North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 elections (2014)

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2014 North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
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Minnesota North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 Ramsey County, Minnesota ballot measures Local ballot measures, Minnesota

Three seats on the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Incumbents Amy Coborn and Michelle Yener ran against challengers Caleb Anderson, Bennie Bennett, and Danny Porter for the seats. Fellow board member Mark Wheeler did not file for re-election. Coborn, Yener, and Anderson won the three seats.

About the district

See also: North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, Minnesota

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 is located in Ramsey County, Minnesota.

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 is located in Ramsey County, Minnesota. The county seat is St. Paul. Ramsey County had a population of 526,714 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2014. In the 2011-2012 school year, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 was the 11th-largest school district in Minnesota and served 10,799 students.

Demographics

In 2012, Ramsey County had a higher percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree compared to the state overall. The United States Census Bureau reported that 39.2 percent of residents aged 25 and older in Ramsey County had earned a bachelor's degree, compared with 32.2 percent for Minnesota. The county’s median household income was $53,152, below the state median of $59,126. The poverty rate in Ramsey County was 16.8 percent, above the state rate of 11.2 percent.

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 or 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

As of the 2014 election, the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Board of Education consisted of seven members elected at-large to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Three seats were up for election in 2014.

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period. The filing period began on July 29, 2014, and ended on August 12, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 14, 2014.

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

• Amy Coborn
  • Incumbent
  • Graduate, the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas
  • Retired educator

• Michelle Yener
  • Incumbent
  • Graduate, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
  • Education data and quality assurance analyst, Capella University

• Caleb Anderson
  • Graduate, Century College and Hamline University
  • Financial analyst, Hartford Financial Services

• Bennie Bennett

• Danny Porter

Election results

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Amy Coborn Incumbent	30.8%	14,151
	Nonpartisan	Michelle Yener Incumbent	21.8%	10,028
	Nonpartisan	Caleb Anderson	17.4%	8,003
	Nonpartisan	Danny Porter	17.2%	7,878
	Nonpartisan	Bennie Bennett	12.2%	5,610
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.5%	226
Total Votes				45,896
Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 622 - North St. Paul-Maplewood," accessed December 30, 2014

Endorsements

Incumbent Amy Coborn and challengers Caleb Anderson and Danny Porter received an endorsement from the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Education Association.

Campaign finance

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 does not publish campaign finance reports for school board candidates. State law does not require campaign finance reporting if contributions or expenditures do not exceed $750 in a calendar year.

Past elections

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

2012 North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Nancy Livingston Incumbent 23.5% 17,719      Nonpartisan Theresa Auge' Incumbent 20.7% 15,613      Nonpartisan Steve Hunt Incumbent 20.3% 15,254      Nonpartisan Becky Neve 18.2% 13,671      Nonpartisan Rich Bennett 16.7% 12,557      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.6% 487 Total Votes 75,301 Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 622 - North St. Paul-Maplewood," accessed August 1, 2014 2010 North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Amy Coborn 24.1% 12,176      Nonpartisan Mark Wheeler Incumbent 18% 9,096      Nonpartisan Michelle Yener 12.9% 6,540      Nonpartisan Marc Cove 10.5% 5,296      Nonpartisan Chuck Myers 10.2% 5,146      Nonpartisan Rich Bennett 8.7% 4,389      Nonpartisan Arnoldo Curiel 7.9% 3,981      Nonpartisan Robert Martin 7.3% 3,686      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.5% 250 Total Votes 50,560 Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected School District Contests," accessed August 1, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
July 29, 2014	First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 12, 2014	Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 14, 2014	Last day for candidates to withdraw
September 19, 2014	Absentee ballots available for the general election
October 14, 2014	Last day to register to vote in the general election
November 4, 2014	General election day

Additional elections on the ballot

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

See also

• Minnesota
• North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, Minnesota
• Minnesota school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Ramsey County, Minnesota ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Minnesota

External links

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• North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622
• Ramsey County Elections