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Patrick Woods
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Patrick Woods was a District 3 Position 6 representative on the Topeka Public Schools Board of Education in Kansas. He was first elected to the board on April 3, 2007. Woods won re-election to a third consecutive term in the general election on April 7, 2015.
Biography
Woods is the director of talent management and diversity at Westar Energy.[1] His wife is a teacher in the district, and they have two children. He serves on the Shawnee County Civil Service Board and on the Parkview-Cambridge Neighborhood Association. He and his family are members of the Asbury-Mt. Olive United Methodist Church.[2]
Woods has also worked for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas, as the education policy advisor to then-Governor of Kansas Kathleen Sebelius (D), on the Commission for Healthy and Prepared Schools and as director of governmental affairs in the Office of Public and Governmental Services for the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.[2]
Elections
2015
- See also: Topeka Public Schools elections (2015)
Four seats on the board of education were up for election on April 7, 2015. Position 4 incumbent Janel Johnson, Position 5 incumbent Peg McCarthy, Position 6 incumbent Patrick Woods, and at-large Position 7 incumbent Nancy Kirk sought re-election in 2015. Johnson won re-election unopposed.[3]
McCarthy, Woods, and Kirk defeated their challengers. Scott Holloman lost to McCarthy for the Position 5 seat. Woods defeated two challengers for Position 6: Michael Boyer and Lloyd Fleming. The Position 7 at-large challenger Jenny Prichard lost against incumbent Kirk.[3]
Results
| Topeka Public Schools, Position 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Patrick Woods Incumbent |
64.9% | 4,442 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lloyd Fleming | 17.9% | 1,229 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Boyer | 16.9% | 1,159 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 17 | |
| Total Votes | 6,847 | |||
| Source: Shawnee County Election Office, "Election Summary Report April 7, 2015 General Election," April 13, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Woods filed a K.S.A. 25-904(a) form, also known as an "Affidavit of Exemption," stating he would not spend or receive more than $500.00 in the election cycle, including contributions to his own campaign. The final campaign finance reporting deadline for this race was May 7, 2015. Woods was only required to file on that date if he exceeded the stated limits.[4]
The Shawnee County Election Office does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia was informed that at least one candidate submitted campaign finance reports.[5]
Endorsements
Woods had not received any official endorsements in this election as of January 28, 2015.
2011
| Topeka Public Schools District 3 Position 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Patrick Woods Incumbent |
98.2% | 5,787 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.8% | 107 | |
| Total Votes | 5,894 | |||
| Source: Shawnee County Election Office, "Election Summary Report: April 5, 2011,General Election," April 8, 2011 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
On his Facebook campaign page, Wood state, "Working together we can continue to improve students’ test scores, decrease truancy and expand services for Topeka families – all while saving taxpayer dollars."[6]
See also
- Topeka Public Schools, Kansas
- Topeka Public Schools elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state budget... (April 8, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Topeka Public Schools, "Board Members," accessed February 13, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Facebook, "Patrick Woods for Topeka 501 School Board: About," accessed February 13, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shawnee County Election Office, "2015 Primary Candidate Race List," accessed January 1, 28, 2015
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Jane Fernkopf, Office Assistant II, Shawnee County Elections Office," April 6, 2015
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Jane Fernkopf, Shawnee County Election Office Assistant II," April 17, 2015
- ↑ Facebook, "Patrick Woods for Topeka 501 School Board: About," accessed March 17, 2015
| 2015 Topeka Public Schools Elections | |
| Shawnee County, Kansas | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Position 4: • Incumbent, Janel Johnson
Position 5: • Incumbent, Peg McCarthy • Scott Holloman
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| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
