest strength is its top-notch professionals – across the spectrum from the superintendent to the playground paraprofessional. These folks work incredibly hard during the school year and beyond. For a time, I thought about getting out of the mortgage industry and going back to school to be a teacher. It did not take me long to realize I could not do it. I needed to find a different way to support these professionals and the kids and families in my neighborhood. As for Anoka-Hennepin’s weakness, I do not think we have one. The area I would like to see us improve in is student achievement. All student achievement. Are we, in every instance, preparing students for life after their pre-K through 12 education? I’m not sure we are, though I know we work very hard at it. In every organization, part of the plan should be to have a continuous improvement plan. The Anoka-Hennepin School Board works very hard with the administration to evaluate what we are doing and why and to measure the effectiveness of our programs. This examination is an ongoing process, and we get better every day. 3. Anoka-Hennepin administrators are planning to present between $4 million and $6 million in budget reduction options to the School Board in November. What options are off the table for you? What steps can be taken to prevent budget cuts in the future? Nothing is off the table. In order to work transparently and thoughtfully through this process, nothing can be off the table. Just like anyone, I have soft spots for certain academic programs and activities, teachers, administration, school spaces, etc., all of which could be affected with budget cuts. Those personal feelings need to be set aside so that I can evaluate each recommendation based upon the effect on student achievement, which is the district’s primary focus. With regard to what can be done to prevent budget cuts in the future, our legislators need to understand that if they continue to fund schools without addressing the inflationary impact, we will continue to be underfunded, and budget cuts will continue to be our reality.[4] |
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| —ABC Newspapers survey (2015)[1] | ||
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ABC Newspapers, "Three seats up for election on Anoka-Hennepin board," October 23, 2015
- ↑ Sun Post, "Coon Rapids candidate withdraws from A-H school board race," August 24, 2015
- ↑ Anoka County Elections & Voter Registration, "Campaign Finance," accessed November 1, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2015 Anoka-Hennepin School District Elections | |
| Anoka County, Minnesota | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, Tom Heidemann District 2: • Incumbent, Marci Anderson |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
