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Past elections in the Boulder Valley School District
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This page contains the results from the Boulder Valley School District school board elections. Click on the tabs below to see election results from the corresponding year.
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2017
Three of the seven seats on the Boulder Valley School District Board of Education in Colorado were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. In her bid for re-election, incumbent Tina Marquis ran unopposed and won re-election to the District B seat. Donna Miers, Raj Rawat, and Dean Vlachos ran for the open District E seat, and Alexandra Eddy and Kitty Sargent ran for the open District F seat. Miers and Sargent won election to the board.[1][2] Andrew Hendrickson initially filed to run for the District F seat, but he withdrew from the race.[3]
| Boulder Valley School District, District B General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Tina Marquis Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 35,975 |
| Total Votes | 35,975 | |
| Source: Boulder County Elections, "2017 Coordinated Election November 7, 2017 Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 | ||
| Boulder Valley School District, District E General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Donna Miers |
47.17% | 19,893 |
| Dean Vlachos | 35.58% | 15,005 |
| Raj Rawat | 17.24% | 7,272 |
| Total Votes | 42,170 | |
| Source: Boulder County Elections, "2017 Coordinated Election November 7, 2017 Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 | ||
| Boulder Valley School District, District F General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Kitty Sargent |
66.87% | 23,559 |
| Alexandra Eddy | 33.13% | 11,672 |
| Total Votes | 35,231 | |
| Source: Boulder County Elections, "2017 Coordinated Election November 7, 2017 Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 | ||
2015
Four of the seven seats on the Boulder Valley School District Board of Education were up for election on November 3, 2015. Seats in Districts A, C, D, and G were on the general election ballot.
District A incumbent Shelly Benford faced challenger Denny McCloskey. District C incumbent Albright was term-limited heading into 2015, which left an open seat on the ballot. Chris Barge and Kathy Gebhardt ran to fill that seat. Sam Fuqua ran unopposed for re-election in District D, and Richard L. Garcia was unopposed in his bid to replace the term-limited Jim Reed in District G.[4] Benford won election to District A, and Gebhardt was elected to District C. The unopposed Fuqua and Garcia were successful in securing the seats of Districts D and G, respectively.
District A
| Boulder Valley School District, District A, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Shelly Benford Incumbent |
67.3% | 23,121 |
| Denny McCloskey | 32.7% | 11,254 |
| Total Votes | 34,375 | |
| Source: Boulder County, "2015 Coordinated Election Official Results," December 21, 2015 | ||
District C
| Boulder Valley School District, District C, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Kathy Gebhardt |
50.4% | 18,124 |
| Chris Barge | 49.6% | 17,801 |
| Total Votes | 35,925 | |
| Source: Boulder County, "2015 Coordinated Election Official Results," December 21, 2015 | ||
District D
| Boulder Valley School District, District D, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Sam Fuqua Incumbent |
100.0% | 30,222 |
| Total Votes | 30,222 | |
| Source: Boulder County, "2015 Coordinated Election Official Results," December 21, 2015 | ||
District G
| Boulder Valley School District, District G, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Richard L. Garcia |
100.0% | 29,973 |
| Total Votes | 29,973 | |
| Source: Boulder County, "2015 Coordinated Election Official Results," December 21, 2015 | ||
2013
The school district canceled the election due to a lack of opposition for the candidates who filed, which left newcomer Tina Marquis and incumbents Tom Miers and Jennie Belval as the default winners of the District B, E, and F seats, respectively.[5]
2011
| Boulder Valley School District, District A General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Shelly Benford |
100% | 25,494 | |
| Total Votes | 25,494 | |||
| Source: Boulder County, Colorado, "Official 2011 Coordinated Election Results for Boulder County," accessed October 2, 2013 | ||||
| Boulder Valley School District, District C General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Laurie Albright |
71.7% | 21,408 | |
| Nonpartisan | Leisha L. Conners Bauer | 28.3% | 8,448 | |
| Total Votes | 29,856 | |||
| Source: Boulder County, Colorado, "Official 2011 Coordinated Election Results for Boulder County," accessed October 2, 2013 | ||||
| Boulder Valley School District, District D General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Sam Fuqua |
56.2% | 17,442 | |
| Nonpartisan | Monica Olguin | 43.8% | 13,595 | |
| Total Votes | 31,037 | |||
| Source: Boulder County, Colorado, "Official 2011 Coordinated Election Results for Boulder County," accessed October 2, 2013 | ||||
| Boulder Valley School District, District G General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | James Reed |
100% | 25,207 | |
| Total Votes | 25,207 | |||
| Source: Boulder County, Colorado, "Official 2011 Coordinated Election Results for Boulder County," accessed October 2, 2013 | ||||
Footnotes
- ↑ Boulder Valley School District, "BVSD BOE Candidate Information," accessed September 5, 2017
- ↑ Boulder County Elections, "2017 Coordinated Election November 7, 2017 Unofficial Results," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Boulder County Elections, "2017 Candidates and Ballot Issues," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Nick Katers email exchange with board secretary Sandy Eicher on September 1, 2015.
- ↑ DailyCamera, "Boulder Valley cancels election, names Tina Marquis to school board," September 5, 2013
