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Wayne Clift
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Wayne Clift is a former Position 7 representative on the Hillsboro School Board in Oregon. First elected to the seat in 2011, he won a second term in the general election on May 19, 2015. Clift resigned in December 2017, to pursue graduate school in teaching.[1]
Biography
Clift works as a computer engineer at Intel Corporation. He earned his M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from Brigham Young University in 1991. The same year, he graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. from the university. He has four children who either attend or have graduated from district schools.[2]
Elections
2015
Opposition
Three of the seven seats on the Hillsboro School District Board of Directors were up for general election on May 19, 2015.
Position 4 incumbent Kim Strelchun, Position 5 incumbent Adriana Cañas and Position 7 incumbent Wayne Clift were up for election. Cañas did not file for re-election; Lisa Allen, Christopher Barry and Bart Rask ran for the open Position 5 seat. Allen was successful in that race. Strelchun defeated challengers Christian Honl and Tim Reeves, and Clift defeated Jaime Rodriguez.
Results
| Hillsboro School District, Position 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Wayne Clift Incumbent |
56.1% | 6,067 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jaime Rodriguez | 43.4% | 4,698 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 48 | |
| Total Votes | 10,813 | |||
| Source: Washington County, Oregon, "Summary Report Special District Election May 19, 2015," June 4, 2015 and Multnomah County, Oregon, "May 2015 Special Election Results," June 3, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Clift reported no contributions or expenditures to the Oregon Secretary of State in this election.[3]
Endorsements
Clift was endorsed by the following:[2]
- Hillsboro School Board Director Kim Strelchun
- Hillsboro School Board Director Monte Akers
- Hillsboro School Board Director Erik Seligman
- Hillsboro School Board Director Glenn Miller
- Stand for Children
2011
Results
| Hillsboro School District, Position 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Wayne Clift |
98.1% | 8,354 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.9% | 166 | |
| Total Votes | 8,520 | |||
| Source: Washington County, Oregon, "Summary Report Special Election May 17, 2011," May 31, 2011 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
Clift provided the following statements on his campaign website:
| “ | I'm proud of what we have accomplished during my first term as a Hillsboro School Board Director. During budgetary downturns, we have kept a laser-focus on our District Mission Statement, to "Engage and challenge all learners to ensure academic excellence", spending our limited resources most efficiently to achieve this outcome. And in years of budget "growth", we have judiciously re-invested in our staff, facilities, technology, and curriculum to deliver a new and exciting education experience for all students.
Here are just a few of the things I've been excited to be a part of:
I'm excited to return to the Hillsboro School Board and continue the work. As a returning Hillsboro School Board Director, I re-affirm my promise:'
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” |
| —Wayne Clift's campaign website (2015)[5] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Hillsboro School District, Oregon
- Hillsboro School District elections (2015)
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states (May 21, 2015)
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Hillsboro School District
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- LinkedIn page
Footnotes
- ↑ Hillsboro News Times, "School board member Wayne Clift resigns to pursue graduate school," November 15, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Washington County Elections Division, "Washington County voters’ pamphlet: Vote-by-mail regular election May 19, 2015," accessed May 18, 2015
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Elect Wayne Clift to Hillsboro School Board, Position 7, "About Me," accessed May 19, 2015
| 2015 Hillsboro School District Elections | |
| Washington County, Oregon | |
| Election date: | May 19, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Position 4: Incumbent, Kim Strelchun • Christian Honl • Tim Reeves Position 5: Lisa Allen • Christopher Barry • Bart Rask |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
