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Oceanside Unified School District elections (2014)

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2014 Oceanside Unified School District 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
California
Oceanside Unified School District
San Diego County, California ballot measures
Local ballot measures, California
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Three seats on the Oceanside Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014.[1] Emily Wichmann was the only incumbent running for re-election. She ran against challengers Angel D. Jimenez, Garry L. Dillard, Bess Bronson, Ann Corwin, Robert "Camo" Gleisberg, Arleen L. Hammerschmidt and Myrna K. Valdez.[2]

Wichmann, Gleisberg and Corwin won the election.

About the district

See also: Oceanside Unified School District, California
Oceanside Unified School District is located in San Diego County, California.

Oceanside Unified School District is located in San Diego County, California. The county seat of San Diego County is San Diego. San Diego County is home to 3,211,252 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] In the 2011-2012 school year, Oceanside Unified School District was the 68th-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 20,987 students.[4]

Demographics

San Diego County outperformed the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 34.4 percent of San Diego County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.5 percent for California as a whole. The median household income for San Diego County was $63,373 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for San Diego County was 13.9 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[3]

Racial Demographics, 2013[3]
Race San Diego County (%) California (%)
White 76.6 73.5
Black or African American 5.6 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3 1.7
Asian 11.7 14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.6 0.5
Two or more races 4.2 3.7
Hispanic or Latino 32.9 38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern,
San Diego County[5][6][7][8]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 626,957 536,726
2008 666,581 541,032
2004 526,437 596,033
2000 437,666 475,736

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 Oceanside Unified School District Board of Education 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. Three seats were up for election in 2014, and two seats will be up for election in 2016.[1][9]

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period. The filing period began July 14, 2014, and ended August 8, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 20, 2014. Voters could request vote-by-mail ballots from October 6, 2014, through October 28, 2014.[10]

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

Election results

Oceanside Unified School District,
At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngEmily Wichmann Incumbent 19% 9,025
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngRobert "Camo" Gleisberg 15.9% 7,578
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngAnn Corwin 15.6% 7,418
     Nonpartisan Arleen L. Hammerschmidt 11.8% 5,585
     Nonpartisan Bess Bronson 11.8% 5,630
     Nonpartisan Angel D. Jimenez 11% 5,221
     Nonpartisan Garry L. Dillard 9% 4,290
     Nonpartisan Myrna K. Valdez 5.8% 2,772
Total Votes 47,519
Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election," accessed December 23, 2014

Endorsements

The Republican Party of San Diego County endorsed Robert "Camo" Gleisberg, Angel D. Jimenez and Emily Ortiz Wichmann.[11]

The Democratic Party of San Diego County endorsed Bess Bronson, Ann Corwin and Garry L. Dillard.[12]

Campaign finance

Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.[13]

Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.[13]

Reports

According to the first pre-election reports submitted to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, candidates received a total of $20,604.81 in contributions and $14,075.66 in expenditures as of September 30, 2014. Only one candidate, Garry L. Dillard, filed Form 470 to indicate he would not be spending or receiving more than $1,000 in this election. Because of that, he did not have to file any additional campaign finance reports.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Candidate Existing balance Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Emily Wichmann $0.00 $4,849.00 $1,998.64 $3,575.00
Bess Bronson $0.00 $1,429.00 $1,322.82 $106.18
Ann Corwin $0.00 $6,700.00 $5,267.22 $1,207.78
Robert "Camo" Gleisberg $0.00 $5,470.00 $5,246.23 $223.77
Arleen L. Hammerschmidt $0.00 $1,156.81 $240.75 $916.06
Angel D. Jimenez $0.00 $1,000.00 $0.00 $1,000.00
Garry L. Dillard N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Myrna K. Valdez N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Oceanside Unified School District election in 2014:[13][22]

Deadline Event
July 14, 2014 First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 8, 2014 Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
October 6, 2014 First day to request vote-by-mail ballot
October 6, 2014 First pre-election report due
October 20, 2014 Last day to register to vote
October 23, 2014 Second pre-election report due
October 28, 2014 Last day to request vote-by-mail ballot
November 4, 2014 Election Day
December 31, 2014 Termination report due
February 2, 2015 Semi-annual report due

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: California elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with other school board elections, municipal elections and general elections for several state executive offices, five U.S. House seats, three state Senate seats and six state Assembly seats.[1][23]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Oceanside + Unified + School + District + California"

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Filing Guide General Election November 4, 2014," accessed July 30, 2014
  2. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Candidate List," accessed August 19, 2014
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "San Diego County, California," accessed July 14, 2014
  4. National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
  5. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election November 6, 2012, Official Results," accessed July 14, 2014
  6. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election November 4, 2008, Official Results," accessed July 14, 2014
  7. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "General Election November 2, 2004, Final Official Results," accessed July 14, 2014
  8. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "General Election November 7, 2000," accessed July 14, 2014
  9. Oceanside Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed July 30, 2014
  10. California Secretary of State, "Summary of November 4, 2014, General Election Calendar," accessed July 14, 2014
  11. San Diego Republicans, "2014 General Election Voter Guide," accessed October 15, 2014
  12. San Diego Democrats, "Endorsed Democratic Candidates," accessed October 21, 2014
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
  14. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "RE ELECT EMILY ORTIZ WICHMANN OSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  15. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "COMMITTEE TO ELECT BESS BRONSON SCHOOL BOARD 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 2, 2014
  16. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "ANN CORWIN FOR OCEANSIDE SCHOOLS 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  17. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "GARRY L DILLARD -470 Officeholder and Candidate Campaign Statement," August 12, 2014
  18. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "BOB CAMO GLEISBERG FOR OCEANSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  19. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "HAMMERSCHMIDT FOR OUSD SCHOOL BOARD 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 2, 2014
  20. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "COMMITTEE TO ELECT ANGEL JIMENEZ FOR OCEANSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  21. Smart Voter, "Board Member; Oceanside Unified School District Voter Information," accessed July 30, 2014
  22. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Schedule November 4, 2014," accessed July 16, 2014
  23. San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial Primary Election Tuesday, June 3, 2014," accessed July 14, 2014