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Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 elections (2015)

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2015 Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 Elections

General Election date:
May 19, 2015
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
Idaho
Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25
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Two seats on the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District Board of Trustees were scheduled for general election on May 19, 2015. However, the election was canceled due to a lack of opposed races. Zone 3 incumbent Jim Facer and Zone 4 incumbent Paul Vitale were unopposed in their re-election bids. Both incumbents were automatically re-elected after their unchallenged races were canceled.

About the district

Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 is located in Bannock County, Idaho.

Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 is located in Bannock County in southeastern Idaho. The county seat is Pocatello. Bannock County was home to 83,347 residents in 2014, according to estimates from the United States Census Bureau.[1]

Demographics

Bannock County outperformed the rest of Idaho in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 26.8 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 25.1 percent for Idaho as a whole. The median household income in Bannock County was $43,534 compared to $46,767 for the state of Idaho. The poverty rate was equal to the statewide rate of 15.5 percent.[1]

Racial Demographics, 2013[1]
Race Bannock County (%) Idaho (%)
White 91.9 93.7
Black or African American 0.8 0.8
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5 1.7
Asian 1.4 1.4
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.3 0.2
Two or More Races 2.2 2.2
Hispanic or Latino 7.6 11.8

Presidential Voting Pattern,
Bannock County[2]
Year Republican Vote Democratic Vote
2012 21,010 13,214
2008 19,356 14,792
2004 21,479 12,903
2000 18,223 10,892

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 Pocatello-Chubbuck School District Board of Trustees consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Each member represents one of the five geographical zones in the district. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on May 19, 2015. Two seats, Zones 3 and 4, were up for election in 2015.

School board candidates had to file for this election with Bannock County by March 20, 2015. Those wishing to run as a write-in candidate had until April 3, 2015, to file. To vote in the election, residents had to register by April 24, 2015.[3]

Elections

2015

Candidates

Zone 3

Zone 4

Election results

Zone 3

Incumbent Jim Facer won re-election without opposition.

Zone 4

Incumbent Paul Vitale won re-election without opposition.

Endorsements

There were no official endorsements in this election.

Campaign finance

School board candidates in this election were not required to file any campaign finance reports, but the election in May 2015 was the last election for which there were no reporting requirements. On April 3, 2015, Gov. Butch Otter (R) signed SB 1072 into law which requires school board candidates in districts with an enrollment of 500 students or more to comply with campaign finance reporting requirements.[4] A majority of Idaho's school districts have an enrollment below this threshold. Of the 149 districts in the state tracked by the National Center for Education Statistics, 74 had an enrollment of 500 or greater in the 2012-2013 school year.[5] The law took effect on July 1, 2015.

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 election in 2015:[3]

Deadline Event
March 20, 2015 Candidate filing deadline
April 3, 2015 Last day for write-in candidates to file declaration of intent documents
April 3, 2015 Candidate withdrawal deadline
April 24, 2015 Last day to register to vote in the general election
May 19, 2015 Absentee ballot deadline
Election Day

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Idaho elections, 2015

While this election did not appear on the ballot, the Downey Swan Lake Highway District and the City of Lava Hot Springs Special Revenue Bond elections were voted upon in Bannock County on May 19, 2015.[8]

Recent news

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See also

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