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Sacramento City Unified School District elections (2014)
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Four seats on the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents from Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 6 were up for re-election. The Trustee Area 7 seat was also up for election due to a vacancy on the board.[1][2]
Trustee Area 1 incumbent Jay Hansen ran against challengers Anna Molander and Kate Woolley. In the Trustee Area 2 race, incumbent Jeff Cuneo faced challenger Ellen Cochrane, and in Trustee Area 6, Darrel Woo ran against challenger Maria Haro-Sullivan. The race for the open Trustee Area 7 seat featured candidates Lawson C. Stuart, Jessie Ryan, Ralph Merletti, Jonathan Ronald Tran and Linda Tuttle.[3]
Hansen and Woo retained the Trustee Area 1 and 6 seats, respectively. Cochrane defeated Cuneo to take the Trustee Area 2 seat.
About the district
Sacramento City Unified School District is located in Sacramento County, California. The county seat is Sacramento. Sacramento County is home to 1,462,131 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] In the 2011-2012 school year, Sacramento City Unified School District was the 12th-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 47,940 students.[5]
Demographics
Sacramento County underperformed compared to the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 27.9 percent of Sacramento 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 Sacramento County was $55,846 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for Sacramento County was 16.5 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[4]
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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 Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms by specific geographic areas. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. In 2014, the seats from Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 6 were up for election to four-year terms, and the seat from Trustee Area 7 was up for election to a two-year term. The seats from Trustee Areas 3, 4, 5 and 7 will be up for election in 2016.[1][2]
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.[7]
Elections
2014
Candidates
Trustee Area 1
- Jay Hansen
- Incumbent
- Anna Molander
- Government counsel
- Kate Woolley
- Businesswoman
Trustee Area 2
- Jeff Cuneo
- Incumbent
- Ellen Cochrane
- Educator
Trustee Area 6
- Darrel Woo
- Incumbent
- Maria Haro-Sullivan
- Loan officer
Trustee Area 7 (two-year term)
- Lawson C. Stuart
- Paramedic
- Jessie Ryan
- Education director
- Ralph Merletti
- Educator
- Jonathan Ronald Tran
- Education policy director
- Linda Tuttle
Election results
Trustee Area 1
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Jay Hansen Incumbent |
46.8% | 5,991 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anna Molander | 37.8% | 4,833 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kate Woolley | 15.1% | 1,939 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 39 | |
| Total Votes | 12,802 | |||
| Source: Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Official Results: General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015 | ||||
Trustee Area 2
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Ellen Cochrane |
57% | 7,620 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Cuneo Incumbent | 42.6% | 5,700 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 57 | |
| Total Votes | 13,377 | |||
| Source: Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Official Results: General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015 | ||||
Trustee Area 6
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Darrel Woo Incumbent |
66.8% | 8,932 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria Haro-Sullivan | 32.9% | 4,404 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 34 | |
| Total Votes | 13,370 | |||
| Source: Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Official Results: General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015 | ||||
Trustee Area 7
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Jessie Ryan |
42.9% | 2,350 | |
| Nonpartisan | Linda Tuttle | 20.8% | 1,143 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jonathan Ronald Tran | 17.1% | 935 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lawson C. Stuart | 9.7% | 530 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ralph Merletti | 9.2% | 507 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 18 | |
| Total Votes | 5,483 | |||
| Source: Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Official Results: General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015 | ||||
Endorsements
The Sacramento County Democratic Party endorsed Anna Molander (Area 1), Ellen Cochrane (Area 2) and Linda Tuttle (Area 7).[8]
The Sacramento County Republican Party endorsed Ralph Merletti (Area 7).[9]
The Sacramento Bee endorsed Jay Hansen (Area 1), Jeff Cuneo (Area 2), Darrel Woo (Area 6) and Jessie Ryan (Area 7).[10]
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.[11]
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.[11]
Reports
The Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections Office does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.[12]
Past elections
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2012Trustee Area 3
Trustee Area 4This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Gustavo Arroyo was re-elected by default.[13] Trustee Area 5This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Diana Rodriguez was re-elected by default.[14] Trustee Area 7
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Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Sacramento City Unified School District election in 2014:[11][15]
| Deadline | Event |
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| 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 municipal elections and other school board elections, as well as general elections for state executive offices, U.S. House seats, state Senate seats and state Assembly seats.[16][17]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Sacramento + City + Unified + School + District + California"
See also
- California
- Sacramento City Unified School District, California
- California school board elections, 2014
- List of school board elections in 2014
- School board elections, 2014
- Sacramento County, California ballot measures
- California ballot measures
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sacramento City Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed August 4, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Contest/Candidate Proof List 2014 General Election," accessed August 4, 2014
- ↑ Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Contest/Candidate Proof List 2014 General Election," accessed August 20, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Sacramento County, California," accessed July 17, 2013
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Results and Information from Previous Elections," accessed July 17, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Summary of November 4, 2014, General Election Calendar," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ Sacramento County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ Sacramento County Republican Party, "SCRP Endorsed Candidates for November General Election," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ The Sacramento Bee, "Endorsements: For schools, the right foursome is Jessie Ryan and three incumbents," October 10, 2014
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
- ↑ Email submitted to Ballotpedia from the Sacramento County Voter Registration Office on October 27, 2014
- ↑ Smart Voter, "Trustee; Sacramento City Unified School District; Trustee Area 4 Voter Information," accessed August 4, 2014
- ↑ Smart Voter, "Trustee; Sacramento City Unified School District; Trustee Area 5 Voter Information," accessed August 4, 2014
- ↑ Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "General Election Abbreviated Calendar: November 4, 2014," accessed July 17, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "A Proclamation by the Governor of the State of California," June 6, 2014
- ↑ Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Candidate's Guide - General Election November 4, 2014," accessed July 29, 2014
