Andrew Beach
Andrew Beach was a candidate for Zone 7 representative on the Beaverton School Board in Oregon. He lost in the general election on May 19, 2015.
Compared to the last two election cycles in the district, Beach faced a more competitive election field. An average of 2.33 candidates filed for each seat up for election, but just two filed for the Zone 7 seat, including Beach.
Over five years after the first proposal was made, it appeared a land swap between Beaverton School District and neighboring Hillsboro School District might finally move forward. While there was vocal debate in Hillsboro, which was the point of instigation for the proposed district changes, Beaverton had not responded to calls to meet and discuss the change as of late April 2015.
Biography
Beach is a principal broker at Berkshire Hathaway Real Estate. He graduated from Glencoe High School before attending Oregon State University for mechanical engineering. He earned his B.A. in international business from Portland State University. He is married and has three children.[1]
Elections
2015
Three of the seven seats on the Beaverton School Board were up for election on May 19, 2015. Zone 3 incumbent Mary VanderWeele, Zone 6 incumbent Jeff Hicks and Zone 7 incumbent Linda Degman were up for election. VanderWeel and Hicks did not file to seek re-election. Melissa Potter and Eric Simpson ran for the open Zone 3 seat, with Simpson defeating Potter. Becky Tymchuk defeated John Somoza and Daniel Vazquez to take the open Zone 6 seat. Degman defeated challenger Andrew Beach in her re-election bid.
Results
| Beaverton School District, Zone 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Linda Degman Incumbent |
74.2% | 15,374 | |
| Nonpartisan | Andrew Beach | 25.5% | 5,288 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 71 | |
| Total Votes | 20,733 | |||
| Source: Washington County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 4, 2015 and Multnomah County, Oregon, "Official Summary Report Special District Election: May 19, 2015," June 3, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Beach reported $1,175.00 in contributions and $1,000.98 in expenditures to the Oregon Secretary of State, which left his campaign with $174.02 on hand in this election. However, his campaign also reported $600.00 in outstanding loans. This left his campaign with an overall deficit of $425.98.[2]
Endorsements
Beach was endorsed by Hillsboro School Board member Erik Seligman.[1]
Campaign themes
2015
| “ | Andrew Beach and his wife Cyndi have 2 daughters in our Beaverton Schools, and 1 daughter who graduated from Aloha High. With more than 14 years of firsthand experience, Andrew knows how the challenges in our schools impact our Beaverton families. As an advocate of parental involvement, Andrew has experience with IEP’s, federally mandated standards, and the Smarter Balanced assessments that are affecting the most important relationship in education - the relationship between families and teachers. Andrew’s priorities as your Beaverton School Board, Zone 7 director:
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| —Andrew Beach (2015)[1] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Beaverton School District, Oregon
- Beaverton School District elections (2015)
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states (May 21, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Washington County Elections Division, "Washington County voters’ pamphlet: Vote-by-mail regular election May 19, 2015," accessed May 18, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Committee/Filer Search by Name," accessed June 5, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2015 Beaverton School District Elections | |
| Washington County, Oregon | |
| Election date: | May 19, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Zone 3: Melissa Potter • Eric Simpson Zone 6: John Somoza • Becky Tymchuk • Daniel Vazquez |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
