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North Clackamas School District elections (2015)
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Four seats on the North Clackamas School District Board of Directors were up for general election on May 19, 2015.
At-large incumbents Kyle Walker, Trisha Claxton, Rein Vaga and Sam Gillispie were up for election. While board seats are voted upon at-large, candidates run for specific numbered positions. Walker and Gillispie did not file to run for re-election. Vaga won re-election to the Position 1 seat unopposed. Position 3 incumbent Claxton defeated challenger Timothy McMenamin. The two open seats saw just one candidate file for each. Lee Merrick and Steven Schroedl won election to the open Positions 2 and 7, respectively, in unopposed races.
Lee Merrick previously served on the board in Position 3 until she was unseated by Trisha Claxton in the 2011 school board election. Additionally, unopposed Position 7 candidate Steven Schroedl previously ran for the board in 2013. He sought the Position 5 seat that year but lost to incumbent Vivian Scott.
While Timothy McMenamin was the only candidate in this election who was not a sitting incumbent, former board member or prior candidate for the board, it was not his first campaign for elected office. He was a Republican candidate for District 41 of the Oregon House of Representatives in 2012 and 2014.
About the district
- See also: North Clackamas School District, Oregon
North Clackamas School District is based in Milwaukie in Clackamas County, which lies in northwestern Oregon. The county seat is Oregon City. The county was home to an estimated 388,263 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[1] North Clackamas was the fifth-largest school district in the state serving 17,442 students in the 2011-2012 school year.[2]
Demographics
Clackamas County outperformed Oregon as a whole in terms of higher education achievement, median household income and poverty rates in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 31.8 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had earned a bachelor's degree or higher compared to 29.7 percent of residents statewide. The median household income in the county was $64,352 while it was $50,229 for the state. The percentage of persons below the poverty line in Clackamas County was 9.8 percent in comparison to 16.2 percent for the entirety of Oregon.[1]
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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 North Clackamas Board of Directors consists of seven members who are elected at-large to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election for the four at-large seats was May 19, 2015.
Candidates were required to file for the election by March 19, 2015. Voters were required to register by April 28, 2015, in order to vote in this election.
Elections
2015
Candidates
Position 1
- Rein Vaga
- Incumbent
Position 2
Position 3
- Trisha Claxton
- Incumbent
- Timothy McMenamin
Position 7
Election results
Position 1
| North Clackamas School District, Position 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Rein Vaga Incumbent |
98.3% | 9,672 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.7% | 170 | |
| Total Votes | 9,842 | |||
| Source: Clackamas County, Oregon, "Special District Election May 19, 2015, Officail Results for Election," accessed June 9, 2015 | ||||
Position 2
| North Clackamas School District, Position 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lee Merrick |
98.2% | 9,609 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.8% | 172 | |
| Total Votes | 9,781 | |||
| Source: Clackamas County, Oregon, "Special District Election May 19, 2015, Officail Results for Election," accessed June 9, 2015 | ||||
Position 3
| North Clackamas School District, Position 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Trisha Claxton Incumbent |
60.7% | 7,460 | |
| Nonpartisan | Timothy McMenamin | 38.7% | 4,762 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.6% | 76 | |
| Total Votes | 12,298 | |||
| Source: Clackamas County, Oregon, "Special District Election May 19, 2015, Officail Results for Election," accessed June 9, 2015 | ||||
Position 7
| North Clackamas School District, Position 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Steven Schroedl |
98.2% | 9,188 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.8% | 168 | |
| Total Votes | 9,356 | |||
| Source: Clackamas County, Oregon, "Special District Election May 19, 2015, Officail Results for Election," accessed June 9, 2015 | ||||
Campaign finance
Candidates received a total of $1,688.00 and spent a total of $1,581.75 in this election, according to the Oregon Secretary of State. These totals include in-kind contributions and expenditures. The "cash on hand" column in the table below additioanlly includes prior campaign account balances that were rolled into candidates' 2015 campaigns and outstanding loans, personal expenditures and accounts payable.[4]
| Candidate | Receipts | Disbursements | Cash on hand |
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| Position 1 | |||
| Rein Vaga | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Position 2 | |||
| Lee Merrick | $0.00 | $0.00 | $336.64 |
| Position 3 | |||
| Trisha Claxton | $1,688.00 | $1,581.75 | $106.25 |
| Timothy McMenamin | $0.00 | $0.00 | -$15,812.59 |
| Position 7 | |||
| Steven Schroedl | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Candidates whose committees expected to receive or spend more than $3,500 in a calendar year were required to file campaign finance reports according to the following rules:[5]
- Transactions occurring before March 7, 2015, were required to be filed by the 30th day after the date of the transaction.
- Transactions between March 8, 2015, and April 6, 2015, were required to be filed on April 14, 2015.
- Transactions between April 7, 2015, and May 19, 2015, were required to be filed by the seventh day after the date of the transaction.
Committees who did not expect to surpass the expenditure or contribution threshold were allowed to file a "Certificate of Limited Contributions and Expenditures". If they later surpassed the limit, they were then required to file all transactions from the calendar year.[5]
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Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the 2015 Oregon school board elections:[5][6]
| Deadline | Event |
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| February 7, 2015- March 19, 2015 |
Candidate filing period |
| March 19, 2015 | Deadline for candidates to withdraw |
| March 23, 2015 | Candidate statements for voters' pamphlet deadline |
| April 7, 2015- May 19, 2015 |
Seven day campaign finance reporting period |
| April 14, 2015 | Campaign finance report due |
| April 28, 2015 | Voter registration deadline |
| May 5, 2015 | Last day to mail ballots |
| May 19, 2015 | Election Day |
| June 8, 2015 | Certified election results deadline |
| June 23, 2015 | Last day to file recount demand |
| July 1, 2015 | New school board terms begin |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Oregon elections, 2015
Elections for seats on the boards for Clackamas Community College, fire districts, water and water control districts, parks and recreation districts, road districts, sanitary districts, transportation districts, as well as an election for the mayor of Milwaukie also appeared on the ballot on May 19, 2015.[7]
Recent news
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See also
| North Clackamas School District | Oregon | School Boards |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 United States Census Bureau, "State & County QuickFacts: Clackamas County, Oregon," accessed March 18, 2015
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Election History," accessed March 18, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Committee/Filer Search by Name," accessed June 17, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Oregon Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance Manual," January 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "2015 ELECTIONS CALENDAR," accessed January 22, 2015
- ↑ Clackamas County, "May 19, 2015 Special District Election," accessed March 23, 2015
| 2015 North Clackamas School District Elections | |
| Clackamas County, Oregon | |
| Election date: | May 19, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Position 1: Incumbent, Rein Vaga Position 2: Lee Merrick |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
