Millard Public Schools elections (2014)

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2014 Millard Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections What was at stake? Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
Nebraska Millard Public Schools Douglas County, Nebraska ballot measures Local ballot measures, Nebraska

Three seats on the Millard Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Incumbents Mike Kennedy, Pat Ricketts, and Dave Anderson defeated challengers Bill Chizek, Matt S. Reinsch, and John C. Vyhlidal for the seats.

About the district

See also: Millard Public Schools, Nebraska

Millard Public Schools is located in Douglas County, Nebraska.

Millard Public Schools is located in Douglas County, Nebraska. The county seat is Omaha. Douglas County had a population of 537,256 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2014. In the 2011-2012 school year, Millard Public Schools was the third-largest school district in Nebraska and served 23,074 students.

Demographics

In 2012, Douglas County had a higher percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree compared to the state overall. The United States Census Bureau reported that 36.2 percent of residents aged 25 and older in Douglas County had earned a bachelor's degree, compared with 28.1 percent for Nebraska. The median household income in Douglas County was $53,295, above the state median of $51,381. The poverty rate in the county was 14.0 percent, compared to 12.4 percent for Nebraska as a whole.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Douglas County (%)	Nebraska (%)
White	81.6	89.7
Black or African American	11.6	4.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	1.1	1.3
Asian	3.1	2.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or more races	2.5	2.0
Hispanic or Latino	11.7	9.9

Party registration, Douglas County, 2014
Party	Number of registered voters
Republican	123,696
Democratic	122,245
Libertarian	1,799
Nonpartisan	74,934
Total	322,674

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

As of the 2014 election, the Millard Board of Education consisted of six members elected at-large to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Three seats were up for election in 2014.

School board candidates had to file in the office of the election commissioner or county clerk during the candidate filing period, which ended on February 18, 2014, for incumbents and on March 3, 2014, for challengers. The deadline to withdraw was also on March 3, 2014. Write-in candidates had to file by October 24, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 17, 2014.

At-large

• Dave Anderson
  • Incumbent Board Treasurer
  • Graduate, University of Nebraska-Omaha and University of Arizona
  • Vice-president of finance, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska

• Mike Kennedy
  • Incumbent
  • Graduate, University of Nebraska-Omaha and Creighton University
  • Attorney
  • Adjunct faculty member, MCC

• Pat Ricketts
  • Incumbent Board President
  • Graduate, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Creighton University
  • President/CFO, Vintage Financial Group

• Bill Chizek Did not appear on the ballot

• Matt S. Reinsch

• John C. Vyhlidal
  • Graduate, Nebraska Wesleyan University and Wilmington University
  • Officer, United States Air Force

District map

Election results

Millard Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Mike Kennedy Incumbent	25.1%	15,183
	Nonpartisan	Pat Ricketts Incumbent	23.7%	14,326
	Nonpartisan	Dave Anderson Incumbent	24%	14,514
	Nonpartisan	John C. Vyhlidal	11.7%	7,081
	Nonpartisan	Matt S. Reinsch	15.1%	9,154
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.4%	236
Total Votes				60,494
Source: Douglas County Election Commission, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 22, 2014

Campaign finance

Candidates were not required to file campaign finance reports until they received or expended $5,000 or more in a calendar year.

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2012 Millard Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Linda Poole Incumbent 31.6% 26,240      Nonpartisan Mike Pate Incumbent 22.3% 18,533      Nonpartisan Paul Meyer 16.7% 13,899      Nonpartisan Todd P. Clarke 16.7% 13,898      Nonpartisan Terry Dale 12.1% 10,020      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.5% 409 Total Votes 82,999 Source: Douglas County Election Commission, "General Election Results (11/06/2012)," accessed September 6, 2014 2010 Millard Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Pat Ricketts 29.1% 14,752      Nonpartisan David M. Anderson Incumbent 27.8% 14,077      Nonpartisan Mike Kennedy Incumbent 27.2% 13,778      Nonpartisan Austin Brake 15.4% 7,824      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.5% 264 Total Votes 50,695 Source: Douglas County Election Commission, "General Election Results (11/02/2010)," accessed September 6, 2014

What was at stake?

There were three at-large seats on the school board up for election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Mike Kennedy, Pat Ricketts, and Dave Anderson ran against challengers Bill Chizek, Matt S. Reinsch, and John C. Vyhlidal for the seats.

Issues in the district

Two-cent levy increase

In early September 2014, the Millard Board of Education defended a proposed two-cent levy increase against criticism. Board members said the tax increase would be used to avoid cutting programs and depleting the district's reserves while also keeping facilities up to date. The proposed levy would have raised the tax on homes by two cents per $100 of valuation. Leading the opposition was Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom, led by Doug Kagan.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Millard Public Schools election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
December 2, 2013	First day for candidates to file nomination documents
February 18, 2014	Filing deadline for incumbents
March 3, 2014	Filing deadline for challengers
March 3, 2014	Last day for candidates to withdraw
September 2, 2014	Last day to file for office by petition
October 4, 2014	First day for in-person early voting at the Election Office
October 6, 2014	1st General Statement campaign finance report due
October 17, 2014	Last day to register to vote in the general election
October 24, 2014	Last day for write-in candidates to file nomination documents
October 27, 2014	2nd General Statement campaign finance report due
November 3, 2014	Last day for early voting in person at County Clerk or Election Commissioner office
November 4, 2014	General election day
December 1, 2014	Meeting of the Board of State Canvassers to certify general election results
January 13, 2015	Post General Statement campaign finance report due

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Nebraska elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with general elections for two U.S. House seats, a U.S. Senate seat, Nebraska state executive offices, Nebraska State Senate seats, and one statewide ballot measure. It also shared the ballot with county, municipal, and judicial elections.

See also

• Nebraska
• Millard Public Schools, Nebraska
• Nebraska school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Douglas County, Nebraska ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Nebraska

External links

Suggest a link

• Millard Public Schools
• Douglas County Election Commission