Melissa Potter
2023 - Present
2027
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Melissa Potter is a member of the Beaverton School District school board in Oregon, representing Zone 3. She assumed office on July 1, 2023. Her current term ends on June 30, 2027.
Potter ran for election to the Beaverton School District school board to represent Zone 3 in Oregon. She won in the general election on May 16, 2023.
Potter was a candidate for Zone 3 representative on the Beaverton School Board in Oregon. She lost in the general election on May 19, 2015.
Biography
Potter is a member of the research faculty and an instructor at the Center for Science Education at Portland State University. She earned an Ed.D. in educational leadership and science education from the University of Oregon in 2009 after earning an M.A. in teaching from Pacific University in 2001.[1]
She graduated cum laude with a B.A. in biology from Willamette University in 1999. She is a 1995 graduate of Glencoe High School. Potter and her husband, Nathan, have two children.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: Beaverton School District, Oregon, elections (2023)
General election
General election for Beaverton School District school board Zone 3
Melissa Potter defeated Maham Ahmed and Connie Clemens in the general election for Beaverton School District school board Zone 3 on May 16, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Melissa Potter (Nonpartisan) | 44.8 | 16,811 |
| Maham Ahmed (Nonpartisan) | 34.3 | 12,877 | ||
 | Connie Clemens (Nonpartisan)  | 20.7 | 7,778 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 97 | ||
| Total votes: 37,563 | |||
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2015
Three of the seven seats on the Beaverton School Board were up for election on May 19, 2015. Zone 3 incumbent Mary VanderWeele, Zone 6 incumbent Jeff Hicks and Zone 7 incumbent Linda Degman were up for election. VanderWeel and Hicks did not file to seek re-election. Melissa Potter and Eric Simpson ran for the open Zone 3 seat, with Simpson defeating Potter. Becky Tymchuk defeated John Somoza and Daniel Vazquez to take the open Zone 6 seat. Degman defeated challenger Andrew Beach in her re-election bid.
Results
| Beaverton School District, Zone 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Eric Simpson |
50.3% | 10,573 | |
| Nonpartisan | Melissa Potter | 49.4% | 10,391 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 52 | |
| Total Votes | 21,016 | |||
| Source: Washington County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 4, 2015 and Multnomah County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 3, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Potter reported $5,230.00 in contributions and $4,823.06 in expenditures to the Oregon Secretary of State, which left her campaign with $406.94 on hand in this election.[2]
Endorsements
Potter was endorsed by the following:[1]
- Jeff Hicks, Beaverton School Board
- Donna Tyner, Beaverton School Board
- Lacey Beaty, City Councilor, City of Beaverton
- Marc San Soucie, City Councilor, City of Beaverton
- Beaverton Education Association (BEA)
- Oregon School Employee Association (OSEA)
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Melissa Potter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Potter provided the following statements on her Facebook campaign page:
| “ | I believe in serving my community. By volunteering for the Beaverton School District School Board I want to:
1.) Support open communication between our very supportive community and our talented educators, teachers, classified staff, and administrators. Our children will more likely achieve greater success if our community members, parents, and educators collaborate. 2.) Help facilitate a transparent budget process that aligns our community's values and issues around equity with the education of all of our children. 3.) Support the continued growth and development of science and engineering education. To maximize our students' potential for future career and educational opportunities, along with general citizenship, all of our students need to engage in and appreciate the practices and knowledge of science and engineering.[3] |
” |
| —Melissa Potter's Facebook campaign page (2015)[1] | ||
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Facebook, "Melissa Potter for School Board: About," accessed May 18, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Committee/Filer Search by Name," accessed June 5, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
