School District 27J elections (2015)
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Five seats on the School District 27J Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The seats of District 1 incumbent Roberta Thimmig, District 3 incumbent Donna Petrocco, District 4 incumbent Kyle Farner, District 6 incumbent Teresa R. Gallegos and District 7 incumbent Gregory Piotraschke were up for election.[1]
Thimmig, Farner and Piotraschke were unopposed in their districts and all three won re-election. The District 4 seat was not scheduled for election until 2017 but Farner had to win election to the remaining two years on Landwehr's unexpired term.[2] Michael K. Landwehr, who resigned from the board earlier in 2015 because he moved out of District 4, was seeking election to the District 3 seat against Lloyd Worth. Worth was successful in securing the seat. Gallegos successfully won re-election against Stanley Hiller, Farid Jalil and Luke Richards. The candidate filing deadline was on August 28, 2015.[3][4]
About the district
- See also: School District 27J, Colorado
School District 27J is located in Adams County in north-central Colorado. The county seat of Adams County is Brighton. Adams County was home to an estimated 469,193 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] School District 27J was the 15th-largest school district in Colorado, serving 15,671 students during the 2011-2012 school year.[6]
Demographics
Adams County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Colorado in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 20.9 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 37.0 percent for the state as a whole. The median household income in the county was $56,270, compared to $58,433 statewide. The poverty rate in the county was 14.2 percent, compared to 13.2 percent for the entire state.[5]
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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 School District 27J Board of Education consists of seven members, all of whom are elected at-large to four-year terms by the district as a whole, but to different geographic district seats. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 3, 2015. Four seats were on the ballot in November 2015. Districts 1, 3, 6 and 7 were up for regular election, while District 4 was up for a special two-year term election.[1]
Individuals interested in running for the board began circulating nominating petitions on August 5, 2015. The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the 2015 general election was August 28, 2015, and the filing deadline to serve as a write-in candidate was August 31, 2015.[3]
Elections
2015
Candidates
District 1
Roberta Thimmig 
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District 3
| Michael K. Landwehr | Lloyd Worth
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District 4 (two-year term)
| Kyle Farner
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District 6
| Teresa R. Gallegos
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| Farid Jalil | Luke Richards | ||
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District 7
| Gregory Piotraschke
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Election results
District 1
| School District 27J, District 1, General Election, 2015 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Roberta Thimmig Incumbent |
100.0% | 13,603 |
| Total Votes | 13,603 | |
| Source: Adams County Clerk & Recorder, "Official County Results," accessed December 21, 2015 | ||
District 3
| School District 27J, District 3, General Election, 2015 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Lloyd Worth |
52.1% | 7,060 |
| Michael K. Landwehr | 47.9% | 6,498 |
| Total Votes | 13,558 | |
| Source: Adams County Clerk & Recorder, "Official County Results," accessed December 21, 2015 | ||
District 4
| School District 27J, District 4, General Election, 2015 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Kyle Farner Incumbent |
100.0% | 13,168 |
| Total Votes | 13,168 | |
| Source: Adams County Clerk & Recorder, "Official County Results," accessed December 21, 2015 | ||
District 6
| School District 27J, District 6, General Election, 2015 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Teresa R. Gallegos Incumbent |
44.0% | 6,272 |
| Luke Richards | 24.0% | 3,429 |
| Stanley Hiller | 22.7% | 3,238 |
| Farid Jalil | 9.3% | 1,327 |
| Total Votes | 14,266 | |
| Source: Adams County Clerk & Recorder, "Official County Results," accessed December 21, 2015 | ||
District 7
| School District 27J, District 7, General Election, 2015 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Gregory Piotraschke Incumbent |
100.0% | 12,520 |
| Total Votes | 12,520 | |
| Source: Adams County Clerk & Recorder, "Official County Results," accessed December 21, 2015 | ||
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Note:Rick Doucet won as a write-in candidate.
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What was at stake?
2015
Issues in the election
Ballot issue may help fix overcrowding problem
Sharing the ballot with school board elections was Ballot Issue 3C, which would raise district taxes by $26.3 million annually. The funds would be directed to building new schools so that the overcrowded ones could be relieved of their beyond-capacity enrollment. According to one news source, a high school in District 27J is so overcrowded that students have to go without a lunch period.[8] The same source stated that the school also instituted a split daily schedule, keeping juniors and seniors at school until 5:10 p.m.[8] The ballot issue expressed a plan to build a new high school, middle school and two elementary schools, as well as provide funds for the maintenance and added security measures of already existing schools in the district.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the School District 27J election in 2015:[3]
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| August 5, 2015 | First day to file for placement on the general election ballot |
| August 28, 2015 | Last day to file for placement on the general election ballot |
| August 31, 2015 | Last day for write-in candidates to file an affidavit |
| October 26, 2015 | Voter registration deadline |
| November 3, 2015 | General Election Day |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Colorado elections, 2015
In addition to school board elections, residents in School District 27J voted on a ballot issue (3c).[9]
Finally, Colorado residents voted on the Colorado Marijuana TABOR Refund Measure.
Recent news
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brighton School District, "Board of Education," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ The Brighton Standard Blade, "Lifelong Brighton resident Kyle Farner appointed to 27J Board of Education," August 18, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Colorado Secretary of State, "Colorado elections & campaign finance calendar," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ School District 27J, "2015 School District 27J Board of Education Candidate Information," accessed August 31, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "Adams County, Colorado," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Election Results Archives," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 9 News, "Brighton High School schedules students without lunch", accessed October 5, 2015
- ↑ Broomfield Colorado, "Sample Ballot", accessed October 5, 2015
