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Orange Unified School District elections (2014)
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Four seats on the Orange Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. The four incumbents from Trustee Areas 1, 4, 5 and 7 ran for re-election.[1][2]
Trustee Area 1 incumbent Diane Singer ran unopposed and won re-election. In the Trustee Area 4 race, incumbent Kathryn A. Moffat defeated challengers Brian Harrington and Larry D. Cohn. Incumbent Timothy Surridge defeated challenger Florice Hoffman for the Trustee Area 5 seat, and in Trustee Area 7, incumbent Rick Ledesma defeated challengers Steve Rocco and Tim Perez.[3]
About the district
Orange Unified School District is located in Orange County, California. The county seat of Orange County is Santa Ana. Orange County is home to 3,114,363 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] In the 2011-2012 school year, Orange Unified School District was the 32nd-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 30,136 students.[5]
Demographics
Orange County outperformed the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 36.6 percent of Orange County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.5 percent for California as a whole. The median household income for Orange County was $75,566 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for Orange County was 11.7 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[4]
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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.
Voter and candidate information
The Orange Unified School District Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms by specific geographic areas. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. The seats from Trustee Areas 1, 4, 5 and 7 were up for election in 2014, and the seats from Trustee Areas 2, 3 and 6 will be up for election in 2016.[1][2]
School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period. The filing period began July 14, 2014, and ended August 8, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 20, 2014. Voters could request vote-by-mail ballots from October 6, 2014, through October 28, 2014.[7]
Elections
2014
Candidates
Trustee Area 1
- Diane Singer
- Incumbent
Trustee Area 4
- Kathryn A. Moffat
- Incumbent
- Brian Harrington
- Supply chain manager
- Larry D. Cohn
- Business executive
Trustee Area 5
- Timothy Surridge
- Incumbent
- Florice Hoffman
- Attorney
- Business Owner
Trustee Area 7
- Rick Ledesma
- Incumbent
- Steve Rocco
- Tim Perez
- Professor
Election results
Trustee Area 1
This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Trustee Area 1 incumbent Diane Singer was re-elected by default.[8]
Trustee Area 4
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Kathryn A. Moffat Incumbent |
61.3% | 23,959 | |
| Nonpartisan | Larry D. Cohn | 24.5% | 9,568 | |
| Nonpartisan | Brian Harrington | 14.2% | 5,569 | |
| Total Votes | 39,096 | |||
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results for Election: November 4, 2014," accessed December 23, 2014 | ||||
Trustee Area 5
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Timothy Surridge Incumbent |
53.7% | 20,829 | |
| Nonpartisan | Florice Hoffman | 46.3% | 17,934 | |
| Total Votes | 38,763 | |||
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results for Election: November 4, 2014," accessed December 23, 2014 | ||||
Trustee Area 7
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Rick Ledesma Incumbent |
56.6% | 22,235 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tim Perez | 32.6% | 12,812 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steve Rocco | 10.7% | 4,213 | |
| Total Votes | 39,260 | |||
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results for Election: November 4, 2014," accessed December 23, 2014 | ||||
Endorsements
The Orange County Democratic Party endorsed Florice Hoffman (Area 5).[9]
Campaign finance
Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.[10]
Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.[10]
Reports
The Orange County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.
Past elections
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2012Trustee Area 2This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent John Ortega was re-elected by default.[11] Trustee Area 3
Trustee Area 6
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Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Orange Unified School District election in 2014:[10][12]
| Deadline | Event |
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| July 14, 2014 | First day for candidates to file nomination documents |
| August 8, 2014 | Last day for candidates to file nomination documents |
| October 6, 2014 | First day to request vote-by-mail ballot |
| October 6, 2014 | First pre-election report due |
| October 20, 2014 | Last day to register to vote |
| October 23, 2014 | Second pre-election report due |
| October 28, 2014 | Last day to request vote-by-mail ballot |
| November 4, 2014 | Election Day |
| December 31, 2014 | Termination report due |
| February 2, 2015 | Semi-annual report due |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: California elections, 2014
This election shared the ballot with general elections for seven U.S. House seats, several state executive offices, three state Senate seats and seven state Assembly seats. It also shared the ballot with a number of other school board elections and municipal elections, as well as two countywide ballot measures and a bond proposition for the Orange Unified School District.[13][14]
Recent news
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See also
- California
- Orange Unified School District, California
- California school board elections, 2014
- List of school board elections in 2014
- School board elections, 2014
- Orange County, California ballot measures
- California ballot measures
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orange Unified School District, "Board of Education Members," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate's Handbook for the November 4, 2014 Statewide General Election," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List General Election 2014," accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Orange County, California," accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results Archive," accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Summary of November 4, 2014, General Election Calendar," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ California Election Code, "Section 10229," accessed October 13, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
- ↑ Orange Unified School District Board of Education, "Regular Meeting Minutes," December 13, 2012
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "November 4, 2014 General Election Calendar," accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "What's on the November 2014 General Election Ballot," accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Measures," accessed September 4, 2014
