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<APIWidget where="person.id = '35423'" template="Polinfobox" />{{tnr|limit=3}}'''Lori Tritz''' was an incumbent on the [[Liberty Public Schools, Missouri|Liberty school board]] in [[Missouri]], where she also served as Board vice president. She won re-election in the general election against one fellow incumbent, [[Kim-Marie Graham]], and four challengers for the three at-large seats on [[Liberty Public Schools elections (2014)|April 8, 2014]]. Tritz did not seek re-election when her term ended in 2017.
<BPW widget='profile/infobox' person='35423'/>{{tnr|limit=3}}'''Lori Tritz''' was an incumbent on the [[Liberty Public Schools, Missouri|Liberty school board]] in [[Missouri]], where she also served as Board vice president. She won re-election in the general election against one fellow incumbent, [[Kim-Marie Graham]], and four challengers for the three at-large seats on [[Liberty Public Schools elections (2014)|April 8, 2014]]. Tritz did not seek re-election when her term ended in 2017.


==Biography==
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|ref=[http://www.claycoelections.com/vertical/sites/%7B75B54153-78CB-4524-80B8-16CB405691C9%7D/uploads/2011-04-05-General-Municipal-Election-Summary-Report.pdf ''Election Summary Report,'' "Clay County, MO," accessed February 12, 2014]
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==About the district==
:: ''See also: [[Liberty Public Schools, Missouri]]''
[[File:Map of Missouri highlighting Clay County.svg|100px|thumb|left|link=Liberty Public Schools, Missouri|Liberty Public Schools is located in Clay County, Mo.]]Liberty Public Schools is located in northwest [[Missouri]] in [[Clay County, Missouri|Clay County]]. The county seat of Clay County is Liberty. Clay County is home to 230,473 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.<ref name=Census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/29047.html ''United States Census Bureau,'' "Clay County, Missouri," accessed February 3, 2014]</ref> In the 2011-2012 school year, Liberty Public Schools was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|18th-largest school district]] in [[Missouri]] and served 11,327 students.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/tableGenerator.aspx ''National Center for Education Statistics,'' "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014]</ref>
===Demographics===
Clay County outperformed the rest of Missouri in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 30.6 percent of Clay County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.2 percent for Missouri as a whole. The median household income in Clay County was $60,936 compared to $47,380 for the state of Missouri. The poverty rate in Clay County was 9.0 percent compared to 15.5 percent for the entire state.<ref name=Census/>
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2013<ref name=Census/>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Clay County (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Missouri (%)
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| White || 88.5 || 83.7
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| Black or African American || 5.8 || 11.7
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.6 || 0.5
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| Asian || 2.3 || 1.8
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0.3 || 0.1
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| Two or More Races || 2.5 || 2.0
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| Hispanic or Latino || 6.3 || 3.9
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern, Clay County<ref>[http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/s_default.asp?id=results ''Missouri Secretary of State,'' "Missouri Election Results," accessed January 23, 2015]</ref>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Year
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Democratic Vote
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Republican Vote
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| 2012 || 47,310 || 56,191
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| 2008 || 53,761 || 54,516
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| 2004 || 44,670 || 51,193
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| 2000 || 39,084 || 39,083
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Lori Tritz
Prior offices:
Board Vice President Liberty Board of Education At-large

Education
Bachelor's
University of Central Missouri
Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic
Profession
Owner, HR Fuzion, LLC

Lori Tritz was an incumbent on the Liberty school board in Missouri, where she also served as Board vice president. She won re-election in the general election against one fellow incumbent, Kim-Marie Graham, and four challengers for the three at-large seats on April 8, 2014. Tritz did not seek re-election when her term ended in 2017.

Biography

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Tritz has her bachelor's degree from the University of Central Missouri. She is the owner of HR Fuzion, LLC, a human resources consulting firm based in Kansas City. She and her husband, Matt, have three children.[1]

Elections

2014

See also: Liberty Public Schools elections (2014)

Lori Tritz was opposed by challengers Bruce Cantwell, Don Hubbs Jesse Leimkuehler, Angela Reed and fellow incumbent Kim-Marie Graham for the three at-large seats on April 8, 2014.

Results

Liberty Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKim-Marie Graham Incumbent 25.4% 1,294
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngLori Tritz Incumbent 25.3% 1,286
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngAngela Reed 19.5% 990
     Nonpartisan Jesse Leimkuehler 11.3% 576
     Nonpartisan Don Hubbs 10.5% 536
     Nonpartisan Bruce Cantwell 7.3% 372
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.6% 31
Total Votes 5,085
Source: Clay County, Missouri, "General Municipal Election," April 9, 2014 (dead link) These election results are unofficial. They will be updated once certified election results are available.

Funding

Tritz did not file a campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission for this election.[2]

Endorsements

On March 27, 2014, the Liberty Tribune endorsed Tritz, along with fellow incumbent Kim-Marie Graham and newcomer Angela Reed for the board.[3]

2011

Liberty Board of Education, At-large, 3-year term, April 5, 2011, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKim-Marie Graham 21.5% 2,923
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBren Abbott 21.2% 2,876
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngLori Tritz 19.5% 2,651
     Nonpartisan Jim Linderer 15.7% 2,131
     Nonpartisan Dan Krueger 15.3% 2,082
     Nonpartisan Tom Saitta 4.5% 617
     Nonpartisan Wayne Aulner 2.1% 288
Total Votes 13,568
Source: Election Summary Report, "Clay County, MO," accessed February 12, 2014

Recent news

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