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2014 Poway Unified School District Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
What was at stake?
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
California
Poway Unified School District
San Diego County, California ballot measures
Local ballot measures, California
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Three seats on the Poway Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014.[1] Two at-large incumbents, Marc Davis and Todd Gutschow, ran for re-election. They faced challengers Charles Sellers, John P. Riley, Katie Newbanks, Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff, T.J. Zane and Jeannie Foulkrod.[2]

Neither incumbent was re-elected as O'Connor-Ratcliff, Sellers and Zane won the general election.

About the district

See also: Poway Unified School District, California
Poway Unified School District is located in San Diego County, California.

Poway Unified School District is located in San Diego County, California. The county seat of San Diego County is San Diego. San Diego County was home to 3,211,252 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] In the 2011-2012 school year, Poway Unified School District was the 22nd-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 34,569 students.[4]

Demographics

San Diego County outperformed the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 34.4 percent of San Diego 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 Diego County was $63,373 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for San Diego County was 13.9 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[3]

Racial Demographics, 2013[3]
Race San Diego County (%) California (%)
White 76.6 73.5
Black or African American 5.6 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3 1.7
Asian 11.7 14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.6 0.5
Two or more races 4.2 3.7
Hispanic or Latino 32.9 38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern,
San Diego County[5][6][7][8]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 626,957 536,726
2008 666,581 541,032
2004 526,437 596,033
2000 437,666 475,736

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 Poway Unified School District Board of Education 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. Three seats were up for election in 2014, and two seats will be up for election in 2016.[1][9]

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.[10]

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large
  • Katie Newbanks
    • Educator, University of Phoenix
  • Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff Green check mark transparent.png
    • Graduate, Stanford University and University of California, Hastings College of the Law
    • Law professor, University of San Diego
  • T.J. Zane Green check mark transparent.png
    • Graduate, University of Pennsylvania
    • Business owner
    • President and CEO, San Diego County Prosperity Foundation
  • Jeannie Foulkrod
    • Graduate, San Diego State University
    • Financial analyst

Election results

Poway Unified School District,
At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMichelle O'Connor-Ratcliff 16.9% 19,921
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Sellers 14.4% 16,921
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngT.J. Zane 14.4% 16,958
     Nonpartisan John P. Riley 12.5% 14,680
     Nonpartisan Todd Gutschow Incumbent 12.1% 14,294
     Nonpartisan Marc Davis Incumbent 11.5% 13,511
     Nonpartisan Katie Newbanks 9.2% 10,837
     Nonpartisan Jeannie Foulkrod 9.1% 10,663
Total Votes 117,785
Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election," accessed December 23, 2014

Endorsements

The Republican Party of San Diego County endorsed candidates T.J. Zane and Jeannie Foulkrod.[11] The Lincoln Club of San Diego County also endorsed Zane and Foulkrod, as well as incumbent Marc Davis.[12]

The San Diego County Democratic Party and the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council endorsed candidates Charles Sellers and Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff.[13][14] Sellers and O'Connor-Ratcliff, along with fellow candidate John P. Riley, were also endorsed by the Poway School Employees Association and the Service Employees International Union.[15] The community organization Evolve endorsed O'Connor-Ratcliff, Riley and fellow candidate Katie Newbanks.[16]

The Poway Federation of Teachers endorsed Zane, Davis and incumbent Todd Gutschow.[17] California Senators Joel Anderson (R) and Mark Wyland (R) endorsed Foulkrod and Zane.[18][19] Sen. Anderson additionally endorsed Davis.[20]

Poway Unified School District board member Andy Patapow and former member Penny Ranftle endorsed Gutschow, while board member Kimberley Beatty endorsed Riley and O'Connor-Ratcliff.[21][22][23]

Foulkrod received further endorsements from the San Diego Tax Fighters, the Asian American Republican Coalition and Citizens for a Quality Education (CQE) San Diego.[18] Zane received the additional endorsement of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.[19]

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.[24]

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.[24]

Reports

Candidates received a total of $129,061.56 in contributions and spent a total of $86,877.84 in expenditures as of October 18, 2014, according to the second pre-election reports published by the San Diego County Registrar of Voters.[25][26][27][28][29][30] Candidate Katie Newbanks filed Form 470 with the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, indicating she did not intend to raise or spend more than $1,000 for her 2014 campaign. Because of this, Newbanks did not have to file any additional campaign finance reports.[31]

Candidate Contributions Miscellaneous increases Expenditures Cash on hand
Marc Davis $14,499.00 N/A $14,357.24 $141.76
Todd Gutschow $38,228.31 N/A $29,839.98 $8,388.33
Jeannie Foulkrod $37,014.00 N/A $18,186.72 $18,827.28
Katie Newbanks $0.00 N/A $0.00 $0.00
Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff $12,749.00 $138.88 $7,715.18 $5,172.70
John P. Riley $7,260.00 N/A $5,677.41 $1,582.59
Charles Sellers $4,956.00 N/A $2,962.00 $1,844.00
T.J. Zane $14,355.25 N/A $8,139.31 $6,215.94

Past elections

What was at stake?

Issues in the election

Board looking to refinance mounting debt

A $105 million loan was the reason many candidates decided to run in the 2014 Poway Unified School District Board of Education election. By 2051, the bond is going to cost taxpayers in the district nearly $877 million in accrued interest. The loan came from capital appreciation bonds and was used to build new schools and improve existing facilities in the district. The bonds were approved by voters with the understanding that property taxes would not increase, but with growing debt on the horizon, the board is looking at refinancing possibilities. One option, according to financial advisor Dale Scott, is to repurchase and restructure the bonds, which would offer some savings to taxpayers. The board held a number of public meetings to address the possibility of refinancing the bond.[15][32]

John P. Riley, a candidate for one of the at-large seats on the Poway Unified Board of Education that were up for election on November 4, 2014, said the fact that the board is looking into a refinancing deal is both good news and bad news. Riley claimed the good news was that the district was looking into ways to address what he called a "fiscally irresponsible bond." The bad news, according to Riley, was the possibility of a tax hike, the large amount of interest that will need to be paid and the lack of transparency about the refinancing process.[32] Riley and fellow challengers Jeannie Foulkrod, Charles Sellers and T.J. Zane all said they joined the race because of their concerns over the bond. Incumbents Marc Davis and Todd Gutschow said they hoped voters would judge them on more than the bond issue come November 4, 2014.[15]

Voters decided to put three newcomers on the board in the general election. Whether the incumbents lost because of the bond issue is unknown, but Gutschow and Davis came in fifth and sixth place in vote totals, respectively. Candidate Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff came in first, with Sellers and Zane winning the other two at-large seats.[33]

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Poway Unified School District election in 2014:[24][34]

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 other school board elections, municipal elections and general elections for several state executive offices, five U.S. House seats, three state Senate seats and six state Assembly seats.[1][35]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Poway + Unified + School + District + California"

Poway Unified School District News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Filing Guide General Election November 4, 2014," accessed August 1, 2014
  2. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Candidate List," accessed August 19, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "San Diego County, California," accessed July 14, 2014
  4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
  5. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election November 6, 2012, Official Results," accessed July 14, 2014
  6. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election November 4, 2008, Official Results," accessed July 14, 2014
  7. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "General Election November 2, 2004, Final Official Results," accessed July 14, 2014
  8. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "General Election November 7, 2000," accessed July 14, 2014
  9. ↑ Poway Unified School District, "Board of Education," accessed August 1, 2014
  10. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Summary of November 4, 2014, General Election Calendar," accessed July 14, 2014
  11. ↑ San Diego Republicans, "2014 General Election Voter Guide," accessed October 15, 2014
  12. ↑ Lincoln Club of San Diego County, "Endorsements: 2014 General Election," accessed October 27, 2014
  13. ↑ San Diego County Democratic Party, "Endorsed Democratic Candidates," accessed October 27, 2014
  14. ↑ San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, "November 2014 Endorsements," accessed October 27, 2014
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 UT San Diego, "Bond debt dominates Poway school board race," October 13, 2014
  16. ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 04, 2014 Election," accessed October 27, 2014
  17. ↑ Poway Federation of Teachers, "Press Releases: Poway Federation of Teachers Endorse Candidates for Poway’s Board of Education," September 9, 2014
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Jeannie Foulkrod for School Board, "Endorsements," accessed September 29, 2014
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 T.J. Zane for School Board, "Endorsements," accessed October 27, 2014
  20. ↑ Marc Davis Poway School Board, "Endorsements," accessed October 27, 2014
  21. ↑ Todd Gutschow for Poway School Board, "Endorsements," accessed October 27, 2014
  22. ↑ Riley Poway School Board, "Endorsements," accessed October 27, 2014
  23. ↑ Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff for Poway Unified School Board, "Michelle’s Endorsements," accessed October 27, 2014
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
  25. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Campaign Finance Disclosure Search," accessed October 27, 2014
  26. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Campaign Finance Disclosure Search," accessed October 27, 2014
  27. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Campaign Finance Disclosure Search," accessed October 27, 2014
  28. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Campaign Finance Disclosure Search," accessed October 27, 2014
  29. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Campaign Finance Disclosure Search," accessed October 27, 2014
  30. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, " Campaign Finance Disclosure Search," accessed October 27, 2014
  31. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Campaign Finance Disclosure Search," accessed October 27, 2014
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 ABC10 News, "Poway school board discusses mounting debt," August 20, 2014
  33. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election, Tuesday, November 4, 2014, Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2014
  34. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Schedule November 4, 2014," accessed July 16, 2014
  35. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial Primary Election Tuesday, June 3, 2014," accessed July 14, 2014
2014 Poway Unified School District Elections
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Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:At-large: • Incumbent, Marc Davis • Incumbent, Todd Gutschow • Jeannie Foulkrod • Katie Newbanks • Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff • John P. Riley • Charles Sellers • T.J. Zane
Important information:What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot
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