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Melissa Johnson (Kansas)
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Melissa Johnson was an at-large representative on the Lawrence Public Schools school board in Kansas. Johnson was initially appointed to the position in 2017. Johnson won a new term in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2017
Three of the seven seats on the Lawrence Public Schools Board of Education in Kansas were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Melissa Johnson and newcomers Kelly Jones and Ronald "GR" Gordon-Ross defeated challengers Jill Hayhurst, James Alan Hollinger, Gretchen Alix Lister, and Steve Wallace.[1][2] Hayhurst and Wallace announced they were informally withdrawing from the race in September 2017. Because the announcement came after the candidate filing deadline, their names still appeared on the ballot.[3]
Results
| Lawrence Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Melissa Johnson Incumbent |
28.90% | 8,824 |
| Kelly Jones |
21.95% | 6,701 |
| Ronald Gordon-Ross |
15.11% | 4,614 |
| Gretchen Alix Lister | 12.08% | 3,689 |
| James Alan Hollinger | 9.43% | 2,878 |
| Jill Hayhurst | 7.05% | 2,151 |
| Steve Wallace | 5.48% | 1,672 |
| Total Votes | 30,529 | |
| Source: Douglas County, Kansas, "Online election results (official)," accessed November 17, 2017 | ||
Funding
Johnson reported no contributions or expenditures to the Douglas County Clerk in the election.[4]
Endorsements
Johnson was endorsed by MainPAC, the political action committee for the MainStream Coalition, by Girls Rock Lawrence, and by Lawrence Board of Education members Jessica Beeson, Marcel Harmon, and Vanessa Sanburn.[5][6]
Campaign themes
2017
Johnson highlighted the following issues on her campaign website:
| “ | WHY I'M RUNNING
NEW PERSPECTIVE EQUITY COLLEGE & CAREER READY |
” |
| —Melissa Johnson (2017)[8] | ||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Douglas County Clerk, "Official City/School Candidate Filings," accessed June 1, 2017
- ↑ Douglas County, Kansas, "Online election results (unofficial)," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Lawrence Journal-World, "Two candidates drop out of Lawrence school board race," September 29, 2017
- ↑ Douglas County, "Candidate Reports: City Current Candidates & Elected Officials," accessed December 18, 2017
- ↑ MainPac, "MainPAC Endorsements," accessed October 13, 2017
- ↑ Melissa Johnson, "Endorsements," accessed October 13, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Melissa Johnson, "Issues," accessed October 13, 2017
| Lawrence Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Douglas County, Kansas | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Melissa Johnson • Ronald "GR" Gordon-Ross • Jill Hayhurst • James Alan Hollinger • Kelly Jones • Gretchen Alix Lister • Steve Wallace |
| Important information: | What's at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
