Reynolds School District elections (2015)
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Four seats on the Reynolds School District School Board were up for election on May 19, 2015. Three seats were up for general election. Position 5 incumbent Tamara Schaffner, Position 6 incumbent Dane Nickerson and Position 7 incumbent Bruce McCain won re-election to regular four-year terms unopposed.
One seat, Position 1, was up for special election following Heather Chao's resignation from the position in the fall of 2014.[1] Diane Whitehead was appointed to the seat on October 8, 2014, by a vote of four to one. Only Diego Hernandez voting against Whitehead's appointment, and Tamara Schaffner was absent from the meeting.[2] Whitehead won election to the remaining two years on the unexpired term unopposed.
About the district
- See also: Reynolds School District, Oregon
Reynolds School District is based in Fairview which is located in Multnomah County in northeastern Oregon. The seat of county government is Portland. The county was home to an estimated 766,135 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] Reynolds was the 11th-largest school district in the state serving 11,606 students in the 2011-2012 school year.[4]
Demographics
Multnomah County outperformed Oregon as a whole in terms of higher education achievement and median household income while it underperformed in terms of poverty rate in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 39.9 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had earned a bachelor's degree or higher compared to 29.7 percent of residents statewide. The median household income in the county was $52,511 while it was $50,229 for the state. The percentage of persons below the poverty line in Multnomah County was 17.8 percent in comparison to 16.2 percent for the entirety of Oregon.[3]
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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 Reynolds School Board consists of seven members who are elected at-large to four-year terms. While elected at-large, each seat on the board has a position number associated with it, and candidates apply to run for a specific position number. There was no primary election, and the general election for Positions 1, 5, 6 and 7 was May 19, 2015. The Position 1 election was for an unexpired two-year term which ended June 30, 2017. The other three terms up for election were regular four-year terms.[6]
Candidates were required to file for the election by March 19, 2015. Voters were required to register by April 28, 2015, in order to vote in this election.
Elections
2015
Candidates
Position 1
- Diane Whitehead
- Incumbent
Position 5
- Tamara Schaffner
- Incumbent
Position 6
- Dane Nickerson
- Incumbent
Position 7
- Bruce McCain
- Incumbent
Election results
Position 1
| Reynolds School District, Position 1 General Election, 2-year unexpired term term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Diane Whitehead Incumbent |
96.7% | 4,093 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 3.3% | 138 | |
| Total Votes | 4,231 | |||
| Source: Multnomah County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 3, 2015 | ||||
Position 5
| Reynolds School District, Position 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Tamara Schaffner Incumbent |
96.7% | 3,959 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 3.3% | 135 | |
| Total Votes | 4,094 | |||
| Source: Multnomah County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 3, 2015 | ||||
Position 6
| Reynolds School District, Position 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Dane Nickerson Incumbent |
96.3% | 3,679 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 3.7% | 143 | |
| Total Votes | 3,822 | |||
| Source: Multnomah County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 3, 2015 | ||||
Position 7
| Reynolds School District, Position 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Bruce McCain Incumbent |
95.8% | 3,787 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 4.2% | 164 | |
| Total Votes | 3,951 | |||
| Source: Multnomah County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 3, 2015 | ||||
Endorsements
There were no official endorsements in this election.
Campaign finance
No contributions or expenditures were reported during the election, according to the Oregon Secretary of State.[7]
Candidates whose committees expected to receive or spend more than $3,500 in a calendar year were required to file campaign finance reports according to the following rules:[8]
- Transactions occurring before March 7, 2015, were required to be filed by the 30th day after the date of the transaction.
- Transactions between March 8, 2015, and April 6, 2015, were required to be filed on April 14, 2015.
- Transactions between April 7, 2015, and May 19, 2015, were required to be filed by the seventh day after the date of the transaction.
Committees who did not expect to surpass the expenditure or contribution threshold were allowed to file a "Certificate of Limited Contributions and Expenditures". If they later surpassed the limit, they were then required to file all transactions from the calendar year.[8]
Past elections
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Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the 2015 Oregon school board elections:[9][8]
| Deadline | Event |
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| February 7, 2015- March 19, 2015 |
Candidate filing period |
| March 19, 2015 | Deadline for candidates to withdraw |
| March 23, 2015 | Candidate statements for voters' pamphlet deadline |
| April 7, 2015- May 19, 2015 |
Seven day campaign finance reporting period |
| April 14, 2015 | Campaign finance report due |
| April 28, 2015 | Voter registration deadline |
| May 5, 2015 | Last day to mail ballots |
| May 19, 2015 | Election Day |
| June 8, 2015 | Certified election results deadline |
| June 23, 2015 | Last day to file recount demand |
| July 1, 2015 | New school board terms begin |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Oregon elections, 2015
Positions on the Multnomah Education Service District, Mount Hood Community College, water district and rural fire protection district were up for election on May 19, 2015, as well.[10]
Recent news
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Oregonian, "Reynolds School Board seeks applications for vacancy," August 25, 2014
- ↑ Reynolds School District, "October 8, 2014, Approved Minutes," October 8, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "State & County QuickFacts: Multnomah County, Oregon," accessed March 18, 2015
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Election History," accessed March 18, 2015
- ↑ Reynolds School District, "School Board," accessed January 22, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Committee/Filer Search by Name," accessed June 17, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Oregon Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance Manual," January 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "2015 ELECTIONS CALENDAR," accessed January 22, 2015
- ↑ Multnomah County Election Division, "Board Positions Scheduled for May 2015 Election," accessed March 18, 2015
