Minnetonka School District elections (2017)
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Three of the seven seats on the Minnetonka School District school board in Minnesota were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. Incumbent John Holcomb and newcomers Mike LeSage and Chris Vitale were elected without opposition.[1]
With every seat on the ballot unopposed, the Minnetonka school board was guaranteed to elect one incumbent and two newcomers in 2017. The district's previous two elections also elected a mix of incumbents and newcomers to the board. For information on election trends in the district, click here.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Minnetonka school board consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held at large on a staggered basis so that three or four seats are up for election every November of odd-numbered years.[2]
School board candidates had to be at least 21 years old upon taking office, residents of the school district for a minimum of 30 days before the election, and eligible to vote in Minnesota. They could not run for any other office on the ballot at the same time as the school board election, and they could not have been convicted of an offense for which they were required to register as a predatory offender.[3] To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file between August 1, 2017, and August 15, 2017.[4] The deadline for candidates to withdraw was August 17, 2017.[5]
Citizens of the school district could register to vote on election day, but the deadline to register prior to election day was October 17, 2017. Vote-by-mail or in-person early voting was open from September 22, 2017, to November 6, 2017.[6] Photo identification was not required to vote in Minnesota.[7]
Candidates and results
At-large
Results
| Minnetonka School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 John Holcomb Incumbent |
35.17% | 1,291 |
| Mike LeSage |
33.32% | 1,223 |
| Chris Vitale |
31.52% | 1,157 |
| Total Votes | 3,671 | |
| Source: Minnetonka School District, "School Board Meetings: November 15, 2017: Study Session Special Meeting Minutes," accessed December 22, 2017 | ||
Candidates
John Holcomb 
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Mike LeSage
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Chris Vitale
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Minnesota elections, 2017
The Minnetonka school board election shared the ballot with elections for Minnetonka City Council and mayor.[1]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Minnesota school board elections in 2017:[4][5][6][8]
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
The Minnetonka School District does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Reporting requirements
Minnesota school board candidates had to file an initial campaign finance report within 14 days of spending or receiving more than $750. They also had to file a pre-general report, a post-general report, and a year-end report. Those three reports were due on October 28, 2017, December 7, 2017, and January 31, 2018.[8]
Past elections
To see results from past elections in the Minnetonka School District, click here.
What was at stake?
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Election trends
- See also: School boards in session: 2015 in brief
With three unopposed seats, the 2017 Minnetonka school board election was guaranteed to re-elect one incumbent and elect two newcomers. The district also added a mix of incumbents and newcomers to the board in 2013 and 2015. In 2013, two incumbents ran to retain their seats and won re-election, and one newcomer won an open seat. In 2015, two incumbents were re-elected, and two newcomers won open seats.
| School board election trends | ||||||
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbents running for re-election | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
| Minnetonka School District | ||||||
| 2017 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 33.33% | 100.00% | 66.67% | |
| 2015 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 50.00% | 100.00% | 50.00% | |
| 2013 | 1.33 | 0.00% | 66.67% | 100.00% | 33.33% | |
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| 2015 | 1.70 | 18.18% | 69.70% | 95.65% | 33.33% | |
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| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 70.37% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
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About the district
- See also: Minnetonka School District, Minnesota
The Minnetonka School District is located in central Minnesota in Hennepin County. The county seat is Minneapolis. The county was home to an estimated 1,232,483 residents in 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[9] The district was the 16th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 9,981 students.[10]
Demographics
Hennepin County outperformed Minnesota as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 47 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 33.7 percent of state residents. The median household income in Hennepin County was $65,834, compared to $61,492 for the entire state. The poverty rate in the county was 10.9 percent, while it was 10.2 percent statewide.[9]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[9] | ||
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| Race | Hennepin County (%) | Minnesota (%) |
| White | 75.2 | 85.0 |
| Black or African American | 13.0 | 6.2 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Asian | 7.4 | 4.9 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6.9 | 5.2 |
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.
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings: 2017 Municipal and School District Elections," accessed August 18, 2017
- ↑ Minnetonka School District, "School Board," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Qualifications," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Periods," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Withdrawal," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Do I Need to Bring ID?" accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance Filings," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 United States Census Bureau, "QuickFacts: Hennepin County, Minnesota; Minnesota," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Minnetonka School District elections in 2017 | |
| Hennepin County, Minnesota | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, John Holcomb • Mike LeSage • Chris Vitale |
| Important information: | What's at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
