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Ray Murray
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Ray Murray is the former at-large representative on the Lakota Local Schools school board in Ohio. First elected in 2009, Murray lost a re-election campaign in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Murray earned a bachelor's degree in criminology from Huron College. He worked as a police officer and drug enforcement agent in Chicago prior to retirement. Murray worked with the District Parent Council prior to joining the board. He has three children who have attended district schools.[1]
Elections
2017
- See also: Lakota Local Schools elections (2017)
Three of five seats on the Lakota Local Schools Board of Education in Ohio were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Two incumbents filed for re-election. Incumbent Todd Parnell won re-election to his seat, and newcomers Bradley Lovell and Kelley Casper won the remaining two at-large seats. Incumbent Ray Murray, challenger Jason Baldwin, and former candidate Ernest Gause were defeated.[2][3]
| Lakota Local Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kelley Casper |
22.74% | 8,592 |
| Bradley Lovell |
21.20% | 8,009 |
| Todd Parnell Incumbent |
19.64% | 7,419 |
| Ray Murray Incumbent | 19.06% | 7,200 |
| Jason Baldwin | 9.41% | 3,555 |
| Ernest Gause | 7.96% | 3,007 |
| Total Votes | 37,782 | |
| Source: Butler County Board of Elections, "November 7, 2017 - General Election Results," accessed November 27, 2017 | ||
2013
- See also: Lakota Local Schools elections (2013)
Results
| Lakota Local Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Todd Parnell |
30.8% | 12,882 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ray Murray Incumbent |
29% | 12,113 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ben Dibble Incumbent |
27.8% | 11,617 | |
| Nonpartisan | DaMonte Cole | 12.5% | 5,229 | |
| Total Votes | 41,841 | |||
| Source: Butler County Elections, "Election Summary Report for General Election in Butler County, Ohio," accessed December 13, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Murray reported no contributions or expenditures to the Ohio Secretary of State.[4]
2009
Murray first won election to the board on November 3, 2009 by placing third out of five candidates for three available seats.
| Lakota Board of Education, At-large, November 3, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Joan Powell |
26% | 11,342 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ben Dibble |
22.4% | 9,758 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ray Murray |
18.6% | 8,119 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jamie Green | 17.8% | 7,768 | |
| Nonpartisan | Douglas Cooper | 15.2% | 6,608 | |
| Total Votes | 43,595 | |||
| Source: Butler County Board of Elections | ||||
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See also
- Lakota Local Schools (Butler County), Ohio
- Lakota Local Schools elections (2017)
- Lakota Local Schools elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Lakota Local Schools, "Board Members," accessed September 20, 2013
- ↑ Butler County Board of Election, "November 7, 2017 General Election: Candidate and Issue List," accessed October 6, 2017
- ↑ Butler County Board of Elections, "Unofficial election results tabulation," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Elections & Voting: Campaign Finance," accessed December 26, 2013
| Lakota Local Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Butler County, Ohio | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Todd Parnell • Incumbent, Ray Murray • Bradley Lovell • Jason Baldwin • Kelley Casper • Ernest Gause |
| Important information: | What's at stake? |
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