Merced Union High School District elections (2014)

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2014 Merced Union High School District Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
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Merced Union High School District
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Three seats on the Merced Union High School District Board of Trustees were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Ida Johnson, David Honey and William G. Snyder III from Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 5, respectively, were up for re-election.[1][2]

Ida Johnson ran against challengers Mary I. Mercado and Greg Opinski for the Trustee Area 1 seat, which Opinski won. William G. Snyder III lost the Trustee Area 5 seat to challenger Richard Lopez. David Honey ran unopposed and won re-election to the Trustee Area 2 seat. [3]

About the district

See also: Merced Union High School District, California
Merced Union High School District is located in Merced County, California.

Merced Union High School District is located in Merced County, California. The county seat is Merced. Merced County is home to 263,228 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] In the 2011-2012 school year, Merced Union High School District was the 157th-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 10,293 students.[5]

Demographics

Merced County underperformed compared to the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 12.5 percent of Merced County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.5 for California as a whole. The median household income for Merced County was $43,565 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for Merced County was 24.6 percent compared to 15.3 percent statewide.[4]

Racial Demographics, 2013[4]
Race Merced County (%) California (%)
White 81.9 73.5
Black or African American 4.2 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5 1.7
Asian 8.1 14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.4 0.5
Two or more races 3.0 3.7
Hispanic or Latino 56.8 38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Merced County[6][7]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 33,005 27,581
2008 34,031 28,704

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Voter and candidate information

The Merced Union High School District Board of Trustees consists of five members elected to four-year terms by specific geographic areas. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Seats from Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 5 were up for election in 2014, and seats from Trustee Areas 3 and 4 were up for election in 2016.[1][8]

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period. The filing period began July 14, 2014, and ended August 8, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 20, 2014. Voters could request vote-by-mail ballots from October 6, 2014, through October 28, 2014.[9]

Elections

2014

Candidates

Trustee Area 1

Trustee Area 2

Trustee Area 5

Election results

Trustee Area 1
Merced Union High School District,
Trustee Area 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngGreg Opinski 37.8% 2,005
     Nonpartisan Ida Johnson Incumbent 37.2% 1,972
     Nonpartisan Mary I. Mercado 24.6% 1,308
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.4% 23
Total Votes 5,308
Source: Merced County, "Official Results for Election," accessed December 22, 2014
Trustee Area 2

This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. David Honey from Trustee Area 2 won re-election by default.[10]

Trustee Area 5
Merced Union High School District,
Trustee Area 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Lopez 67.2% 1,861
     Nonpartisan William G. Snyder III Incumbent 31.9% 884
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.9% 25
Total Votes 2,770
Source: Merced County, "Official Results for Election," accessed December 22, 2014

Endorsements

The Merced County Republican Party endorsed Greg Opinski.[11]

Campaign finance

Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.[12]

Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.[12]

Reports

Greg Opinski and Mary I. Mercado were the only candidates for Trustee Area 1 to have campaign finance reports available as of October 31, 2014.[13][14] There were no campaign finance reports available for Ida Johnson as of October 31, 2014.[15]

Candidate Existing balance Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Mary I. Mercado $500.32 $100.00 $0.00 $600.32
Greg Opinski N/A $13,247.00 $11,248.47 $1,998.53

In Trustee Area 2, no campaign finance information was available for unopposed incumbent David Honey as of October 31, 2014.

In Trustee Area 3, no campaign finance reports were available for William G. Snyder III as of October 31, 2014. His opponent, Richard Lopez, reported a total of $1,050.00 in contributions and $3,152.96 in expenditures as of September 30, 2014.[16]

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Merced Union High School District election in 2014:[12][18]

Deadline Event
July 14, 2014 First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 8, 2014 Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
October 6, 2014 First day to request vote-by-mail ballot
October 6, 2014 First pre-election report due
October 20, 2014 Last day to register to vote
October 23, 2014 Second pre-election report due
October 28, 2014 Last day to request vote-by-mail ballot
November 4, 2014 Election Day
December 31, 2014 Termination report due
February 2, 2015 Semi-annual report due

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: California elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with other school board elections, municipal elections and general elections for several state executive offices, one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, one seat in the state Senate and one seat in the state Assembly.[1][19]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Merced + Union + High + School + District + California"

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Merced County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election November 4, 2014," accessed July 28, 2014
  2. ↑ Merced Union High School District, "Board of Trustees," accessed July 28, 2014
  3. ↑ Merced County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate List Gubernatorial General Election," accessed August 21, 2014
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Merced County, California," accessed July 24, 2014
  5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
  6. ↑ Merced County Registrar of Voters, "November 6, 2012 Election Results," accessed July 24, 2014
  7. ↑ Merced County Registrar of Voters, "November 8, 2008," accessed July 24, 2014
  8. ↑ Merced Union High School District, "Board of Trustees December 11, 2013," accessed July 28, 2014
  9. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Summary of November 4, 2014, General Election Calendar," accessed July 14, 2014
  10. ↑ California Election Code, "Section 10229," accessed October 13, 2014
  11. ↑ Merced County Republican Party, "2014 Voter Guide," accessed October 23, 2014
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
  13. ↑ Merced County Registrar of Voters, "GREG OPINSKI FOR MERCED UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 23, 2014
  14. ↑ Merced County Registrar of Voters, "Campaign Finance Disclosure Search: MARY MERCADO FOR MERCED UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD AREA 1," accessed October 31, 2014
  15. ↑ Merced County Registrar of Voters, "COMMITTEE TO ELECT IDA JOHNSON MERCED UNION HIGH SCHOOL BOARD 2014-Filing activity," accessed October 31, 2014
  16. ↑ Merced County Registrar of Voters, "RICHARD LOPEZ FOR MERCED UNION HIGH SCHOOL TA 5 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  17. ↑ Merced Sun-Star, "Contested school board races in Merced down to one," October 25, 2012
  18. ↑ Merced County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election November 4, 2014 Calendar of Events," accessed July 24, 2014
  19. ↑ Merced County Registrar of Voters, "June 3, 2014 Election Results," accessed July 24, 2014
2014 Merced Union High School District Elections
Merced County, California
Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:Trustee Area 1: • Incumbent, Ida Johnson • Mary I. Mercado • Greg Opinski
Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, David Honey
Trustee Area 5: • Incumbent, William G. Snyder III • Richard Lopez
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