Penn-Harris-Madison Schools elections (2014)

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2014 Penn-Harris-Madison Schools 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
Indiana
Penn-Harris-Madison Schools
St. Joseph County, Indiana ballot measures
Local ballot measures, Indiana
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Four seats on the Penn-Harris-Madison Schools School Board were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

All four incumbents ran for re-election. At-large incumbent Christopher Riley, Harris District incumbent Larry Romero and Madison District incumbent Larry Beehler ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats. Board member Karyn Jaye Galloway defeated challenger Doug Chaffee for a Penn District seat.[1]

About the district

See also: Penn-Harris-Madison Schools, Indiana
Penn-Harris-Madison Schools is located in St. Joseph County, Indiana.

Penn-Harris-Madison Schools is located in St. Joseph County, Indiana. The county seat is South Bend. St. Joseph County is home to 266,709 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[2] In the 2011-2012 school year, Penn-Harris-Madison Schools was the 21st-largest school district in Indiana and served 10,451 students.[3]

Demographics

St. Joseph County overperformed compared to the rest of Indiana in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 26.5 percent of St. Joseph County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 23.0 percent for Indiana as a whole. The median household income for St. Joseph County was $44,989 compared to $48,374 for the state of Indiana. The percentage of people below poverty level for St. Joseph County was 16.4 percent while it was 14.7 percent for the state of Indiana.[2]

Racial Demographics, 2013[2]
Race St. Joseph County (%) Indiana (%)
White 81.5 86.3
Black or African American 13.1 9.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5 0.4
Asian 2.2 1.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or more races 2.6 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 7.9 6.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, St. Joseph County[4]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 56,460 52,578
2008 68,710 48,510
2004 52,637 55,254

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 Penn-Harris-Madison School Board consists of seven members elected at-large or by specific geographic districts to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Four seats were up for election in 2014.[1]

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period, which began on July 23, 2014, and ended on August 22, 2014. Write-in candidates also had to file by August 22, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 6, 2014.[5]

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

Harris District

Madison District

Penn District

Election results

At-large
Penn-Harris-Madison Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Riley Incumbent 100% 6,700
Total Votes 6,700
Source: St. Joseph County Election Board, "Summary Report," accessed December 29, 2014
Harris District
Penn-Harris-Madison Schools, Harris District General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngLarry Romero Incumbent 100% 6,194
Total Votes 6,194
Source: St. Joseph County Election Board, "Summary Report," accessed December 29, 2014
Madison District
Penn-Harris-Madison Schools, Madison District General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngLarry Beehler Incumbent 100% 6,648
Total Votes 6,648
Source: St. Joseph County Election Board, "Summary Report," accessed December 29, 2014
Penn District
Penn-Harris-Madison Schools, Penn District General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKaryn Jaye Galloway Incumbent 57.9% 4,800
     Nonpartisan Doug Chaffee 42.1% 3,493
Total Votes 8,293
Source: St. Joseph County Election Board, "Summary Report," accessed December 29, 2014

Endorsements

Penn District incumbent Karyn Jaye Galloway received an endorsement from the St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce ChamberPAC.[6]

Campaign finance

The St. Joseph County Election Board does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports.

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Penn-Harris-Madison Schools election in 2014:[5]

Deadline Event
July 23, 2014 First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 6, 2014 First day for write-in candidates to file nomination documents
August 22, 2014 Last day for traditional and write-in candidates to file nomination documents
October 6, 2014 Last day to register to vote in the general election
October 17, 2014 Last day to file pre-election campaign finance reports
November 4, 2014 General election day
November 18, 2014 Last day for candidates to file a verified election recount or contest petition

Additional elections on the ballot

This election shared the ballot with general elections for a U.S. House seat, Indiana state executive offices, Indiana House of Representatives seats and Indiana State Senate seats. It also shared the ballot with county, municipal, and judicial elections.[9]

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes