Mounds View Public Schools elections (2015)

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2015 Mounds View Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
November 3, 2015
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About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
Minnesota Mounds View Public Schools Ramsey County, Minnesota ballot measures Local ballot measures, Minnesota

Four seats on the Mounds View Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.

The seats of incumbents Robert Helgeson, Amy Jones, Jonathan Weinhagen and Sandra Westerman were up for election. All four incumbents filed to run for re-election, and they defeated challenger John Hakes for the four at-large seats. Hakes previously ran unsuccessfully for the board in both 2011 and 2013.

About the district

See also: Mounds View Public Schools, Minnesota

Mounds View Public Schools is located in Ramsey County, Minn.

Mounds View Public Schools is located in east-central Minnesota in Ramsey County. The county seat is St. Paul. This county was home to 508,640 residents in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Mounds View Public Schools was the 14th-largest school district in Minnesota and served 10,207 students.

Demographics

Ramsey County outperformed the rest of Minnesota in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 39.4 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 32.6 percent for Minnesota as a whole. The median household income in Ramsey County was $54,247, compared to $59,836 for the state of Minnesota. The poverty rate was 16.9 percent, compared to 11.5 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Ramsey County (%)	Minnesota (%)
White	70.9	86.2
Black or African American	11.6	5.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.9	1.3
Asian	13.2	4.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	3.3	2.3
Hispanic or Latino	7.3	5.0

Presidential Voting Pattern, Ramsey County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	184,938	86,800
2008	182,974	88,942
2004	171,846	97,096
2000	138,470	87,669

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 Mounds View Board of Education consists of seven members elected at-large to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 3, 2015. Four seats were up for election in 2015.

School board candidates had to file nomination documents during the candidate filing period, which began on July 28, 2015, and ended on August 11, 2015. The deadline for candidates to withdraw was August 13, 2015.

Elections

2015

Candidates

At-large

Robert Helgeson		Amy Jones		Jonathan Weinhagen
	Incumbent Bachelor's degree, Wartburg College Master's degree, the University of Minnesota Ph.D., the University of Iowa Classroom teacher		Incumbent B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College M.A., Hamline University Director of elementary education, Minneapolis Public Schools		Incumbent B.A., Bethel University MBA, Bethel University Vice president, Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce

Sandra Westerman		John Hakes
	Incumbent B.A., the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities J.D., the Hamline University School of Law Director of intergovernmental relations, Hennepin County Sheriff's Office		B.S., Minnesota State University at Mankato B.A., the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities Master's degree, the University of Minnesota at Duluth Former Minnesota state auditor

Election results

Mounds View Public Schools, At-Large, General Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Sandra Westerman Incumbent	23.5%	3,160
Amy Jones Incumbent	22.2%	2,988
Jonathan Weinhagen Incumbent	21.6%	2,904
Robert Helgeson Incumbent	20.2%	2,712
John Hakes	12.0%	1,615
Write-in votes	0.45%	61
Total Votes		13,440
Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Local Results in Ramsey County," accessed November 4, 2015 These election results are not official and will be updated when certified results are available. You can submit certified results by contacting us.

Endorsements

Incumbents Robert Helgeson, Jonathan Weinhagen and Sandra Westerman received endorsements from SEIU Local 284. Westerman also received endorsements from the Mounds View Educators Political Association, womenwinning, Ramsey County Sheriff Matt Bostrom, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Ramsey County Commissioner Blake Huffman.

Campaign finance

Candidates received a total of $5,736.67 and spent a total of $8,019.47 during the election, according to the Ramsey County Election Office.

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Robert Helgeson	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Amy Jones	$0.00	$4,400.50	-$4,400.50
Jonathan Weinhagen	$4,316.67	$1,687.17	$2,629.50
Sandra Westerman	$625.00	$1,136.80	$259.36
John Hakes	$795.00	$795.00	$0.00

Past elections

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

2013 See also: Mounds View Public Schools elections (2013) Mounds View Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Greg Madsen Incumbent 29.1% 6,339      Nonpartisan Marre Jo Sager Incumbent 27.7% 6,037      Nonpartisan Jon Tynjala Incumbent 24.1% 5,251      Nonpartisan John Hakes 19% 4,130 Total Votes 21,757 Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 621 - Mounds View," accessed December 18, 2013 2011 Mounds View Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Sandra Westerman Incumbent 17.4% 2,883      Nonpartisan Robert Helgeson Incumbent 16.1% 2,669      Nonpartisan Lisa Sjobeck Incumbent 13.9% 2,304      Nonpartisan Amy Jones 12.7% 2,107      Nonpartisan Lee Porath 12.5% 2,075      Nonpartisan Tim Husnik 8.9% 1,483      Nonpartisan John Hakes 6.8% 1,134      Nonpartisan Jonathan Weinhagen 5.8% 957      Nonpartisan Marilyn Bunzo 5.4% 891      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.5% 88 Total Votes 16,591 Source: Ramsey County, Minnesota, "Abstract of Votes Cast," accessed October 14, 2013

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Mounds View Public Schools election in 2015:

Deadline	Event
July 28, 2015	First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 11, 2015	Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 13, 2015	Last day for candidates to withdraw
November 3, 2015	Election Day

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Minnesota elections, 2015

This election did not share the ballot with other elections.

Recent news

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See also

Mounds View Public Schools	Minnesota	School Boards
Mounds View Public Schools elections (2013) List of school districts in Minnesota	Minnesota school board elections, 2015 Public education in Minnesota Local ballot measures, Minnesota	School board elections, 2015 School board elections, 2014 School board election data analysis, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2014

External links

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• Mounds View Public Schools
• Ramsey County Election Office