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Midland Independent School District elections (2014)

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2014 Midland Independent 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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Four seats on the Midland Independent School District Board of Trustees were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Districts 3, 4, 5 and 6 were on the ballot. The District 4 election was for an unexpired term vacated by board member Karen Fullen; three challengers filed for that seat. Jeff Robnett defeated fellow challengers Rachel Stone and Kurtis Nodolf in that election.

Incumbents in Districts 3, 5 and 6 were unopposed in the general election. Tommy Bishop retained the District 3 seat, Karen Nicholson retained the District 5 seat and Richard "Rick" Davis retained the District 6 seat.

About the district

See also: Midland Independent School District, Texas
Midland Independent School District is located in Midland County, Texas.

Midland Independent School District is located in Midland County, Texas. The county seat is Midland. Midland County was home to 151,949 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[1] In the 2012-2013 school year, Midland Independent School District was the 54th-largest school district in Texas and served 23,319 students.[2]

Demographics

Midland County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Texas in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 24.4 percent of Midland County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.7 percent for Texas as a whole. The median household income in Midland County was $62,993 compared to $51,900 for the state of Texas. The poverty rate in Midland County was 10.4 percent compared to 17.6 percent for the entire state.[1]

Racial Demographics, 2013[1]
Race Midland County (%) Texas (%)
White 89.0 80.3
Black or African American 6.8 12.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1 1.0
Asian 1.6 4.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 1.4 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 41.1 38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern,
Midland County[3]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote Other Vote
2012 8,286 35,689 622
2008 9,691 36,155 370
2004 8,005 36,585 244
2000 7,534 31,514 692

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 Midland ISD Board of Trustees consists of seven members elected to four-year terms, and serve the district by specific geographic district. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Three seats were up for election in 2014.[4]

Candidates began filing nominating petitions on July 19, 2014. The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was August 18, 2014.[5]

Elections

2014

Candidates

District 3

District 4 (unexpired term)

District 5

District 6

Election results

District 4
Midland Independent School District, District 4 General Election, 2-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Robnett 48.2% 760
     Nonpartisan Rachel Stone 37.1% 584
     Nonpartisan Kurtis Nodolf 14.7% 232
Total Votes 1,576
Source: Midland County, "Official Election Results," accessed February 9, 2015

Endorsements

No candidate publicly received an endorsement in this election.

Campaign finance

Candidates must file reports with the Texas Ethics Commission or the appropriate county clerk. They must disclose the amount of each contribution (or the value and nature of any in-kind contribution), the name and address of the individual or political committee making the contribution and the date of the contribution. Filers must also report all expenditures, including the date of an expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom the expenditure is made and the purpose of the expenditure.[6]

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Midland Independent School District election in 2014:[5]

Deadline Event
July 19, 2014 First day to file for place on general election ballot
August 18, 2014 Last day to file for place on general election ballot
October 6, 2014 Voter registration deadline
October 20, 2014 Early voting begins
October 31, 2014 Last day of early voting
November 4, 2014 Election day

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Texas elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with general elections for U.S. House seats, Texas state executive offices and one seat in the U.S. House Senate. It also shared the ballot with other county and municipal elections. There was one statewide measure on the ballot regarding the diversion of oil and gasoline tax revenues from the state's "Rainy Day Fund" into transportation funding.[5]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Midland + Independent + School + District + Texas"

See also

External links

Footnotes