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Ryan Myers (Virginia)
Ryan Myers was a candidate for Algonkian District representative on the Loudoun County School Board in Virginia. He was defeated in the general election on November 3, 2015.[1]
Biography
Myers has worked as a certified financial planner since 1989. He also works as an adjunct professor in financial planning and insurance at the University of Virginia and Howard University. Ryan founded the Urban League of Greater Washington Thursday Network and previously served on boards for the Northern Virginia Urban League and the National Juvenile Justice Center.[2]
Elections
2015
The Loudoun County School Board is a nine-member board elected to serve four-year terms. One seat on the board is elected at-large, with the remaining eight seats elected by district. The seats of all nine incumbents were up for election on November 3, 2015.[3]
Algonkian District incumbent Debbie Rose, Broad Run District incumbent Kevin Kuesters and Dulles District incumbent Jeff Morse all faced one challenger each in their re-election bids. Rose and Morse retained their seats, while Kuesters lost to challenger Joy Maloney.
Fellow board member William Fox competed against two challengers, Tom Marshall and Nels Pearsall, in his bid to retain the Leesburg District seat. Marshall won the race, removing Fox from the board.
The race for the at-large seat featured newcomers Beth Huck and Stephan Knobloch, since board member Thomas Reed did not file for re-election. Huck won the open seat. Catoctin District incumbent Jennifer Bergel also did not file, which left her seat open to Eric DeKenipp and Dusty Sparrow Reed. DeKenipp securred that open seat. Incumbents Eric Hornberger, Jill Turgeon and Brenda Sheridan all ran unopposed and won re-election to the Ashburn District, Blue Ridge District and Sterling District seats, respectively.
Results
| Loudoun County School Board, Algonkian District, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Debbie Rose Incumbent |
53.6% | 4,029 |
| Ryan Myers | 46.2% | 3,473 |
| Write-in votes | 0.19% | 14 |
| Total Votes | 7,516 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 4, 2015 | ||
Funding
Myers reported $6,275.00 in contributions and $4,262.95 in expenditures to the Virginia State Board of Elections, which left his campaign with $2,012.05 on hand as of October 28, 2015.[4]
Endorsements
Myers did not receive any official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2015
Candidate website
Myers' campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:
| “ |
1. Loudoun’s students deserve Full-Day Kindergarten. We are one of the few school systems in Virginia without full-day kindergarten for all its students and the only one that is not even planning to make it happen. Full-day kindergarten countywide must be a top priority for the new School Board. 2. We need smaller class sizes. Students need more individual attention than they can receive in overcrowded class rooms. Teachers need time to give proper feedback to students’ assignments. Reducing class size must be a priority. 3. Loudoun’s teachers deserve competitive pay. If we want to retain our best teachers and to continue to attract excellent educators, we need to pay accordingly. Our children’s future is worth the cost of great teachers. 4. Algonkian’s elementary schools were built over 20 years ago, and Potomac Falls High School is nearly as old. Algonkian schools must get their fair share of the budget for facilities improvements. [5] |
” |
| —Ryan Myers (2015), [6] | ||
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See also
- Loudoun County Public Schools, Virginia
- Loudoun County Public Schools elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Candidates," September 9, 2015
- ↑ Ryan Myers for School Board, "Experience," accessed October 28, 2015
- ↑ Loudoun County Public Schools, "School Board," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ryan Myers for School Board, "Issues," accessed October 28, 2015
