Santa Fe Public Schools elections (2015)
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Three seats on the Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on February 3, 2015.
Incumbents Steven Carrillo and Linda Trujillo from Districts 1 and 4, respectively, ran unopposed and won re-election. District 2 incumbent Glenn Wikle declined to seek another term. Due to redistricting he would have had to face Carillo for the District 1 seat. Maureen P. Cashmon and Peter Robert Mitchell vied for the open seat, and Cashmon won the election.[1][2]
In addition to having three seats up for election on the board of education, Santa Fe Public Schools had a mill levy question on the ballot, which passed. The mill levy question is put on the ballot every six years to renew the portion of property taxes that pays for school maintenance.
- See also: Additional elections on the ballot
About the district
- See also: Santa Fe Public Schools, New Mexico
The Santa Fe school district is located in Santa Fe County in central New Mexico. The county seat is Santa Fe. Santa Fe County is home to 147,423 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] During the 2011-2012 school year, Santa Fe Public Schools was the fifth-largest school district by enrollment in New Mexico and served 12,638 students.[4]
Demographics
Santa Fe County overperformed compared to the rest of New Mexico in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 39.3 percent of Santa Fe County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 25.6 percent for New Mexico as a whole. The median household income for Santa Fe County was $53,642 compared to $44,886 for the state of New Mexico. The percentage of people below poverty level for Santa Fe County was 16.0 percent while it was 19.5 percent for the state of New Mexico.[3]
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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 Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms by specific geographic areas. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on February 3, 2015. The District 3 and 5 seats were up for election in 2013, and the District 1, 2 and 4 seats were up for election in 2015.[6][7]
School board candidates must be registered voters residing within the school district they wish to represent. For the 2015 general election, candidates had to file a declaration of candidacy with their county elections office on December 16, 2014. Those wishing to run as a write-in candidate had to file on December 30, 2014. The candidate withdrawal deadline was also December 30, 2014.[8]
To vote in the school board elections on February 3, 2015, voters had to register by January 6, 2015. In-person absentee voting, or early voting, began on January 9, 2015, and continued through January 30, 2015. To vote in-person absentee, registered voters had to mark their absentee ballot in-person at their county elections office on a weekday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. during the early voting period.[8]
Elections
2015
Candidates
District 1
- Steven Carrillo
- Incumbent
- Graduate, Loyola Marymount University
- Financial services
District 2
- Maureen P. Cashmon
- Graduate, Fitchburg State College and Troy State University
- Veteran, U.S. Air Force
- Member, Santa Fe Public Schools Citizens Review Committee
- Peter Robert Mitchell
- Graduate, Williams College and Thunderbird School of Global Management
- Legal assistant
District 4
- Linda Trujillo
- Incumbent
- Graduate, Green River Community College, Evergreen State College and Seattle University School of Law
- Deputy, State Records Center and Archives
Election results
District 1
| Santa Fe Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Steven Carrillo Incumbent |
100% | 870 | |
| Total Votes | 870 | |||
| Source: Santa Fe County Clerk, "Official Results," accessed February 25, 2015 | ||||
District 2
| Santa Fe Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Maureen P. Cashmon |
58.2% | 565 | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter Robert Mitchell | 41.8% | 406 | |
| Total Votes | 971 | |||
| Source: Santa Fe County Clerk, "Official Results," accessed February 25, 2015 | ||||
District 4
| Santa Fe Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Linda Trujillo Incumbent |
100% | 299 | |
| Total Votes | 299 | |||
| Source: Santa Fe County Clerk, "Official Results," accessed February 25, 2015 | ||||
Endorsements
District 2 candidate Maureen P. Cashmon received endorsements from the Santa Fe New Mexican and NEA-Santa Fe.[9]
Campaign finance
The New Mexico Secretary of State's Office requires school board candidates in districts with an enrollment of 12,000 students or more to file an annual report each year. Candidates running for a seat on this district's school board had to file that annual report by April 13, 2015.[10]
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What was at stake?
2015
Issues in the election
District 2 candidates discuss reasons to run
District 2 candidates Maureen P. Cashmon and Peter Robert Mitchell attended a candidate forum with unopposed incumbents Steven Carrillo and Linda Trujillo from Districts 1 and 4, respectively. As both Cashmon and Mitchell had never run for elected office prior to this election, they both discussed their reasons to run.
Cashmon said it was her role as "tennis mom" for her twin daughters that inspired her to run. She fought to get the tennis courts shut down due to safety and liability concerns and said the school board did not close them down as quickly as they should have.
"To me, not to take quick measures was irresponsible and immoral," said Cashmon.
Cashmon said her main issues are the safety and security of students and the efficient use of taxpayer money.
Mitchell said he is running for school board because that is where economic development begins. He said he would like to bring the district and the business community together for ventures like high school trade programs.
“Not everyone is academically oriented where they would go on to college, so we need to have those programs in automotives, in horticulture and alternative energy. What that does is create work clusters of trained employees,” Mitchell said.
When asked about the education technology property tax the school board adopted in 2014, both Cashmon and Mitchell had mixed feelings about its implementation. Mitchell said the money was needed, but he thought the process was flawed. Cashmon did not approve of the way it was implemented but said she understood the need for it.[11]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Santa Fe Public Schools election in 2015:[6][8][10]
| Deadline | Event |
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| December 16, 2014 | Candidate filing date |
| December 30, 2014 | Write-in candidate filing date |
| December 30, 2014 | Last day to withdraw as a candidate |
| January 6, 2015 | Last day to register to vote in the election |
| January 9, 2015 | First day to vote in-person absentee |
| January 30, 2015 | Last day to vote in-person absentee |
| February 3, 2015 | General election date |
| April 13, 2015 | Last day to file annual campaign finance report |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: New Mexico elections, 2015
This election shared the ballot with other school board elections, including an election for the governing board of Santa Fe Community College. There was also an $8.8 million mill levy question for building maintenance at Santa Fe Public Schools. The mill levy question is put on the ballot every six years to allow voters to renew it and does not represent a tax increase.[6][11][12]
Recent news
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Footnotes
- ↑ Santa Fe New Mexican, "Wikle not running for re-election to the school board," December 16, 2014
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2015 School Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed December 18, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "Santa Fe County, New Mexico," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Past Election Results from 1990 - 2012," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Santa Fe County Clerk, "SFPS Resolution and Proclamation," accessed December 16, 2014
- ↑ Santa Fe Public Schools, "Board Members," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 New Mexico School Election Law, "Sections 1-22-1 through 1-22-19," accessed December 16, 2014
- ↑ Maureen P. Cashmon, "Endorsements," accessed January 26, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 New Mexico Secretary of State, "Guidelines of Candidates and Campaign Committees: associated with Proposed Rule-Campaign Finance," accessed January 6, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Albuquerque Journal, "Motivations distinguish SFPS board candidates," January 23, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "abqjournal" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Santa Fe Public Schools, "2015 HB33 Mill Levy--Questions & Answers," accessed February 2, 2015
| 2015 Santa Fe Public Schools Elections | |
| Santa Fe County, New Mexico | |
| Election date: | February 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, Steven Carillo District 2: • Maureen P. Cashmon • Peter Robert Mitchell District 4: • Incumbent, Linda Trujillo |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
