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Tulare City School District elections (2014)

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2014 Tulare City 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
Tulare City School District
Tulare County, California ballot measures
Local ballot measures, California
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Two seats on the Tulare City School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Area 1 incumbent Irene Henderson ran unopposed in the election. Area 4 incumbent Phil Plascencia faced and defeated challenger Priscilla E. Musgrove.[1][2]

The 2012 general election was the first time the Tulare City School District elected members from trustee areas. Prior to that election, board members were elected at-large.[3][4]

About the district

See also: Tulare City School District, California
Tulare City School District is located in Tulare County, California

Tulare City School District is located in Tulare County, California. The county seat is Visalia. Tulare County is home to 454,143 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] In the 2011-2012 school year, Tulare City School District was the 182nd-largest school district in California and served 9,297 students.[6]

Demographics

Tulare County underperformed compared to the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 13.3 percent of Tulare 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 Tulare County was $43,803 compared to $61,400 for the state of California. The percentage of people below poverty level for Tulare County was 24.8 percent while it was 15.3 percent for the state of California.[5]

Racial Demographics, 2013[5]
Race Tulare County (%) California (%)
White 88.4 73.5
Black or African American 2.2 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8 1.7
Asian 4.0 14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.2 0.5
Two or more races 2.4 3.7
Hispanic or Latino 62.3 38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Tulare County[7]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 41,752 56,956
2008 43,634 59,765
2004 32,494 65,399
2000 33,006 54,070

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 Tulare City Board of Education consists of five members elected at-large to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Two seats were up for election in 2014.[2]

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

Area 1

Area 4

  • Phil Plascencia Green check mark transparent.png
    • Incumbent
    • Graduate, the College of the Sequoias
    • Retired finance director

Election results

Area 1

Incumbent Irene Henderson ran unopposed for the Area 1 seat and won the election by default.

Area 4
Tulare City School District,
Area 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngPhil Plascencia Incumbent 66% 1,145
     Nonpartisan Priscilla E. Musgrove 33.7% 585
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 6
Total Votes 1,736
Source: Tulare County Registrar of Voters, "Summary Report: Final Official Results," accessed January 2, 2015

Endorsements

No candidates received endorsements in this election.

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.[9]

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.[9]

The Tulare County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports.

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Tulare City School District election in 2014:[11]

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 Early voting begins
October 20, 2014 Last day to register to vote
October 28, 2014 Last day to vote by mail ballot
November 4, 2014 Election Day

Additional elections on the ballot

This election shared the ballot with general elections for U.S. House seats, California state executive offices, state Senate and state Assembly seats. It also shared the ballot with county, municipal and judicial elections.[1]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Tulare + City + School + District + California"

See also

External links

Footnotes