Shaunna Ballas
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Shaunna Ballas is the District 1 representative on the Snohomish School District school board in Washington. Ballas was initially appointed to the position in 2009. Ballas won a new term in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Ballas' professional experience includes working as a development director at Washington Women in Need. She has served as president of the Riverview Elementary School PTO and has volunteered as an art teacher at district schools. Ballas also owned a residential garden design firm called AGF, Inc. from 1994 to 2009.[1]
Elections
2017
Four of the five seats on the Snohomish School District school board in Washington were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. Incumbents Shaunna Ballas (District 1), Josh Seek (District 3), and Jay Hagen (District 5) filed for re-election and ran unopposed, winning new terms. A special election was also scheduled for November 7, 2017, following the District 2 representative's December 2016 resignation.[2] Sara Fagerlie, the representative appointed to the position until November, filed for election and ran unopposed, winning a first full term on the board.[3]
Results
| Snohomish School District, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Shaunna Ballas Incumbent (unopposed) |
98.05% | 9,066 |
| Write-in votes | 1.95% | 180 |
| Total Votes | 9,246 | |
| Source: Snohomish County Unofficial Election Results, "November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed December 1, 2017 | ||
Funding
Ballas opted for mini reporting in this election, according to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission.[4] Candidates who opted for this had to keep a record of their contributors and expenditures, but were not required to report them. If they raised and spent more than $5,000 in aggregate or received more than $500 from any one contributor, including themselves, they would have had to switch their filing status from mini to full reporting.[5]
2013
Ballas sought re-election to the District 3 seat without opposition in the November 5, 2013 election.
Results
| Snohomish Board of Directors, District 1, Four-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Shaunna Ballas Incumbent |
97.7% | 9,452 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 2.3% | 225 | |
| Total Votes | 9,677 | |||
| Source: Snohomish County Auditor's Office, "Snohomish County General Election Results," November 25, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Ballas reported no contributions or expenditures to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission in this election.[6]
2009
Ballas won a first full term on the board against challenger Gregory Pratt in the November 3, 2009, general election.
| Snohomish Board of Directors, District 1, November 3, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Shaunna Ballas |
61.2% | 7,600 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gregory Pratt | 38.3% | 4,754 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.5% | 59 | |
| Total Votes | 12,413 | |||
| Source: Snohomish County Auditor, "November 3, 2009 General Election Results," November 24, 2009 | ||||
See also
- Snohomish School District, Washington
- Snohomish School District elections (2017)
- Snohomish School District elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Shauna Ballas," accessed September 24, 2013
- ↑ Snohomish School District, "Fagerlie selected to Snohomish School District Board of Directors," accessed May 22, 2017
- ↑ Snohomish County, Washington, "2017 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 22, 2017
- ↑ Washington Public Disclosure Commission, "Local Candidates," accessed October 16, 2017
- ↑ Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, "New Candidates," accessed June 22, 2017
- ↑ Washington Public Disclosure Commission, "Local Candidates," accessed December 17, 2013
| Snohomish School District elections in 2017 | |
| Snohomish County, Washington | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 1: Incumbent, Shaunna Ballas District 2: Incumbent, Sara Fagerlie District 3: Incumbent, Josh Seek District 5: Incumbent, Jay Hagen |
| Important information: | What's at stake? |
