Mavis Nickels
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Mavis Nickels was a member of the Battle Ground Board of Directors in Washington, representing District 4. Nickels assumed office in 2011. Nickels left office in 2019.
Nickels ran for re-election to the Battle Ground Board of Directors to represent District 4 in Washington. Nickels won in the general election on November 3, 2015.
Elections
2015
Opposition
Two of the five seats on the Battle Ground Board of Directors were up for election in 2015.
District 2 incumbent Ken Root and District 4 incumbent Mavis Nickels won re-election. Root ran unopposed in District 2, and Nickels faced two challengers in the District 4 primary: Ben Kapelka and Dick Rylander. Nickles and Rylander advanced to the general election ballot, where Nickles won a new term.[1]
Results
| Battle Ground School District Board of Directors, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mavis Nickels Incumbent |
56.4% | 6,829 |
| Dick Rylander | 43.6% | 5,283 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 12,112 | |
| Source: Clark County Auditor, "November 3, 2015 General Election," November 24, 2015 | ||
| Battle Ground School District Board of Directors, District 4 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Mavis Nickels Incumbent |
48.3% | 4,496 |
| Dick Rylander |
33.3% | 3,097 |
| Ben Kapelka | 18.4% | 1,709 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 9,302 | |
| Source: Clark County, Washington, "August 4, 2015 Primary," accessed August 20, 2015 | ||
Funding
Nickels reported no contributions or expenditures to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission as of October 29, 2015.[2]
Endorsements
Nickels received no official endorsements in this election.
2011
| Battle Ground School District, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Mavis Nickels Incumbent |
64.7% | 9,198 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chris Webber | 34.5% | 4,906 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.9% | 121 | |
| Total Votes | 14,225 | |||
| Source: Clark County Auditor's Office, "Final Report—Official General Election—Clark County, Washington— November 08, 2011," November 29, 2011 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
Clark County voters' pamphlets
General election
Nickles provided the following statement for the Clark County local voters' pamphlets for the primary and general elections:
| “ | 13,000 students = 13,000 reasons that I seek re-election to the Battle Ground School District Board of Directors. Preparing students for life after school is a challenging, complex task. The workforce and employment market changes daily;
schools must be flexible enough to meet this challenge, yet maintain consistent, rigorous course-work. Your student deserves every opportunity to learn and to attain their goals and dreams. My experiences as educator, builder, farmer, and business woman have taught me the value of education. I will continue to work hard building on the successes of this great District.[3] |
” |
| —Mavis Nickels (2015)[4][5] | ||
See also
- Battle Ground School District, Washington
- Battle Ground 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)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Clark County Auditor, "2015 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 26, 2015
- ↑ Washington Public Disclosure Commission, "Search the Database: Local Candidates," accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Clark County Auditor's Office, "Clark County Official Local Voters’ Pamphlet November 3, 2015 General Election," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ Clark County Auditor's Office, "Clark County Official Local Voters’ Pamphlet August 4, 2015 Primary," accessed August 4, 2015
| 2015 Battle Ground School District Elections | |
| Clark County, Washington | |
| Election date: | Primary - August 4, 2015
General - November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 2: Incumbent, Ken Root District 4: Incumbent, Mavis Nickels • Ben Kapelka • Dick Rylander |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
