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Richard Hinds
Richard Hinds was the Seat 1 representative on the Rochester School Board in Minnesota. He served on the board from 2012 to 2016.[1] Prior to getting elected to the board, Hinds unsuccessfully ran for a seat in 2010.[2]
Hinds lost a re-election bid in the general election on November 8, 2016.[3]
Biography
Hinds works as a study coordinator and respiratory therapist at Mayo Clinic.[4]
Elections
2016
Three of the seven seats on the Rochester Public Schools School Board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. In his bid for re-election to Seat 1, incumbent Richard Hinds was defeated by challenger Don Barlow. Seat 3 incumbent Deborah Seelinger won re-election after defeating John League in a primary election on August 9, 2016, and Bobbie Gallas in the general election. The race for the open Seat 7 featured candidates Ahmed Ragab and Mark Schleusner. Schleusner won election to the seat.[3][5][6]
League announced that he was dropping out of the race on July 24, 2016. Because the candidate withdrawal deadline had already passed, his name still appeared on the primary election ballot.[7]
Results
| Rochester Public Schools, Seat 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Don Barlow |
67.39% | 32,439 |
| Richard Hinds Incumbent | 32.21% | 15,506 |
| Write-in votes | 0.4% | 191 |
| Total Votes | 48,136 | |
| Source: Rochester Public Schools, "Abstract of Votes Cast," accessed January 11, 2017 | ||
Funding
Hinds reported $13.00 in contributions but no expenditures to the Rochester Public Schools, which left his campaign with $13.00 on hand in the election.[8]
Endorsements
Hinds received no official endorsements in the election.
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Richard Hinds |
59.2% | 26,406 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bobbie Gallas | 40.1% | 17,902 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.7% | 329 | |
| Total Votes | 44,637 | |||
| Source: County of Olmsted Elections, "General Election 2012," accessed August 1, 2014 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Richard Hinds |
45% | 2,767 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bobbie Gallas |
28.2% | 1,734 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bill Moe | 26.8% | 1,651 | |
| Total Votes | 6,152 | |||
| Source: County of Olmsted Elections, "Olmsted, MN Primary Election," accessed August 1, 2014 | ||||
2010
| Rochester Public Schools, Position 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Gary W. Smith |
62.4% | 20,744 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Hinds | 37.1% | 12,354 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.5% | 170 | |
| Total Votes | 33,268 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected School District Contests," accessed August 1, 2014 | ||||
| Rochester Public Schools, Position 2 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2010 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Gary W. Smith |
52.8% | 5,040 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Hinds |
24.5% | 2,336 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bill Moe | 22.8% | 2,175 | |
| Total Votes | 9,551 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected School District Contests," accessed August 1, 2014 | ||||
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ County of Olmsted Elections, "General Election 2012," accessed August 1, 2014
- ↑ Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected School District Contests," accessed August 1, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 KROC AM 1340, "Primary Elections Needed for Rochester City Council – School Board," May 31, 2016
- ↑ Post-Bulletin, "7 candidates file for 3 school board spots," June 7, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 535 - ROCHESTER," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 535 - ROCHESTER," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Post-Bulletin, "Candidate drops out of school board race," July 30, 2016
- ↑ Rochester Public Schools, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed December 8, 2016
| 2016 Rochester Public Schools Elections | |
| Olmsted County, Minnesota | |
| Election date: | Primary election: August 9, 2016 General election: November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Seat 1: • Incumbent, Richard Hinds • Don Barlow Seat 3: • Incumbent, Deborah Seelinger • Bobbie Gallas • John League Seat 5: • Ahmed Ragab • Mark Schleusner |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
