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Boise School District, Idaho, elections (2020)

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Boise School District elections

Filing deadline
June 26, 2020
General election date
September 1, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
26,242 students

Two seats on the Boise School District school board in Idaho were up for general election on September 1, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was June 26, 2020.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Idaho did not modify any procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election.

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Candidates and results

General election

General election for Boise School District Board of Trustees At-large (2 seats)

Incumbent Nancy Gregory and incumbent Dennis Doan defeated James Tooman in the general election for Boise School District Board of Trustees At-large on September 1, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Nancy Gregory (Nonpartisan)
 
46.7
 
6,706
Dennis Doan (Nonpartisan)
 
40.4
 
5,802
James Tooman (Nonpartisan)
 
12.9
 
1,858

Total votes: 14,366
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About the district

See also: Boise School District, Idaho

The Boise School District is located in Ada County, Idaho. The district served 26,242 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[1]

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

No counties in Idaho are Pivot Counties. 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 Idaho with 59.3 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 27.5 percent. Independent candidate Evan McMullin received 6.7 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Idaho voted Republican 70 percent of the time and Democratic 30 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Idaho voted Republican all five times.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Idaho. 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. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 4 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 13.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 4 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 17 points.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 31 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 38.6 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 31 out of 35 state House districts in Idaho with an average margin of victory of 39 points. Trump won three seats controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also

Boise School District Idaho School Boards
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