Waukegan Public School District 60 elections (2017)
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Six seats on the Waukegan Public School District 60 school board were up for general election on April 4, 2017. Board members Anita Hanna and Michael Rodriguez won additional terms on the board and were joined in their victory by Jeff McBride and Brandon Ewing. They defeated board member Victoria Torres and newcomers Edward Kindle, Harlene Ricks Shipley, Margaret Carrasco, Anthony Johnson,
Tommy Rhyan, Alonzo Jenkins, and Porfirio Garcia for four four-year terms.[1] Incumbents Miguel Rivera and Charlotte Wozniak ran for election to the remainder of unexpired two-year terms without opposition. Rivera was appointed to a vacancy in March 2016, while Wozniak was appointed to the board in July 2016.[2][3]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Waukegan Public School District 60 Board of Education consists of seven members elected at large to four-year terms on a staggered basis every odd-numbered year. A general election was held on April 4, 2017. There were four seats up for regular election, and two seats are up for special election.[4]
To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file a notarized statement of candidacy and notarized nominating petitions with the Lake County Clerk's Office during the filing period. The filing period began December 12, 2016, and ended December 19, 2016. Candidates could also file an optional loyalty oath at that time. A statement of economic interests also had to be filed by December 19, 2016. The nominating petitions had to include the signatures of 50 voters residing in the school district and could not be circulated until September 20, 2016.[5]
Candidates and results
At-large (Four-year terms)
Results
| Waukegan Public School District 60, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jeff McBride |
12.76% | 3,066 |
| Anita Hanna Incumbent |
12.08% | 2,903 |
| Michael Rodriguez Incumbent |
11.38% | 2,734 |
| Brandon Ewing |
9.01% | 2,166 |
| Harlene Ricks Shipley | 8.74% | 2,101 |
| Porfirio Garcia | 7.59% | 1,824 |
| Margaret Carrasco | 7.21% | 1,732 |
| Victoria Torres Incumbent | 7.13% | 1,714 |
| Edward Kindle | 7.09% | 1,705 |
| Anthony Johnson | 6.51% | 1,564 |
| Alonzo Jenkins | 6.09% | 1,463 |
| Tommy Rhyan | 4.42% | 1,063 |
| Total Votes | 24,035 | |
| Source: Lake County, "Official Results," accessed February 6, 2017 | ||
Candidates
At-large (Two-year terms)
Results
| Waukegan Public School District 60, At-Large General Election, 2-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Miguel Rivera Incumbent |
53.32% | 5,242 |
| Charlotte Wozniak Incumbent |
46.68% | 4,589 |
| Total Votes | 9,831 | |
| Source: Lake County, "Official Results," accessed February 6, 2017 | ||
Candidates
| Miguel Rivera | Charlotte Wozniak | ||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Illinois elections, 2017
The Waukegan Public School District 60 Board of Education election shared the ballot with various municipal elections.[6]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Illinois school board elections in 2017:[7]
| Deadline | Event |
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| December 19, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| February 27, 2017 | Initial campaign finance deadline |
| March 7, 2017 | Last day to register to vote by paper application |
| March 19, 2017 | Last day to register to vote by online application |
| April 3, 2017 | Final election campaign finance deadline |
| April 4, 2017 | Election Day |
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Campaign finance
School board candidates in Illinois were required to file campaign finance reports if they did one or both of the following:[8]
- Accepted contributions or made disbursements in an aggregate amount of more than $5,000 during the calendar year
- Accepted contributions or made disbursements in an aggregate amount of more than $5,000 during the calendar year for communication via television, radio, or internet in support of or in opposition to a candidate, political party, or public policy
The first campaign finance deadline was February 27, 2017, and the second campaign finance deadline was April 3, 2017.[9]
No contributions or expenditures were reported as of March 2, 2017, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.[10]
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About the district
Waukegan Public School District 60 is located in Lake County in northeastern Illinois. The county seat is Waukegan. Lake County was home to 703,910 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[11] The district was the ninth-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 17,042 students.[12]
Demographics
Lake County outperformed Illinois as a whole in terms of higher education achievement in the years 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 43.2 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 32.3 percent of all state residents. The median household income for Lake County was $78,026, while it was $57,574 for the entire state. The poverty rate was 9.0 percent for the county, compared to 13.6 percent for the state as a whole.[11]
| Racial Demographics, 2015[11] | |||
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| Race | Lake County (%) | Illinois (%) | |
| White | 82.0 | 77.3 | |
| Black or African American | 7.5 | 14.7 | |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9 | 0.6 | |
| Asian | 7.5 | 5.5 | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Two or more races | 2.1 | 1.9 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21.3 | 16.9 | |
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.
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See also
| Waukegan Public School District 60 | Illinois | School Boards |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Lake County, Illinois, "Candidate List: Consolidated," December 19, 2016
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Youth coach fills Waukegan school board seat," March 9, 2016
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Longtime volunteer fills vacancy on Waukegan District 60 school board," July 6, 2016
- ↑ Waukegan Public School District 60, "Board of Education," accessed December 21, 2016
- ↑ Lake County, "Elections," accessed December 21, 2016
- ↑ Lake County, "Elections," accessed December 21, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election and Campaign Finance Calendar," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "A Guide to Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed January 5, 2017
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election and Campaign Finance Calendar 2017," accessed January 5, 2017
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Disclosure Search," accessed March 2, 2017
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 United States Census Bureau, "Lake County, Illinois," accessed January 3, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
