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Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District elections (2014)

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2014 Ontario-Montclair Elementary 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
Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District
San Bernardino County, California ballot measures
Local ballot measures, California
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Four seats on the Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District Board of Trustees were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Three at-large incumbents were up for election to four-year terms. The other seat was vacant and up for election to a two-year term.

Incumbents Elvia M. Rivas, Kris Brake and Samuel Crowe ran against challengers John B. Lira, Robert Anthony Ortega, Michael C. Flores, Lucy Aguilar, Marco Solis and Leobardo Solis for the four-year term seats. Rivas, Crowe and Flores won the four-year terms.

The race for the open two-year term seat featured four candidates: Sarah Galvez, Elizabeth Ricci, Humberto "Berto" Garcia and Alfonso Sanchez.[1][2] Sanchez won the two-year term.

About the district

See also: Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District, California
Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District is located in San Bernardino County, California.

Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District is located in San Bernardino County, California. The county seat of San Bernardino County is San Bernardino. San Bernardino County is home to 2,088,371 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] In the 2011-2012 school year, Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District was the 61st-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 22,569 students.[4]

Demographics

San Bernardino County underperformed compared to the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 18.6 percent of San Bernardino 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 Bernardino County was $54,750 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for San Bernardino County was 17.6 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[3]

Racial Demographics, 2013[3]
Race San Bernardino County (%) California (%)
White 77.5 73.5
Black or African American 9.5 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0 1.7
Asian 7.1 14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.5 0.5
Two or more races 3.4 3.7
Hispanic or Latino 51.1 38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, San Bernardino County[5][6]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 305,109 262,358
2008 315,720 277,408
2004 227,789 289,306
2000 214,749 221,757

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 Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District Board of Trustees 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. Four seats, three four-year terms and one two-year term, were up for election in 2014, and two seats will be up for election in 2016.[1][7]

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.[8]

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

Four-year term

Two-year term

Election results

Four-year term
Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District,
At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSamuel Crowe Incumbent 22.7% 7,268
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngElvia M. Rivas Incumbent 22.4% 7,153
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMichael C. Flores 15.9% 5,091
     Nonpartisan Kris Brake Incumbent 13.9% 4,449
     Nonpartisan Robert Anthony Ortega 8.9% 2,859
     Nonpartisan Lucy Aguilar 8.2% 2,628
     Nonpartisan Leobardo Solis 4% 1,289
     Nonpartisan Marco Solis 2.4% 756
     Nonpartisan John B. Lira 1.5% 477
Total Votes 31,970
Source: San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Statewide General Election: November 4, 2014," accessed December 23, 2014
Two-year term
Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District,
At-Large General Election, 2-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngAlfonso Sanchez 33.1% 4,261
     Nonpartisan Sarah Galvez 28.4% 3,665
     Nonpartisan Elizabeth Ricci 26.7% 3,446
     Nonpartisan Humberto "Berto" Garcia 11.8% 1,519
Total Votes 12,891
Source: San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Statewide General Election: November 4, 2014," accessed December 23, 2014

Endorsements

The San Bernardino County Democratic Party endorsed Elvia M. Rivas and Samuel Crowe.[9]

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.[10]

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.[10]

Reports

According to the first pre-election reports submitted to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, candidates for the four-year term received a total of $14,759.52 in contributions and $10,166.85 in expenditures as of September 30, 2014. Five candidates, Kris Brake, Michael C. Flores, Robert Anthony Ortega, Marco Solis and Leobardo Solis filed Form 470 to indicate they would not be spending or receiving more than $1,000 in this election. Because of that, they did not have to file any additional campaign finance reports. As of October 28, 2014, information was not available for John B. Lira and Elvia M. Rivas.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Candidate Existing balance Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Lucy Aguilar $0.00 $1,605.00 $1,126.00 $575.00
Kris Brake N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Samuel Crowe $6,120.78 $13,154.52 $9,040.85 $4,038.67
Michael C. Flores N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
John B. Lira N/A N/A N/A N/A
Robert Anthony Ortega N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Elvia M. Rivas N/A N/A N/A N/A
Marco Solis N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Leobardo Solis N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

According to the first pre-election reports submitted to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, candidates for the two-year term received a total of $1,758.17 in contributions and $1,721.41 in expenditures as of September 30, 2014. Two candidates, Sarah Galvez and Elizabeth Ricci, filed Form 470 to indicate they would not be spending or receiving more than $1,000 in this election. Because of that, they did not have to file any additional campaign finance reports. As of October 28, 2014, information was not available for Humberto "Berto" Garcia.[18][19][20]

Candidate Existing balance Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Sarah Galvez N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Humberto "Berto" Garcia N/A N/A N/A N/A
Elizabeth Ricci N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Alfonso Sanchez $0.00 $1,758.17 $1,721.41 $86.76

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District election in 2014:[10][21]

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 general elections for five U.S. House seats, several state executive offices, two state Senate seats and eight state Assembly seats, as well as judicial, municipal and other school board elections.[22]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Ontario-Montclair + Elementary + School + District + California"

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Elected Officials," accessed July 30, 2014
  2. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "2014 Statewide General Election Candidate List," accessed August 18, 2014
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "San Bernardino County, California," accessed July 14, 2014
  4. National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
  5. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Past Election Archives," accessed July 14, 2014
  6. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Past Elections: 2007-1996," accessed July 14, 2014
  7. Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District," accessed July 30, 2014
  8. California Secretary of State, "Summary of November 4, 2014, General Election Calendar," accessed July 14, 2014
  9. San Bernardino County Democratic Party, "Endorsed Local Candidates for November 4, 2014 Election," accessed October 21, 2014
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
  11. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Lucy Aguilar for 2014 Ontario-Montclair School District Board-FPPC 460," October 6, 2014
  12. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Kris Brake for OMSD School District Board-FPPC 470," July 30, 2014
  13. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Sam Crowe for Ontario Montclair School Board 2014-FPPC 460," October 6, 2014
  14. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Flores, Michael-FPPC 470," July 31, 2014
  15. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Solis, Leobardo-FPPC 470," August 5, 2014
  16. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Ortega, Robert-FPPC 470," October 6, 2014
  17. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Solis, Marco-FPPC 470," August 6, 2014
  18. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Galvez, Sarah-FPPC 470," July 31, 2014
  19. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Alfonso Sanchez for School Board 2014-FPPC 460," October 6, 2014
  20. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "Ricci, Elizabeth-FPPC 470," August 7, 2014
  21. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "2014 Statewide General Election," accessed July 14, 2014
  22. San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, "2014 Statewide General Election: November 4, 2014," accessed July 14, 2014 (dead link)