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Nick Derksen
Nick Derksen was a write-in candidate for at-large representative on the Pickerington Local School District school board in Ohio. Derksen was defeated in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Because Derksen was a write-in candidate, his name did not appear on the ballot.[1]
Elections
2017
Three of five seats on the Pickerington Local School District Board of Education in Ohio were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Two incumbents ran for re-election. Incumbents Vanessa Niekamp and Lori Sanders were the only candidates to file for the three at-large seats by the filing deadline on August 9, 2017. Five more candidates, Nick Derksen, David Horton, Mark Kenney, Clay Lopez, and E. Gayle Saunders, ran as write-in candidates. Incumbents Niekamp and Sanders and write-in candidate Lopez won the election.[2][3][4]
| Pickerington Local School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lori Sanders Incumbent |
37.31% | 5,008 |
| Vanessa Niekamp Incumbent |
32.23% | 4,327 |
| Clay Lopez |
8.78% | 1,179 |
| Nick Derksen | 6.24% | 838 |
| E. Gayle Saunders | 6.22% | 835 |
| David Horton | 4.74% | 636 |
| Mark Kenney | 2.37% | 318 |
| Write-in votes | 2.11% | 283 |
| Total Votes | 13,424 | |
| Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 and Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Write-in Canvass," accessed November 27, 2017 and Fairfield County Board of Elections, "Election Summary Report, General Election, Official Canvass," accessed December 6, 2017 | ||
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Footnotes
- ↑ This Week Community News, "Five file as write-in candidates for school board," August 29, 2017
- ↑ Fairfield County Board of Elections, "Certified Candidate and Issue List," accessed October 3, 2017
- ↑ Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Fairfield County Board of Elections, "Unofficial Certification of Results by the Most Populous County (Candidates)," accessed November 9, 2017
| Pickerington Local School District elections in 2017 | |
| Fairfield County, Ohio | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Vanessa Niekamp • Incumbent, Lori Sanders • Nick Derksen • David Horton • Mark Kenney • Clay Lopez • E. Gayle Saunders |
| Important information: | What's at stake? |
