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Shirley Deckard
Shirley Deckard was an at-large member of the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township Board of Education in Indiana.
Deckard ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township Board of Education in Indiana. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township, Indiana, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township Board of Education At-large on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karen Burke (Nonpartisan)  | 20.3 | 10,069 |
| ✔ |  | Susan Graves (Nonpartisan) | 14.2 | 7,019 |
| ✔ | Shirley Deckard (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 6,946 | |
| Melissa Richey (Nonpartisan) | 13.0 | 6,449 | ||
 | Mikeal Gordon (Nonpartisan) | 12.9 | 6,368 | |
 | Audrey Marie Strecker (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 4,926 | |
 | Lisa G. Schmitz (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 3,996 | |
| Brandi London (Nonpartisan) | 7.6 | 3,768 | ||
| Total votes: 49,541 | |||
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2016
Three of the seven seats on the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Board incumbents Shirley Deckard, Phyllis Lewis, and Patricia Logan filed for re-election and defeated challengers Sharon Miller, Scott Cline, and William Miller. There was no primary.[1][2][3]
Results
| Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Phyllis Lewis Incumbent |
21.38% | 8,046 |
| Patricia Logan Incumbent |
20.66% | 7,776 |
| Shirley Deckard Incumbent |
18.00% | 6,773 |
| Sharon Miller | 13.66% | 5,140 |
| Scott Cline | 13.21% | 4,973 |
| William Miller | 13.09% | 4,926 |
| Total Votes (100) | 37,634 | |
| Source: Indianapolis, "2016 General Election Results for Marion County, Certified Results," accessed November 29, 2016 | ||
Funding
Deckard did not file a campaign finance report for this race with the Marion County Board of Elections as of October 25, 2016.[4]
School board candidates in Indiana who received more than $500 in contributions or made more than $500 in expenditures had to have a principal committee. This committee was designated by a candidate to accept contributions and make expenditures to promote him or her for the election. Each committee was required to have a chairperson and a treasurer, and no contribution or expenditure could be accepted or made on behalf of the candidate's committee without the authorization of the chairperson or treasurer.
Once the $500 threshold was reached, the candidate had to also file a Statement of Organization form no later than at noon, 10 days after the candidate exceeded the limit. The requirement to form a principal committee and file a statement was lifted for candidates who did not meet the $500 threshold requirement. The pre-election report was due October 21, 2016, and the annual report was due January 18, 2017.[5]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Shirley Deckard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Indianapolis, "Candidate Filings," accessed August 30, 2016
- ↑ Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township, "M.S.D. of Wayne Township School Board," accessed August 30, 2016
- ↑ Indianapolis, "2016 General Election Results for Marion County," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Marion County Board of Elections, "Wayne Twp School Board," accessed October 25, 2016
- ↑ Indiana Election Division, "2016 Indiana Campaign Finance Manual," accessed October 7, 2016
