Pickerington Local School District elections (2017)
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Three of five seats on the Pickerington Local School District Board of Education in Ohio were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Two incumbents ran for re-election. Incumbents Vanessa Niekamp and Lori Sanders were the only candidates to file for the three at-large seats by the filing deadline on August 9, 2017. Five more candidates, Nick Derksen, David Horton, Mark Kenney, Clay Lopez, and E. Gayle Saunders, ran as write-in candidates. Incumbents Niekamp and Sanders and write-in candidate Lopez won the election.[1][2][3]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Pickerington Local School District Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Board member terms began on the first day of January following the election.[4] All members represent the district at-large. Three four-year terms were up for election on November 7, 2017.
Candidates had to be 18 years or older as of November 7, 2017, residents of the district for which they ran, and registered voters in that district.[4] Candidates had to file for this election with the Fairfield County Board of Elections by August 9, 2017, and write-in candidates had to file for this election by August 28, 2017.
To vote in the general election, residents had to register by October 10, 2017. For information on the voter identification requirements in Ohio, please click here.[5]
Candidates and results
At-large
Results
| Pickerington Local School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lori Sanders Incumbent |
37.31% | 5,008 |
| Vanessa Niekamp Incumbent |
32.23% | 4,327 |
| Clay Lopez |
8.78% | 1,179 |
| Nick Derksen | 6.24% | 838 |
| E. Gayle Saunders | 6.22% | 835 |
| David Horton | 4.74% | 636 |
| Mark Kenney | 2.37% | 318 |
| Write-in votes | 2.11% | 283 |
| Total Votes | 13,424 | |
| Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 and Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Write-in Canvass," accessed November 27, 2017 and Fairfield County Board of Elections, "Election Summary Report, General Election, Official Canvass," accessed December 6, 2017 | ||
Candidates
Vanessa Niekamp 
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| David Horton | Mark Kenney | ||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Ohio elections, 2017
The Pickerington Local School District Board of Education election shared the ballot with elections for two statewide ballot measures and four Pickerington city council members.[1]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Pickerington Local School District Board of Education elections in 2017:[5]
| Deadline | Event |
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| August 9, 2017 | Candidate filing deadline |
| October 10, 2017 | Voter registration deadline to vote in general election |
| October 26, 2017 | Pre-general election campaign finance deadline |
| November 7, 2017 | General election day |
| December 15, 2017 | Post-general election campaign finance deadline |
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
There were two campaign finance deadlines for Ohio school board candidates in 2017:[6]
- The Pre-General was due on October 26, 2017.
- The Post-General was due on December 15, 2017.
All school board candidates whose names appear on the ballot are required to file pre- and post-election reports. A pre-election report is due 12 days before the election if candidates spend or receive $1,000 or more in monetary or in-kind contributions between the time they last filed a report and 20 days before the election. Post-election reports must be filed within 38 days after the election. School board candidates are required to file a semiannual report by the last business day in July if they do not file a post-primary report and they receive $10,000 or more during the semiannual reporting period.[7]
Past elections
To see results from past elections in the Pickerington Local School District, click here.
What was at stake?
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About the district
- See also: Pickerington Local School District, Ohio
Pickerington Local School District is located in central Ohio in Fairfield County. The county seat is Lancaster. The county was home to an estimated 152,597 residents from 2010 to 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[8] The district was the 17th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 10,199 students.[9]
Demographics
Fairfield County performed similarly to the rest of Ohio in terms of higher education achievement from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 26.0 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 26.1 percent of state residents. The median household income in Fairfield County was $60,567, while it was $49,429 for Ohio. The county poverty rate was 9.1 percent, compared to the state's 14.6 percent.[8]
| Racial Demographics, 2010-2016[8] | ||
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| Race | Fairfield County (%) | Ohio (%) |
| White | 88.5 | 82.5 |
| Black or African American | 7.8 | 12.8 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Asian | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.1 | 3.7 |
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.
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fairfield County Board of Elections, "Certified Candidate and Issue List," accessed October 3, 2017
- ↑ Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Fairfield County Board of Elections, "Unofficial Certification of Results by the Most Populous County (Candidates)," accessed November 9, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ohio Secretary of State, "2017 Ohio Candidate Requirement Guide," accessed August 9, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ohio Secretary of State, "2017 Ohio Elections Calendar," accessed February 25, 2017
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "2017 Ohio Campaign Finance Reporting Calendar," accessed May 19, 2017
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Ohio Campaign Finance Handbook," accessed May 19, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 United States Census Bureau, "Fairfield County, Ohio," accessed October 10, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Pickerington Local School District elections in 2017 | |
| Fairfield County, Ohio | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Vanessa Niekamp • Incumbent, Lori Sanders • Nick Derksen • David Horton • Mark Kenney • Clay Lopez • E. Gayle Saunders |
| Important information: | What's at stake? |
