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Wichita Public Schools, Kansas, elections (2019)

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Wichita Public Schools elections

Primary date
August 6, 2019
General election date
November 5, 2019
Enrollment ('16-'17)
50,600 students

Three seats on the Wichita Public Schools school board in Kansas were up for general election on November 5, 2019. A primary was scheduled for August 6, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was June 3, 2019.

Incumbents Ernestine Krehbiel, Stan Reeser, and Sheril Logan won re-election to the Wichita Public Schools school board.

Elections

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Candidates and results

District 3

General election

General election for Wichita Public Schools, District 3

Incumbent Ernestine Krehbiel won election in the general election for Wichita Public Schools, District 3 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ernestine Krehbiel
Ernestine Krehbiel (Nonpartisan)
 
97.5
 
27,471
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.5
 
703

Total votes: 28,174
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District 4

General election

General election for Wichita Public Schools, District 4

Incumbent Stan Reeser defeated James Kilpatrick in the general election for Wichita Public Schools, District 4 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Stan Reeser
Stan Reeser (Nonpartisan)
 
50.2
 
15,462
Image of James Kilpatrick
James Kilpatrick (Nonpartisan)
 
49.0
 
15,090
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
267

Total votes: 30,819
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At-large

General election

General election for Wichita Public Schools, At-large

Incumbent Sheril Logan defeated Joseph Shepard in the general election for Wichita Public Schools, At-large on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sheril Logan
Sheril Logan (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
52.8
 
17,666
Image of Joseph Shepard
Joseph Shepard (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
46.6
 
15,606
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
202

Total votes: 33,474
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Wichita Public Schools, At-large

Joseph Shepard and incumbent Sheril Logan defeated Trish Hileman and Brent Davis in the primary for Wichita Public Schools, At-large on August 6, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joseph Shepard
Joseph Shepard (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
32.9
 
5,452
Image of Sheril Logan
Sheril Logan (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
29.8
 
4,925
Image of Trish Hileman
Trish Hileman (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
24.7
 
4,089
Image of Brent Davis
Brent Davis (Nonpartisan)
 
12.6
 
2,088

Total votes: 16,554
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About the district

See also: Wichita Public Schools, Kansas

Wichita Public Schools is located in Sedgwick County, Kansas. The district served 50,943 students during the 2015-2016 school year.[1]

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Kansas. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Kansas with 56.7 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 36.1 percent. In presidential elections between 1864 and 2016, Kansas voted Republican 84.21 percent of the time and Democratic 15.78 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Kansas voted Republican all five times.[2]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Kansas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 29 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 21.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 34 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 20.9 points. Clinton won six districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 32.8 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 91 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 35.5 points. Trump won 11 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also

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