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Herring received endorsements from the Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers and Service Employees International Union Local 284.<ref>[http://post.mnsun.com/2014/10/seiu-284-endorses-three-school-board-candidates/ ''Sun Post,'' "SEIU 284 endorses three school board candidates," October 16, 2014]</ref><ref>[http://post.mnsun.com/2014/09/teachers-union-endorses-four-candidates/ ''Sun Post,'' "Teachers’ union endorses four candidates," September 9, 2014]</ref>
Herring received endorsements from the Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers and Service Employees International Union Local 284.<ref>[http://post.mnsun.com/2014/10/seiu-284-endorses-three-school-board-candidates/ ''Sun Post,'' "SEIU 284 endorses three school board candidates," October 16, 2014]</ref><ref>[http://post.mnsun.com/2014/09/teachers-union-endorses-four-candidates/ ''Sun Post,'' "Teachers’ union endorses four candidates," September 9, 2014]</ref>


==About the district==
::''See also: [[Robbinsdale Area Schools, Minnesota]]''
[[File:Map of Minnesota highlighting Hennepin County.svg|150px|thumb|left|link=Robbinsdale Area Schools, Minnesota|Robbinsdale Area Schools is located in Hennepin County, Minnesota.]]
Robbinsdale Area Schools is located in [[Hennepin County, Minnesota]]. The county seat is [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]. Hennepin County is home to 1,198,778 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.<ref name=census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/27/27053.html ''United States Census Bureau'', "Hennepin County, Minnesota," accessed July 24, 2014]</ref> In the 2011-2012 school year, Robbinsdale Area Schools was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|ninth-largest school district]] in [[Minnesota school districts|Minnesota]] and served 12,298 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===
Hennepin County overperformed compared to the rest of Minnesota in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 45.5 percent of Hennepin County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 32.2 percent for Minnesota as a whole. The median household income for Hennepin County was $63,559 compared to $59,126 for the state of Minnesota. The percentage of people below poverty level for Hennepin County was 12.6 percent while it was 11.2 percent for the state of Minnesota.<ref name=census/>
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2013<ref name=census/>
|-
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Hennepin County (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Minnesota (%)
|-
| White || 76.4 || 86.2
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| Black or African American || 12.4 || 5.7
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 1.2 || 1.3
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| Asian || 6.9 || 4.5
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander || 0.1 || 0.1
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| Two or more races || 3.1 || 2.3
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| Hispanic or Latino || 6.8 || 5.0
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern, Hennepin County<ref>[http://www.sos.state.mn.us/index.aspx?page=137 ''Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State,'' "Election Results and Statistics," accessed August 1, 2014]</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 || 423,982 || 240,073
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| 2008 || 420,958 || 231,054
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| 2004 || 383,841 || 255,133
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| 2000 || 307,599 || 225,657
|}
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==Recent news==
==Recent news==
This section links to a Google news search for the term "'''Michael + Herring + Robbinsdale + Area + Schools'''"
This section links to a Google news search for the term "'''Michael + Herring + Robbinsdale + Area + Schools'''"

Revision as of 21:05, 29 June 2024

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Michael J. Herring is an at-large representative on the Robbinsdale Area Board of Education in Minnesota. He won in the general election on November 4, 2014.

Biography

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Michael J. Herring is a resident of Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Herring earned his B.A. degree in political science and government from Mississippi State University and his J.D. from the William Mitchell College of Law. He founded and operates his own law firm, Herring Legal PLLC.[1]

Herring also served for three years as a member of the military police in the United States National Guard and for another four years as a second lieutenant in the United States Army.[2]

Elections

2014

See also: Robbinsdale Area Schools elections (2014)

The election in Robbinsdale featured four at-large seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Mark Bomchill and Patsy Green ran against challengers Andrea Bejarano-Robinson, David Boone, Michael J. Herring, Jeff Houle, Pamela Lindberg and Ron Stoffel for the seats. Fellow board members Linda Johnson and Tom Walsh did not file for re-election.

Results

Robbinsdale Area Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngPamela Lindberg 17.8% 13,881
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngPatsy Green Incumbent 17.1% 13,276
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Boone 12.5% 9,760
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMichael J. Herring 11.7% 9,128
     Nonpartisan Mark Bomchill Incumbent 11.1% 8,627
     Nonpartisan Andrea Bejarano-Robinson 10.8% 8,417
     Nonpartisan Jeff Houle 10.5% 8,206
     Nonpartisan Ron Stoffel 7.9% 6,163
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.4% 349
Total Votes 77,807
Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 281 - Robbinsdale," accessed December 30, 2014

Funding

Herring reported $1,000.00 in in-kind contributions, $600.00 in cash contributions and no expenditures during the election, which left him with $600.00 on hand according to Robbinsdale Area Schools.[3]

Endorsements

Herring received endorsements from the Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers and Service Employees International Union Local 284.[4][5]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Michael + Herring + Robbinsdale + Area + Schools"

Michael J. Herring News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ LinkedIn, "Michael Herring," accessed October 22, 2014
  2. ↑ Michael Herring - Robbinsdale School Board, "About Mike Herring," accessed October 22, 2014
  3. ↑ Robbinsdale Area Schools, "Campaign Financial Reports," accessed October 22, 2014
  4. ↑ Sun Post, "SEIU 284 endorses three school board candidates," October 16, 2014
  5. ↑ Sun Post, "Teachers’ union endorses four candidates," September 9, 2014
2014 Robbinsdale Area Schools Elections
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Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:At-large: • Incumbent, Mark Bomchill • Incumbent, Patsy Green • Andrea Bejarano-Robinson • David Boone • Michael J. Herring • Jeff Houle • Pamela Lindberg • Ron Stoffel
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