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Marques Ivey
2022 - Present
2029
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Marques A. Ivey is a judge of the Adams County Court in Colorado. He assumed office on April 29, 2022. His current term ends on January 9, 2029.
Ivey ran for re-election for judge of the Adams County Court in Colorado. He won in the retention election on November 5, 2024.
He was appointed to the court on April 15, 2022 by Jared Polis (D).
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Adams County, Colorado (2024)
Adams County Court
Marques A. Ivey was retained to the Adams County Court on November 5, 2024 with 63.7% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ | Yes |
63.7
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114,670 | ||
No |
36.3
|
65,327 | |||
Total Votes |
179,997 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ivey in this election.
2021
See also: Aurora Public Schools, Colorado, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Aurora Public Schools Board of Education At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Aurora Public Schools Board of Education At-large on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anne Keke (Nonpartisan)  | 20.1 | 19,461 |
| ✔ |  | Michael Carter (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 17,801 |
| ✔ |  | Debra Gerkin (Nonpartisan) | 17.9 | 17,291 |
| ✔ |  | Tramaine Duncan (Nonpartisan) | 15.2 | 14,751 |
 | Christy Cummings (Nonpartisan) | 14.5 | 14,047 | |
 | Danielle Tomwing (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 13,485 | |
| Total votes: 96,836 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marques A. Ivey (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew)
Marques Ivey unofficially withdrew from the race and still appeared on the ballot. Any votes Ivey received were not reported in the official results.[1][2][3]
2017
- See also: Aurora Public Schools elections (2017)
Four of the seven seats on the Aurora Public Schools Board of Education in Colorado were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. The race included incumbent Barbara Yamrick and challengers Kyla Armstrong-Romero, Jane Barber, Kevin Cox, Debra Gerkin, Marques Ivey, Miguel In Suk Lovato, Gail Pough, and Lea Steed. Armstrong-Romero, Cox, Gerkin, and Ivey won the spots on the board.[4]
Results
| Aurora Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kevin Cox |
16.58% | 12,636 |
| Debra Gerkin |
16.26% | 12,391 |
| Kyla Armstrong-Romero |
15.13% | 11,527 |
| Marques Ivey |
12.9% | 9,830 |
| Gail Pough | 9.76% | 7,441 |
| Miguel In Suk Lovato | 8.91% | 6,793 |
| Jane Barber | 7.15% | 5,447 |
| Barbara Yamrick Incumbent | 7.07% | 5,385 |
| Lea Steed | 6.25% | 4,760 |
| Total Votes | 76,210 | |
| Source: Arapahoe County, Official Results," accessed August 28, 2023 and Adams County Elections Office, "Official Results," accessed August 28, 2023 | ||
Funding
Ivey reported $5,496.50 in contributions and $5,638.57 in expenditures to the Colorado Secretary of State, which left his campaign with $1,028.56 as of December 8, 2017.[5]
Endorsements
Ivey was endorsed by the Aurora Education Association, the Aurora Sentinel, and Our Revolution Metro Denver.[6][7][8]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marques A. Ivey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Marques A. Ivey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Chalkbeat questionnaire
Ivey participated in the following questionnaire conducted by Chalkbeat. The questions provided by the news organization appear bolded, and Ivey’s responses follow below.
Tell us a bit about yourself. How long have you lived in the school district? What do you do for a living?
| “ | I have lived in the school district for 13 years. I am an attorney that runs a small firm in Aurora. I am married to a teacher, and have two high schoolers and one middle schooler. I am an officer and board member of the National PTA, which is a 120-year-old grassroots education association.[9] | ” |
| —Marques Ivey (2017)[10] | ||
Tell us about your connection to the school district.
| “ | My wife is a veteran educator who taught in APS for over 10 years. Currently she is teaching in Adams County. My children have attended APS and will graduate from APS.[9] | ” |
| —Marques Ivey (2017)[10] | ||
The district’s state test scores improved this year, enough to lift the district’s state quality rating and get APS off the accountability clock. Why do think the district was able to achieve this, and do you think APS is on the right track?
| “ | English and Math make up the lion's share of the standardized test. For Aurora, it was the improvement of those test scores as well as the rise in graduation rate. Some of these changes include teaching English language development throughout the school day, and according to the Superintendent, the teachers aligning their teaching to the state standards. Based upon the current results we are on the right track. Now the focus should be the continued acceleration of those results.[9] | ” |
| —Marques Ivey (2017)[10] | ||
Some candidates have said they would like the school board to have more accountability or transparency. What would you say to that, and should anything change on that issue?
| “ | Absolutely. I believe accountability and transparency are the foundations to building trust between the community and the board. I think there should be town hall meetings between the community and the school board. This would allow for the community to come and really give input without the concern that the board will be conducting business. The business agenda will be the communities input, compliments, and concerns. Right now this may not be the focus of the board, but I believe success can only come when all stakeholders are included in the discussion.[9] | ” |
| —Marques Ivey (2017)[10] | ||
Aurora has sought to increase school quality by recruiting the high-performing charter school network DSST. Is this a sound strategy and was the process sound, or would you have done anything differently?
| “ | I don't believe that it is sound strategy. I think that we need to give our P20 schools, innovation schools, and pilot schools a chance to succeed. They can succeed if we can get them the proper resources. As for the process, typically it is the charter school that finds its own location. In this situation, the district offered to assist in building their property by linking funds to the invitation that would come from the bond money. This is not how these request and agreements have come about in the past. Further adding another charter school will reduce the per pupil funding from the district's traditional schools which is a problem. But understand, DSST has a noble mission to build racially integrated schools. The same mission that Aurora Public Schools have.[9] | ” |
| —Marques Ivey (2017)[10] | ||
What role do you believe local school boards should have in reviewing, approving or managing charter schools that wish to open in the district?
| “ | I have to refer back to the previous question and answer. In the past if charter schools wanted to be in Aurora, they would apply to the school board. Part of the application process involved where they would build, number of anticipated students, etc. The way that DSST came to us through a request and funds to build a school raises some concerns about the process used.[9] | ” |
| —Marques Ivey (2017)[10] | ||
Aurora Public Schools is likely to continue facing budget issues. What funding do you think ought to be cut, and how should the district go about deciding what should be cut?
| “ | I think common sense budget reforms can be made by reducing the areas within our budget that is inefficient. We can streamline our administration and district structure, such as transferring some salaries from the general fund to the bond fund, make more efficient and cost effective our warehouse and delivery processes, and of course look for ways to make accounting shifts in our funding structure. However, I will not support furlough days for employees, eliminating kindergarten, eliminating free and reduced lunch, reducing the number of staff in Aurora's schools, charging tuition for kindergarten, or postponing or canceling new curiculum materials.[9] | ” |
| —Marques Ivey (2017)[10] | ||
Do you agree with the resolution the school board passed earlier this year to support immigrant and refugee students? How would you judge what the district is doing to respond to the concerns of those communities?
| “ | I absolutely agree with the resolution. Aurora is a diverse community, and an important part of that community is our immigrant community. We must continue to make our schools inclusive and to foster a welcoming environment for all our immigrants.[9] | ” |
| —Marques Ivey (2017)[10] | ||
What do you see as the biggest issue facing Aurora schools today and how do you hope to have an impact on said issue as a school board member?
| “ | Right now it is funding. Funding is needed to make sure that we can meet the needs of our students. And when I say meet the needs of our students, I am not talking about some blanket need, I am talking about meeting the needs of each individual student. I hope to have impacts on creating thriving programs that put students on the path to success, whether that is college or some other career path.[9] | ” |
| —Marques Ivey (2017)[10] | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Chalkbeat Colorado, "Aurora school board candidates see equity and academics as top issues," September 15, 2021
- ↑ Adams County Clerk and Recorder, "November 2, 2021, Coordinated Election Official Results," accessed December 1, 2021
- ↑ Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder, "November 2, 2021, Coordinated Election Official Results," accessed December 1, 2021
- ↑ Aurora Public Schools, "APS Board of Education Election," accessed September 7, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance Database: Political Race Search," accessed December 8, 2017
- ↑ Aurora Education Association, "2017 Board of Education Endorsements," September 5, 2017
- ↑ Aurora Sentinel, "Endorsements: 2017 Aurora City Council, APS elections promise change — our picks to ensure it," October 12, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Our Revolution Metro Denver," accessed October 31, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 Chalkbeat, "We asked the 2017 Aurora school board candidates nine questions. Here are their responses," October 5, 2017
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