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2014 Santa Rosa High 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
California
Santa Rosa High School District
Sonoma County, California ballot measures
Local ballot measures, California
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Three seats on the Santa Rosa High School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Three at-large incumbents, Bill Carle, Frank Pugh and Ron Kristof, were up for re-election.[1] They ran against and defeated challengers Mike Kallhoff and Omar A. Medina.[2]

About the district

See also: Santa Rosa High School District, California
Santa Rosa High School District is located in Sonoma County, California.

Santa Rosa High School District is located in Sonoma County, California. The county seat is Santa Rosa. Sonoma County is home to 495,025 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] In the 2011-2012 school year, Santa Rosa High School District was the 142nd-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 11,354 students.[4]

Demographics

Sonoma County outperformed the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 32.1 percent of Sonoma 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 Sonoma County was $63,565 compared to $61,400 for the state of California. The percentage of people below poverty level for Sonoma County was 11.5 percent compared to 15.3 for the entire state.[3]

Racial Demographics, 2013[3]
Race Sonoma County (%) California (%)
White 87.7 73.5
Black or African American 1.9 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2 1.7
Asian 4.1 14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.4 0.5
Two or more races 3.7 3.7
Hispanic or Latino 25.9 38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Sonoma County[5][6][7]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 153,942 54,784
2008 168,888 55,127
2004 148,261 68,204

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 Rosa High School District Board of Education consists of seven members elected at-large to four-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, and four seats will be up for election in 2016.[1]

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.[8]

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

Election results

Santa Rosa High School District,
At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngFrank Pugh Incumbent 23.4% 26,926
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBill Carle Incumbent 23.4% 26,920
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngRon Kristof Incumbent 20.1% 23,167
     Nonpartisan Omar A. Medina 17.3% 19,865
     Nonpartisan Mike Kallhoff 15.7% 18,018
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.2% 209
Total Votes 115,105
Source: Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Final Results for Election," accessed January 2, 2015

Endorsements

The Sonoma County Democratic Party endorsed Omar A. Medina and Ron Kristof.[9]

The Press Democrat endorsed Bill Carle, Omar A. Medina and Frank Pugh.[10]

The Santa Rosa Teachers Association endorsed Omar A. Medina and Ron Kristof.[11]

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.[12]

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.[12]

Reports

According to the second pre-election reports submitted to the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, candidates reported a total of $46,739.67 in contributions and $43,363.91 in expenditures as of October 18, 2014. Only one candidate, Ron Kristof, filed Form 470 to indicate he would not spend or receive more than $1,000 in this election. Because of that, he did not have to file any additional campaign finance reports.[13][14][15][16][17]

Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Bill Carle $13,800.00 $13,347.49 $452.51
Frank Pugh $5,000.00 $4,091.34 $908.66
Ron Kristof $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Mike Kallhoff $17,094.00 $16,890.85 $203.15
Omar A. Medina $10,845.67 $9,034.23 $2,224.44

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Santa Rosa High School District election in 2014:[12][18]

Deadline Event
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 general elections for several state executive offices, two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, one seat in the California State Senate and three seats in the California State Assembly.[19]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Santa + Rosa + High + School + District + California"

Santa Rosa High School District News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Santa Rosa City Schools, "Meet the Board," accessed August 6, 2014
  2. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "CampaignDocs Search Engine," accessed September 2, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "Sonoma County, California," accessed August 6, 2014
  4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
  5. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Final Results for Consolidated Primary Election – November 6, 2012," accessed August 6, 2014
  6. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results: Consolidated General Election 11/8/08," accessed August 6, 2014
  7. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Consolidated General Election November 2, 2004," accessed August 6, 2014
  8. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Summary of November 4, 2014, General Election Calendar," accessed July 14, 2014
  9. ↑ Sonoma Democrats, "Endorsements 2014 – School Board Races," accessed October 17, 2014
  10. ↑ Press Democrat, "PD Editorial: Press Democrat recommendations," October 12, 2014
  11. ↑ Santa Rosa Teachers Association, "Homepage," accessed October 17, 2014
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
  13. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Bill Carle for School Board 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 23, 2014
  14. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Friends of Frank Pugh for School Board 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 16, 2014
  15. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Ron Kristof for Santa Rosa School Board 2014-470 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," August 1, 2014
  16. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Kallhoff for School Board 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 23, 2014
  17. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Omar Medina for School Board 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 26, 2014
  18. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Consolidated General Election Calendar," accessed August 6, 2014
  19. ↑ Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, "Final Results for Consolidated Primary Election – June 3, 2014," accessed August 6, 2014
2014 Santa Rosa High School District Elections
Sonoma County, California
Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:At-large: • Incumbent, Bill Carle • Incumbent, Frank Pugh • Incumbent, Ron Kristof • Mike Kallhoff • Omar A. Medina
Important information:Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot
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