Wayzata Public Schools elections (2017)
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Three of the seven seats on the Wayzata Public Schools school board in Minnesota were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. Incumbents Andrea Cuene, Sarah Johansen, and Chris McCullough were all re-elected without opposition.[1]
The 2017 election attracted fewer candidates than the district's previous two elections attracted. For information on election trends, click here.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Wayzata school board consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held at large on a staggered basis so that three or four seats are up for election every November of odd-numbered years.[2]
School board candidates had to be at least 21 years old upon taking office, residents of the school district for a minimum of 30 days before the election, and eligible to vote in Minnesota. They could not run for any other office on the ballot at the same time as the school board election, and they could not have been convicted of an offense for which they were required to register as a predatory offender.[3] To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file between August 1, 2017, and August 15, 2017.[4] The deadline for candidates to withdraw was August 17, 2017.[5]
Citizens of the school district could register to vote on election day, but the deadline to register prior to election day was October 17, 2017. Vote-by-mail or in-person early voting was open from September 22, 2017, to November 6, 2017.[6] Photo identification was not required to vote in Minnesota.[7]
Candidates and results
At-large
Results
| Wayzata Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Chris McCullough Incumbent |
33.76% | 4,240 |
| Sarah Johansen Incumbent |
33.59% | 4,219 |
| Andrea Cuene Incumbent |
32.65% | 4,100 |
| Total Votes | 12,559 | |
| Source: Wayzata Public Schools, "Certification Of Minutes Relating To School District General Election Including: Election Of School Board Members, Operating Referendum Levy, School Building Bonds, And Capital Projects Levy," accessed November 28, 2017 | ||
Candidates
Andrea Cuene 
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Sarah Johansen
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Chris McCullough
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Minnesota elections, 2017
The Wayzata school board election shared the ballot with municipal elections for Hennepin County.[8]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Minnesota school board elections in 2017:[4][5][6][9]
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
All three candidates in this race filed a form detailing that they had not spent or received more than $750.00 for their campaigns. Because of this, they did not have to file additional reports.[10]
Reporting requirements
Minnesota school board candidates had to file an initial campaign finance report within 14 days of spending or receiving more than $750. They also had to file a pre-general report, a post-general report, and a year-end report. Those three reports were due on October 28, 2017, December 7, 2017, and January 31, 2018.[9]
Past elections
- See also: Past elections in Wayzata Public Schools
To see results from past elections in Wayzata Public Schools, click here.
What was at stake?
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Election trends
- See also: School boards in session: 2015 in brief
The 2017 Wayzata school board election attracted fewer candidates than the district's previous two elections attracted. Three incumbents ran for re-election unopposed in 2017 for an average of one candidate per seat. In 2013, an average of three candidates ran per seat, and in 2015, an average of 1.5 candidates ran per seat.
The 2017 election was also the first time in three election cycles that the district did not elect a newcomer to the board. Two newcomers won open seats in 2015, and three newcomers won open seats in 2013.
| School board election trends | ||||||
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbents running for re-election | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
| Wayzata Public Schools | ||||||
| 2017 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% | |
| 2015 | 1.50 | 0.00% | 50.00% | 100.00% | 50.00% | |
| 2013 | 3.00 | 0.00% | 0.00% | Not applicable | 100.00% | |
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| 2015 | 1.70 | 18.18% | 69.70% | 95.65% | 33.33% | |
| United States | ||||||
| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 70.37% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
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About the district
- See also: Wayzata Public Schools, Minnesota
The Wayzata school district is located in east-central Minnesota in Hennepin County. The county seat is Minneapolis. The county was home to an estimated 1,232,483 residents in 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[11] The district was the 12th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 10,875 students.[12]
Demographics
Hennepin County outperformed Minnesota as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 47 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 33.7 percent of state residents. The median household income in Hennepin County was $65,834, compared to $61,492 for the entire state. The poverty rate in the county was 10.9 percent, while it was 10.2 percent statewide.[11]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[11] | ||
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| Race | Hennepin County (%) | Minnesota (%) |
| White | 75.2 | 85.0 |
| Black or African American | 13.0 | 6.2 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Asian | 7.4 | 4.9 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6.9 | 5.2 |
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
| Wayzata Public Schools | Minnesota | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings: 2017 Municipal and School District Elections," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ Wayzata Public Schools, "Meet the Board," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Qualifications," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Periods," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Withdrawal," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar," accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Do I Need to Bring ID?" accessed August 15, 2017
- ↑ Hennepin County Elections, "File for office: Offices on the 2017 ballot," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance Filings," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑ Wayzata Public Schools, "2017 Campaign Financial Reports," accessed December 11, 2017
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 United States Census Bureau, "QuickFacts: Hennepin County, Minnesota; Minnesota," accessed August 16, 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
| Wayzata Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Hennepin County, Minnesota | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Andrea Cuene • Incumbent, Sarah Johansen • Incumbent, Chris McCullough |
| Important information: | What's at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
