Barbara Petersen
Barbara Petersen was a member of the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education in New Mexico, representing District 4. She assumed office in 2015. She left office on January 1, 2024.
Petersen ran for re-election to the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education to represent District 4 in New Mexico. She won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Biography
Petersen worked as a teacher in Albuquerque Public Schools for over 30 years.[1] She has also served as the political outreach coordinator of the Albuquerque Teachers Federation. Petersen studied at Cornell College in Iowa before transferring to the University of New Mexico, where she earned a bachelor's degree in education. She also earned her master's degree in education from the University of New Mexico. Petersen is the mother of one adopted daughter who graduated from Albuquerque Public Schools.[2][3]
Elections
2019
See also: Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico, elections (2019)
General election
General election for Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education District 4
Incumbent Barbara Petersen defeated Laura Carlson and Verland Coker in the general election for Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education District 4 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Barbara Petersen (Nonpartisan) | 66.3 | 7,712 |
| Laura Carlson (Nonpartisan) | 19.2 | 2,229 | ||
| Verland Coker (Nonpartisan) | 14.5 | 1,691 | ||
| Total votes: 11,632 | |||
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2015
The election in Albuquerque Public Schools featured three of seven total seats up for general election on February 3, 2015. The seats from Districts 1, 2 and 4 were up for re-election.
Incumbent Analee Maestas faced two challengers for the District 1 seat, Colt Balok and Madelyn Jones, and won re-election. In District 2, incumbent Kathy Korte faced only one challenger, Peggy L. Muller-Aragon. Muller-Aragon defeated Korte to take a seat on the board. District 4 incumbent Martin Esquivel did not seek re-election, leaving the seat open for a newcomer. Five candidates, Sina-Aurelia Pleasant Soul-Bowe, Mark Gilboard, John Jake Lopez, Charles MacQuigg and Barbara Petersen, filed to run for that open seat. James Osborn also originally filed to run for the District 4 seat, but he withdrew his candidacy. Petersen defeated her fellow candidates to become the next District 4 representative on the board.
Results
| Albuquerque Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Barbara Petersen |
63.4% | 1,877 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Gilboard | 17.8% | 526 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Jake Lopez | 13% | 386 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sina-Aurelia Pleasant Soul-Bowe | 3.5% | 104 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles MacQuigg | 2.3% | 69 | |
| Total Votes | 2,962 | |||
| Source: Abbey Smith, "Email communication with the Bernalillo County Bureau of Elections," February 26, 2015 | ||||
Funding
The New Mexico Secretary of State's Office requires school board candidates in districts with an enrollment of 12,000 students or more to file an annual report each year. Candidates running for a seat on this district's school board had to file that annual report by April 13, 2015.[4]
Endorsements
Petersen received endorsements from the following organizations and public officials:[5][6][7]
- Albuquerque Teachers Federation
- American Federation of Teachers
- New Mexico Federation of Labor
- Central New Mexico Labor Council
- New Mexico Building & Trades Council
- Plumbers & Pipe Fitters #412
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters
- International Association of Iron Workers, Local 495
- OLÉ New Mexico
- SWOP Action Fund
- IATSE Local 480
- New Mexico Education Commissioner Eleanor Chavez (D)
- State Senator Jacob Candelaria (D)
- State Senator Cisco McSorley (D)
- State Representative Gail Chasey (D)
- State Representative Mimi Stewart (D)
- State Representative Patricia A. Roybal Caballero (D)
- State Representative Georgene Louis (D)
- State Representative Miguel Garcia (D)
- Albuquerque City Council Member Diane G. Gibson
- Albuquerque City Council Member Isaac Benton
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Barbara Petersen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2019 Elections
- Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico
- Albuquerque Public Schools elections (2015)
- New Mexico school board elections attract numerous educators as candidates (January 23, 2015)
- New faces to join all of New Mexico's largest school district boards (February 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Barbara Petersen for ABQ School Board Facebook page, "About," accessed January 8, 2015
- ↑ Albuquerque Journal, "APS District 4: Candidate profiles and Q&A," January 22, 2015
- ↑ Barbara Petersen, "Biography," accessed January 26, 2015
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Guidelines of Candidates and Campaign Committees: associated with Proposed Rule-Campaign Finance," accessed January 6, 2015
- ↑ Barbara Petersen for ABQ School Board Facebook page, "Message posted January 7, 2015," accessed January 8, 2015
- ↑ AFT Union, "Board of Education ATF-COPE Endorsed Candidates," accessed January 26, 2015
- ↑ Barbara Petersen, "Endorsements," accessed January 26, 2015
