Noblesville Schools elections (2014)

2014 Noblesville Schools 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
Indiana Noblesville Schools Hamilton County, Indiana ballot measures Local ballot measures, Indiana

Two seats on the Noblesville School Board were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Incumbent Julia Kozicki ran against challengers Carl Johnson IV and Kevin Kalstad for two at-large seats. Fellow board member Patrick Berghoff did not file for re-election. Julia Kozicki and Kevin Kalstad defeated Carl Johnson IV to win the two seats.

About the district

See also: Noblesville Schools, Indiana

Noblesville Schools is located in Hamilton County, Indiana.

Noblesville Schools is located in Hamilton County, Indiana. The county seat is Noblesville. Hamilton County is home to 296,693 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Noblesville Schools was the 26th-largest school district in Indiana and served 9,444 students.

Demographics

Hamilton County overperformed compared to the rest of Indiana in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 55.0 percent of Hamilton County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 23.0 percent for Indiana as a whole. The median household income for Hamilton County was $84,821 compared to $48,374 for the state of Indiana. The percentage of people below poverty level for Hamilton County was 4.7 percent while it was 14.7 percent for the state of Indiana.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Hamilton County (%)	Indiana (%)
White	88.5	86.3
Black or African American	4.0	9.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.2	0.4
Asian	5.4	1.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or more races	1.8	1.8
Hispanic or Latino	3.7	6.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Hamilton County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	43,796	90,747
2008	49,704	78,401
2004	26,388	77,887

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 Noblesville School Board consists of five members elected at large to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Two seats were up for election in 2014.

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period, which began on July 23, 2014, and ended on August 22, 2014. Write-in candidates also had to file by August 22, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 6, 2014.

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

• Julia Kozicki
  • Incumbent

• Carl Johnson IV

• Kevin Kalstad

Election results

Noblesville Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Kevin Kalstad	34.7%	5,339
	Nonpartisan	Julia Kozicki Incumbent	33.9%	5,215
	Nonpartisan	Carl Johnson IV	31.4%	4,827
Total Votes				15,381
Source: Hamilton County Elections Office, "Hamilton County Primary Election Results," accessed February 23, 2015

Endorsements

No candidates received endorsements in this election.

Campaign finance

Candidates reported $945.93 in contributions and $615.16 in expenditures during the election, according to the Hamilton County Elections Office.

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Julia Kozicki	$325.27	$0.00	$325.27
Carl Johnson IV	$445.00	$439.50	$5.50
Kevin Kalstad	$175.66	$175.66	$0.00

Past elections

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

2012 Noblesville Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Jane A. Barr Incumbent 19.5% 10,090      Nonpartisan Gary W. Duvall 16% 8,280      Nonpartisan Donna M. Clark 15.8% 8,164      Nonpartisan Scott Noel 14.7% 7,587      Nonpartisan Ronald J. Fleming 12.1% 6,230      Nonpartisan Jonathan M. Brown 8.6% 4,463      Nonpartisan Kevin Kalstad 6.9% 3,556      Nonpartisan Norman Williams 6.3% 3,252 Total Votes 51,622 Source: Hamilton County Elections Office, "Hamilton County 2012 General Election Results," accessed September 3, 2014 2010 Noblesville Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Julia Kozicki Incumbent 35.5% 6,416      Nonpartisan Patrick Berghoff 34.2% 6,178      Nonpartisan Evan Elliott 30.4% 5,491 Total Votes 18,085 Source: Hamilton County Elections Office, "Hamilton County Primary Election Results," accessed September 3, 2014

Key deadlines

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

Deadline	Event
July 23, 2014	First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 6, 2014	First day for write-in candidates to file nomination documents
August 22, 2014	Last day for traditional and write-in candidates to file nomination documents
October 6, 2014	Last day to register to vote in the general election
October 17, 2014	Last day to file pre-election campaign finance reports
November 4, 2014	General election day
November 18, 2014	Last day for candidates to file a verified election recount or contest petition

Additional elections on the ballot

This election shared the ballot with general elections for a U.S. House seat, Indiana state executive offices, Indiana House of Representatives seats and Indiana State Senate seats. It also shared the ballot with county, municipal and judicial elections.

Recent news

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See also

• Indiana
• Noblesville Schools, Indiana
• Indiana school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Hamilton County, Indiana ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Indiana

External links

Suggest a link

• Noblesville Schools
• Hamilton County Elections Office