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One of the five seats on the Sioux Falls School District school board in South Dakota was up for at-large general election on June 6, 2017. Four candidates filed for the open seat: former candidate Randy Dobberpuhl and newcomers Dimitrios Gliarmis, Cynthia Mickelson, and Carol Robinson. Mickelson won the seat.[1][2]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Sioux Falls School District school board consists of five members elected at large to three-year, staggered terms. Two seats were up for election in 2016 and 2015, respectively.
To be eligible to run for school board in the state of South Dakota, a candidate must be at least 18 years old, a resident of the school district, and an eligible voter within the district. A candidate cannot hold any other office that is incompatible or inconsistent with the duties of a school board member. A candidate also must submit a candidacy petition with the signatures of 20 qualified voters of the district. The candidate filing deadline for this election was on March 28, 2017.[3]
Candidates and results
At-Large
Results
| Sioux Falls School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Cynthia Mickelson |
52.55% | 2,278 |
| Randy Dobberpuhl | 41.75% | 1,810 |
| Carol Robinson | 3.21% | 139 |
| Dimitrios Gliarmis | 2.49% | 108 |
| Total Votes | 4,335 | |
| Source: Sioux Falls School District, "2017 Election Results," accessed June 7, 2017These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Candidates
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: South Dakota elections, 2017
The Sioux Falls School District election in 2017 did not share the ballot with any other election.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for this South Dakota school board election in 2017:[4]
| Deadline | Event |
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| March 28, 2017 | Candidate filing deadline |
| April 18, 2017 | Pre-election campaign finance deadline |
| June 6, 2017 | General election day |
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
School board candidates in South Dakota must file a Statement of Organization no later than 15 days after becoming a candidate. The only filing deadline in this race was April 18, 2017.
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About the district
The Sioux Falls School District is located in southeast South Dakota in Minnehaha County. The seat of county government is Sioux Falls. Minnehaha County was home to an estimated 187,318 residents between 2010 and 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] The district was the largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 23,966 students.[6]
Demographics
Minnehaha County outperformed South Dakota as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 29.4 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 27.0 percent for South Dakota as a whole. The median household income in the county was $53,525, compared to $50,957 for the entire state. County residents lived below the poverty level at a rate of 12.2 percent, while that rate was 13.7 percent for the state as a whole.[5]
| Racial Demographics, 2015[5] | ||
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| Race | Minnehaha County (%) | South Dakota (%) |
| White | 88.1 | 85.5 |
| Black or African American | 4.6 | 1.8 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.8 | 8.9 |
| Asian | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.9 | 3.6 |
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.
Recent news
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See also
| Sioux Falls School District | South Dakota | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Sioux Falls School District, "2017 Election Results," accessed June 7, 2017
- ↑ Mandy Gillip, "Email exchange with Bev Chase, Executive Assistant in the Sioux Falls School District," March 29, 2017
- ↑ Associated School Boards of South Dakota, "Prospective School Board Member Primer," accessed June 1, 2016
- ↑ South Dakota Legislature, "Campaign finance requirements," accessed May 29, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "Minnehaha County, South Dakota," accessed May 30, 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
| Sioux Falls School District elections in 2017 | |
| Minnehaha County, South Dakota | |
| Election date: | June 6, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large: Randy Dobberpuhl • Dimitrios Gliarmis • Cynthia Mickelson • Carol Robinson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
