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====Endorsements====
====Endorsements====
Van Meter was endorsed in the race by the News Press Now editorial board.<ref>[http://www.newspressnow.com/opinion/editorials/article_4ca346e9-9dbe-5581-afb4-774152947e42.html ''News Press Now,'' "Bruder, Van Meter best for schools," March 28, 2016]</ref>
Van Meter was endorsed in the race by the News Press Now editorial board.<ref>[http://www.newspressnow.com/opinion/editorials/article_4ca346e9-9dbe-5581-afb4-774152947e42.html ''News Press Now,'' "Bruder, Van Meter best for schools," March 28, 2016]</ref>
==About the district==
::''See also: [[St. Joseph School District, Missouri]]''
[[File:Buchanan County Missouri.png|175px|thumb|left|St. Joseph School District is located in Buchanan County, Mo.|link=St. Joseph School District, Missouri]]The St. Joseph School District is located in northwest [[Missouri]] in [[Buchanan County, Missouri|Buchanan County]]. The county seat of Buchanan County is St. Joseph. St. Joseph is home to 77,147 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.<ref name=census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/2964550.html ''United States Census Bureau,'' "St. Joseph (city), Missouri," accessed February 5, 2014]</ref> The district was the {{NCES1000 2013–2014|Rank=Y|Name=2927060}} in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served {{NCES1000 2013–2014|Enroll=Y|Name=2927060}} students.{{NCES1000 2013–2014|Ref=Y}}
===Demographics===
====Higher education achievement====
St. Joseph underperformed in comparison to the rest of Missouri in terms of higher education attainment. The United States Census Bureau found that 20.4 percent of St. Joseph residents over 25 years old held undergraduate degrees compared to a 25.8 percent rate for the state of Missouri.<ref name=census/>
====Median household income====
St. Joseph had a median household income of $42,248 in 2010 compared to $47,333 for Missouri.<ref name=census/>
====Poverty rate====
The poverty rate for St. Joseph was 18.4 percent in 2010 compared to a 10.5 percent rate for the entire state.<ref name=census/>
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{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="background:none; text-align: center;"
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2010<ref name=census/>
|-
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | St. Joseph (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Missouri (%)
|-
| White || 87.8 || 82.8
|-
| Black or African American || 6.0 || 11.6
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.5 || 0.5
|-
| Asian || 0.9 || 1.6
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0.2 || 0.1
|-
| Two or More Races || 2.7 || 2.1
|-
| Hispanic or Latino || 5.7 || 3.5
|}
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern, Buchanan 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>
|-
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Year
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Democratic Vote
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Republican Vote
|-
| 2012 || 15,594 || 18,660
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| 2008 || 19,164 || 19,110
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| 2004 || 17,799 || 19,812
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| 2000 || 17,085 || 16,423
|}
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==Recent news==
==Recent news==

Revision as of 21:01, 27 July 2023

Art Van Meter
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Art Van Meter was a candidate for at-large representative on the St. Joseph School District Board of Education in Missouri. Van Meter was defeated in the general election held on April 5, 2016.[1]


Elections

2016

See also: St. Joseph School District elections (2016)


Two of the seven seats on the St. Joseph School District school board were up for general election on April 5, 2016. The seats of first-term incumbent Brad Haggard and April 2015 appointee Eric Bruder were up for election. Bruder filed for re-election. He was joined on the ballot by challengers John Paul Leo Stehr, Maggie Elder, Art Van Meter, Sarah Hochschwender, Kathy Northup, Bryan Green, Teresa Simmons, Michael Dulcan and Tami Pasley. Green and Pasley defeated the other eight candidates in the April election and will take seats on the St. Joseph school board in May.[1]

Results

St. Joseph School District,
At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Bryan Green 22.74% 3,145
Green check mark transparent.png Tami Pasley 17.23% 2,382
Eric Bruder Incumbent 16.06% 2,221
Kathy Northup 14.22% 1,967
Art Van Meter 11.43% 1,581
Maggie Elder 6.34% 877
Teresa Simmons 6.20% 857
Sarah Hochschwender 3.00% 415
Michael Dulcan 1.61% 222
John Paul Leo Stehr 0.99% 137
Write-in votes 0.17% 24
Total Votes (100) 13,828
Source: Buchanan County Clerk, "Election Summary Report OFFICIAL," accessed May 3, 2016

Funding

Van Meter reported $25,875.00 in contributions and $25,225.84 in expenditures to the Missouri Ethics Commission.[2]

Endorsements

Van Meter was endorsed in the race by the News Press Now editorial board.[3]

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mandy Gillip, "Phone conversation with Joey Austin, director of St. Joseph School District school board public relations," January 20, 2016
  2. ↑ Missouri Ethics Commission, "Candidate or Committee Name Search," accessed June 24, 2016
  3. ↑ News Press Now, "Bruder, Van Meter best for schools," March 28, 2016
2016 St. Joseph School District Elections
Buchanan County, Missouri
Election date:April 5, 2016
Candidates:At-large: Incumbent, Eric Bruder • John Paul Leo Stehr • Maggie Elder • Art Van Meter • Sarah Hochschwender • Kathy Northup • Bryan Green • Teresa Simmons • Tami Pasley • Michael Dulcan
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