Martha Rice
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Martha Rice is the Position 5 incumbent on the Yakima School District Board of Directors in Washington. Her current four-year term expires in 2019. She ran unopposed in the general election on November 3, 2015. Rice was appointed to the board in 1998 and elected in 1999. Martha Rice won the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Rice is a former district parent, having had two children who attended and graduated from Yakima schools. She was a PTA leader and served on the Washington State PTA Board of Directors and the Washington State Professional Educator Standards Board. She currently works for the Hanford Fire Department.[1]
Elections
2015
- See also: Yakima School District elections (2015)
Four of the five seats on the Yakima School District Board of Directors were up for election on November 3, 2015. Positions 3, 4, and 5, in addition to a special election for the two-year term in Position 1, were on the ballot. All incumbents in this race were unopposed. Graciela Villanueva, John Vornbrock, Raymond Navarro Jr., and Martha Rice were re-elected to Positions 1, 3, 4, and 5, respectively.
Results
| Yakima School District Board of Directors, Position 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Martha Rice Incumbent |
96.4% | 6,339 |
| Write-in votes | 3.63% | 239 |
| Total Votes | 6,578 | |
| Source: Yakima County, Washington, "Cummulative Report–Official," November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
Rice reported no contributions or expenditures to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission as of August 4, 2015.[2]
Endorsements
Rice did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
2011
| Yakima School District, Position 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Martha Rice Incumbent |
97.6% | 8,334 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 2.4% | 203 | |
| Total Votes | 8,537 | |||
| Source: Yakima County Auditor, "Cumulative Report," accessed July 27, 2015 | ||||
2007
| Yakima School District, Position 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Martha Rice Incumbent |
97.8% | 9,241 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 2.2% | 206 | |
| Total Votes | 9,447 | |||
| Source: Yakima County Auditor, "Cumulative Report," accessed July 27, 2015 | ||||
2003
| Yakima School District, Position 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Martha Rice Incumbent |
73.7% | 8,833 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 2.2% | 269 | |
| Nonpartisan | Blank votes | 24% | 2,879 | |
| Total Votes | 11,981 | |||
| Source: Yakima County Auditor, "Cumulative Report," accessed July 27, 2015 | ||||
1999
| Yakima School District, Position 5 General Election, 4-year term, 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Martha Rice Incumbent |
56.9% | 9,468 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shanna Owen | 26.6% | 4,431 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.5% | 250 | |
| Nonpartisan | Blank votes | 15% | 2,494 | |
| Total Votes | 16,643 | |||
| Source: Yakima County Auditor, "Cumulative Report," accessed July 27, 2015 | ||||
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See also
- Washington
- Yakima School District, Washington
- Yakima School District elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
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