Farmington Public School District elections (2016)

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Farmington Public School District Elections
General election date:
November 8, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
10,719 students

Five of the seven seats on the Farmington Public School District school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. These seats included three seats with six-year terms and two seats with two-year terms. Incumbent Terri Ann Weems ran against challengers Donald David, Clark Doughty, Bruce Lilley, William Lubaway, Tammy Luty, Ed Richardson, Tera Shamey, Angie Smith, and James Stark for the six-year terms. Weems, Smith, and Stark won these seats. Incumbent David Turner and Mark Przeslawski defeated Fritz Beiermeister for the two-year terms. Find out how Farmington's school board races stack up with other Michigan school districts here.

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The Farmington Board of Education consists of seven members elected at large to six-year terms. Michigan school board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period, which concluded on July 26, 2016. The deadline to withdraw from the election was July 29, 2016. Candidates needed to submit nominating petitions with signatures from district residents or $100 non-refundable deposits to reach the ballot. The deadline for voters to register for the election was October 11, 2016.

Six-year terms (Three seats)

Results

Farmington Public School District, At-Large General Election, 6-year terms, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Terri Ann Weems Incumbent	18.22%	13,851
Angie Smith	13.72%	10,434
James Stark	12.02%	9,142
Tammy Luty	11.10%	8,438
Clark Doughty	9.86%	7,499
Donald David	7.80%	5,929
Bruce Lilley	7.32%	5,568
Ed Richardson	7.06%	5,367
Tera Shamey	6.37%	4,844
William Lubaway	5.90%	4,487
Write-in votes	0.61%	466
Total Votes		76,025
Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 8, 2016 General Election," November 22, 2016

Candidates

Terri Ann Weems	Donald David	Clark Doughty	Bruce Lilley	William Lubaway
Incumbent First appointed in 2015 Bachelor's and master's degrees, Ohio University Certified public accountant	Bachelor's degree, Drake University Master's degree, Davenport University Project manager and consultant	Bachelor's degree and J.D., Wayne State University Attorney	Bachelor's degree, Johnson and Wales University Partner, Outdoor Source	Bachelor's and master's degrees, University of Detroit Mercy Co-founder, Lubaway, Masten & Company, LLC
Tammy Luty	Ed Richardson	Tera Shamey	Angie Smith	James Stark
Associate degree, Lawrence Technological University Former application developer			Bachelor's degree, Wayne State University	Publisher, Northwest Gazette

Two-year terms (Two seats)

Results

Farmington Public School District, At-Large General Election, 2-year terms, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Turner Incumbent	40.49%	18,807
Mark Przeslawski	30.40%	14,120
Fritz Beiermeister	28.32%	13,154
Write-in votes	0.78%	363
Total Votes		46,444
Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 8, 2016 General Election," November 22, 2016

Candidates

David Turner		Fritz Beiermeister		Mark Przeslawski
	Incumbent First appointed in 2015 Bachelor's degree, Eastern Michigan University Master's degree, Central Michigan University Vice president of human resources, Eastern Michigan University		Bachelor's degree, Ferris State University Master's degree, Stanford University President, FJBco, LLC

Additional elections

See also: Michigan elections, 2016

School board elections in Michigan shared the ballot with races for president of the United States, U.S. House seats, and state legislative seats.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for Michigan school board elections in 2016:

Deadline	Event
July 26, 2016	Candidate filing deadline
July 29, 2016	Deadline for candidates to withdraw from ballot
October 11, 2016	Voter registration deadline for general election
October 28, 2016	Pre-election campaign finance reporting deadline
November 8, 2016	General election
December 8, 2016	Post-election campaign finance reporting deadline

Endorsements

Do you know of an official or organization that endorsed a candidate in this race? Let Ballotpedia know by email at editor@ballotpedia.org.

Clark Doughty received the endorsement of the Farmington Education Association/Michigan Education Association. Terri Ann Weems, James Stark, Tammy Luty, David Turner, and Fritz Beiermeister received the endorsement of Hometown Life.

Campaign finance

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2016

School board candidates in Michigan were required to file pre-election campaign finance reports with their county election offices by October 28, 2016. Post-election reports were due by December 8, 2016.

In Michigan, candidates are prohibited from receiving contributions from corporations or labor organizations. Within 10 days of becoming a candidate, candidates must form a candidate committee. Following the creation of the committee, candidates have an additional 10 days to register the committee with the school district filing official by filing a statement of organization. A candidate committee that does not expect to receive or spend more than $1,000 during the election cycle is eligible to receive a reporting waiver, which allows that committee not to file pre-election, post-election, and annual campaign statements.

October 28 filing

Candidates received a total of $6,710.00 and spent a total of $12,632.11 as of October 30, 2016, according to the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds.

Six-year terms

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Terri Ann Weems (incumbent)	$6,510.00	$6,162.61	$347.39
Donald David	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Clark Doughty	$0.00	$1,153.35	-$1,153.35
Bruce Lilley	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
William Lubaway	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Tammy Luty	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Ed Richardson	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Tera Shamey	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Angie Smith	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
James Stark	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Two-year terms

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
David Turner (incumbent)	$200.00	$5,316.15	$5,116.15
Fritz Beiermeister	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Mark Przeslawski	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2014 Farmington Public School District, At-Large General Election, 6-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Jessica Cummings 33.9% 13,171      Nonpartisan Terry L. Johnson 25.3% 9,806      Nonpartisan Trisha L. Balazovic Incumbent 23.1% 8,948      Nonpartisan William J. Lubaway 17.4% 6,740      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 133 Total Votes 38,798 Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 4, 2014 General Election," accessed December 29, 2014 2011 Farmington Public School District, At-Large General Election, 6-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Karen Bolsen Incumbent 29.3% 7,054      Nonpartisan Howard I. Wallach Incumbent 25.5% 6,151      Nonpartisan Irving W. Ginsberg 21.8% 5,255      Nonpartisan Angie Smith 16.1% 3,888      Nonpartisan Samuel M. Ramsey III 7% 1,692      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.2% 47 Total Votes 24,087 Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 8, 2011 Election," accessed September 1, 2014 Farmington Public School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Murray J. Kahn 49.9% 6,154      Nonpartisan David Sampson 49.8% 6,133      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 38 Total Votes 12,325 Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 8, 2011 Election," accessed September 1, 2014 Farmington Public School District, At-Large Special Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan George Gurrola 98.9% 9,543      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.1% 107 Total Votes 9,650 Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 8, 2011 Election," accessed September 1, 2014

What was at stake?

Election trends

Farmington's 2016 school board elections featured more candidates per seat than the district's 2014 elections. Voters in the Farmington Public School District saw 2.6 candidates per seat up for election in 2016, while the 2014 ballot featured two candidates per seat. The district's 2016 elections surpassed the 2.3 candidates per seat average for all Michigan school board elections covered by Ballotpedia. Farmington's two candidates per seat in 2014 fell below the 2.09 candidates per seat for Michigan districts in Ballotpedia's coverage. The following table compares candidates per seat in 2014 and 2016 for school board elections covered by Ballotpedia in Michigan and the United States:

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About the district

See also: Farmington Public School District, Michigan

Farmington Public School District is located in Oakland County, Mich.

Farmington Public School District is located in Oakland County in southeastern Michigan. The county seat is Pontiac. Oakland County was home to 1,242,304 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau. The district was the 17th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 10,719 students.

Demographics

Oakland County outperformed Michigan as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 43.7 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 26.4 percent of state residents. The median household income for Oakland County was $66,436, compared to $49,087 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level was 10.0 percent for the county, while it was 16.2 percent statewide.

Racial Demographics, 2015
Race	Oakland County (%)	Michigan (%)
White	76.2	79.7
Black or African American	14.4	14.2
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.3	0.7
Asian	6.8	3.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0	0.0
Two or more races	2.2	2.3
Hispanic or Latino	3.9	4.9

Presidential Voting Pattern, Oakland County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	349,002	296,514
2008	372,566	276,956
2004	319,387	316,633
2000	281,201	274,319

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.

Recent news

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See also

Farmington Public School District	Michigan	School Boards
Farmington Public School District elections (2014) List of school districts in Michigan	Michigan school board elections, 2016 Public education in Michigan Local ballot measures, Michigan	School board elections, 2016 School board elections, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2016 School board election data analysis, 2015

External links

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• Farmington Public School District
• Oakland County, Michigan
• Oakland County Clerk
• Michigan Department of Education
• Michigan Association of School Boards