Rochester Community School District elections (2014)

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2014 Rochester Community School District Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
Michigan Rochester Community School District Oakland County, Michigan ballot measures Local ballot measures, Michigan

Three seats on the Rochester Community School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Incumbent Michael Zabat and challenger Kristin Bull ran unopposed and won the two seats with full six-year terms. Newcomer Sandra R. Fiaschetti also ran unopposed and won a seat with an unexpired two-year term. Board member Lisa M. Nowak initially filed to run for re-election, but she withdrew from the race on July 25, 2014.

About the district

See also: Rochester Community School District, Michigan

Rochester Community School District is located in Oakland County, Michigan.

Rochester Community School District is located in Oakland County, Michigan. The county seat is Pontiac. Oakland County had a population of 1,231,640 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2014. In the 2011-2012 school year, Rochester Community School District was the 11th-largest school district in Michigan and served 14,922 students.

Demographics

In 2012, Oakland County had a higher percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree compared to the state overall. The United States Census Bureau reported that 42.7 percent of residents aged 25 and older in Oakland County had earned a bachelor's degree, compared with 25.5 percent for Michigan. The county’s median household income was $65,637, above the state median of $48,471. The poverty rate in Oakland County was 9.9 percent, below the state rate of 16.3 percent.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Oakland County (%)	Michigan (%)
White	76.9	80.1
Black or African American	14.4	14.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.3	0.7
Asian	6.3	2.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0	0.0
Two or more races	2.1	2.2
Hispanic or Latino	3.7	4.7

Presidential Voting Pattern, Oakland County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	349,002	296,514
2008	372,566	276,956
2004	319,387	316,633
2000	281,201	274,319

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

As of the 2014 election, the Rochester Board of Education consisted of seven members elected at-large to six-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, two with full six-year terms and one with an unexpired two-year term.

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period, which ended on July 22, 2014. The deadline to withdraw was on July 25, 2014. Write-in candidates had to file by October 24, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 6, 2014.

At-large (6-year term)

• Michael Zabat
  • Incumbent

• Kristin Bull

At-large (2-year term)

• Sandra R. Fiaschetti

Election results

6-year term

Rochester Community School District, At-Large General Election, 6-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Kristin Bull	52.1%	16,706
	Nonpartisan	Michael Zabat Incumbent	47.4%	15,179
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.5%	166
Total Votes				32,051
Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 4, 2014 General Election," accessed December 29, 2014

2-year term

Rochester Community School District, At-Large Special Election, 2-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Sandra R. Fiaschetti	99.2%	16,999
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.8%	145
Total Votes				17,144
Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 4, 2014 General Election," accessed December 29, 2014

Campaign finance

Candidates reported no contributions or expenditures during the election, according to the Oakland County Elections Division.

In Michigan, candidates are prohibited from receiving contributions from corporations or labor organizations. Within 10 days of becoming a candidate, candidates must form a candidate committee. Following the creation of the committee, candidates have an additional 10 days to register the committee with the school district by filing a statement of organization. A candidate committee that does not expect to receive or spend more than $1,000 during the election cycle is eligible to receive a reporting waiver, which allows that committee not to file pre-election, post-election and annual campaign statements without legal penalty.

In the at-large race for two seats with full six-year terms, candidates reported no contributions or expenditures during the election.

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Michael Zabat	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Kristin Bull	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

In the at-large race for one seat with an unexpired two-year term, Sandra R. Fiaschetti reported no contributions or expenditures during the election.

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Sandra R. Fiaschetti	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2011 Rochester Community School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Beth Talbert Incumbent 28.5% 7,908      Nonpartisan Jane Pierobon 23.2% 6,436      Nonpartisan Pat Piskulich 21.5% 5,956      Nonpartisan Jeremy Nielson 16% 4,422      Nonpartisan Tom Malysz 10.6% 2,943      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.1% 41 Total Votes 27,706 Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 8, 2011 Election," accessed September 1, 2014 2009 Rochester Community School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2009 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Jennifer A. Berwick Incumbent 50.4% 7,195      Nonpartisan Gerald L. Moore Incumbent 48.7% 6,945      Nonpartisan Steven A. Kovacs 0.9% 133 Total Votes 14,273 Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 3, 2009 Election," accessed September 1, 2014 Rochester Community School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2009 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Lisa M. Nowak Incumbent 52.3% 7,347      Nonpartisan Chuck Coutteau Incumbent 47.7% 6,710 Total Votes 14,057 Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 3, 2009 Election," accessed September 1, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Rochester Community School District election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
July 22, 2014	Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
July 25, 2014	Last day for candidates to withdraw
October 6, 2014	Last day to register to vote in the general election
October 24, 2014	Last day for write-in candidates to file nomination documents
November 4, 2014	General election day

Additional elections on the ballot

This election shared the ballot with general elections for a U.S. House seat, U.S. Senate seat, Michigan state executive offices, Michigan House of Representatives seats, and Michigan State Senate seats. It also shared the ballot with county, municipal, and judicial elections.

See also

• Michigan
• Rochester Community School District, Michigan
• Michigan school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Oakland County, Michigan ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Michigan

External links

Suggest a link

• Rochester Community School District
• Oakland County Elections Division