Sharon Garner
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Sharon Garner is the at-large Position 6 representative on the Gresham-Barlow School District school board in Oregon. She was initially appointed to the board in 2014. First elected in 2015, Garner won a new term in the at-large general election on May 16, 2017.
Biography
Garner's professional experience includes working as a graphic designer and owning the Bricks 4 Kidz franchise.[1]
Elections
2017
Four of the seven seats on the Gresham-Barlow School District school board in Oregon were up for general election on May 16, 2017. Position 3 Zone 2 incumbent Matthew O'Connell filed for re-election and ran unopposed, winning another term. In the at-large Position 4 seat, incumbent Carla Piluso filed for re-election and ran unopposed, securing another term. Three newcomers filed for the open Position 5 Zone 4 seat: Danielle Currey, Jason Dugan, and Blake Petersen, with Petersen winning the seat. The at-large Position 6 incumbent Sharon Garner filed for re-election and ran unopposed, winning an additional term.[2][3][4]
The Gresham-Barlow school board consists of seven members elected to four-year, staggered terms every odd-numbered year in May. Positions 1, 2, 3, and 5 are elected by district to Zones 1, 3, 2, and 4, respectively. Positions 4, 6, and 7 are elected at large.
Results
| Gresham-Barlow School District, Position 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sharon Garner Incumbent (unopposed) |
98.09% | 6,014 |
| Write-in votes | 1.91% | 117 |
| Total Votes | 6,131 | |
| Source: Clackamas County, "Special District Election," accessed June 12, 2017 and Multnomah County, "Multnomah County Election Results," accessed June 12, 2017 | ||
Funding
The filing deadline in Oregon for a campaign transaction is typically no later than 30 calendar days. However, beginning on the 42nd day before an election day and through the date of the election, a transaction is due no later than seven calendar days after the date it occurred. The dates for the beginning and ending of the seven-day reporting period for the 2017 Oregon school board elections were:[5]
- April 4, 2017 (Seven day campaign finance reporting begins)
- May 16, 2017 (Seven day campaign finance reporting ends)
A school board candidate in Oregon must form a candidate committee unless he or she meets all of the following conditions:[6][7]
- The candidate elects to serve as his or her own treasurer.
- The candidate does not have an existing candidate committee.
- The candidate does not expect to receive or spend more than $750 during a calendar year (including personal funds).
A candidate committee must file a Statement of Organization with the Elections Division of the Oregon Secretary of State within three business days of first receiving or spending money. A form including campaign account information must accompany the Statement of Organization.[6][8]
Candidate committees that expect to receive or spend $3,500 or more in a calendar year are required to report all transactions. A committee that does not expect to receive or spend this much is still required to file a Statement of Organization and designate a campaign bank account, but does not have to file transactions. Instead, they must file a Certificate of Limited Contributions and Expenditures.[6][9]
2015
Four of the seven seats on the Gresham-Barlow school board were up for election on May 19, 2015. Position 1 incumbent Kathy Ruthruff, Position 2 incumbent Kris Howatt, and Position 7 incumbent Dan Chriestenson were up for election. There was also a special election for the Position 6 seat held by Sharon Garner, who was appointed to the board in 2014.
Chriestenson was the only incumbent who did not file to run for re-election. John Hartsock was the sole candidate to file for the open Position 7. The remaining incumbents were unopposed, as well.
Results
| Gresham-Barlow School District, Position 6 General Election, 2-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Sharon Garner Incumbent |
98% | 3,912 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 2% | 78 | |
| Total Votes | 3,990 | |||
| Source: Multnomah County, Oregon, "May 2015 Special Election Results," accessed June 9, 2015 and Clackamas County, Oregon, "Special District Election," accessed June 9, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Garner reported no contributions or expenditures to the Oregon Secretary of State in this election.[10]
Endorsements
Garner received no official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2015
Garner provided the following statement for the Multnomah County voter's pamphlet:
| “ | In these few short months that I have served on the Gresham-Barlow School Board, I have come to realize how tightly connected the health of our schools is to the health of our communities and to the health of our area in general. There is no easy answer as to which should come first, a strong revenue base that supplies family-wage earning positions (the chicken) or a strong healthy school system with up-to-date curriculum and facilities that produce college- and job-ready graduates (the egg). Each one feeds the other.
If I am elected to serve for the next two years, I would like to:
I realize that all these objectives cannot be accomplished in a short two-year span, but I also realize that the work has to be started.[11] |
” |
| —Sharon Garner (2015)[12] | ||
See also
- Gresham-Barlow School District, Oregon
- Gresham-Barlow School District elections (2017)
- Gresham-Barlow School District elections (2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Gresham-Barlow School District, "Sharon Garner," accessed May 3, 2017
- ↑ Clackamas County, "Special District Election," accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ Multnomah County, "Multnomah County Election Results," accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ Multnomah County, "May 2017 Special District Election," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Elections Calendar," accessed April 17, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Oregon Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance Manual - 2014," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 260, Section 043," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 260, Section 039," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 260, Section 057," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Committee/Filer Search by Name," accessed June 17, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Multnomah County Elections, "Multnomah County Voters' Pamphlet: Special Election May 19, 2015," accessed May 19, 2015
