Gail Ann Briggs
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Gail Ann Briggs was an at-large member of the McLean County Unit District No 5 Board of Education in Illinois. She was first elected to the board in 1976.[1]
Briggs ran unopposed and won re-election to a two-year term in the general election on April 7, 2015.[2][3] She originally filed to run for a four-year term as well as the two-year term. When no one else filed for the two-year term seat, she withdrew her petition for the four-year term. She said she believes it is important that the ballot be full.[4]
Elections
2015
Five of the seven at-large seats on the McLean County Unit District No 5 Board of Education were up for general election on April 7, 2015. The five seats up for election included four four-year terms and one two-year term.
Only three incumbents filed to run for re-election. Incumbents Denise L. Schuster and Michael E. Trask faced four challengers, Glenn Block, James E. Hayek Jr., Barry Hitchins and John Howard Kuk, for the four-year term seats. Trask and Schuster won their bids for re-election, and Hayek and Hitchins won the other two seats. Incumbent Gail Ann Briggs ran unopposed and won the two-year term seat.
Results
| McLean County Unit District No 5, At-Large Special Election, 2-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Gail Ann Briggs Incumbent |
100% | 2,803 | |
| Total Votes | 2,803 | |||
| Source: McLean County Clerk, "Election Summary Report: Consolidated Election April 7, 2015," accessed April 22, 2015 | ||||
Funding
School board candidates in Illinois are only required to file campaign finance reports if they accept contributions or make expenditures in excess of $5,000 in a 12-month period.[5]
Briggs reported no contributions or expenditures to the Illinois State Board of Elections in this election.[6]
Endorsements
Briggs was endorsed by UAW Local 2488.[7]
2011
| McLean County Unit District No 5, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Gail Ann Briggs Incumbent |
25.5% | 2,336 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Pritchett Incumbent |
25.1% | 2,302 | |
| Nonpartisan | Wendy Maulson Incumbent |
24.9% | 2,282 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael E. Trask |
24.5% | 2,251 | |
| Total Votes | 9,171 | |||
| Source: McClean County Clerk, "Consolidated Election Official Results," accessed March 16, 2015 | ||||
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See also
- McLean County Unit District No 5, Illinois
- McLean County Unit District No 5 elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state budget... (April 8, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pantagraph.com, "Unit 5's Briggs back for school board race," December 16, 2014
- ↑ McLean County Clerk, "School Board Petition Filing," accessed January 20, 2015
- ↑ McLean County Clerk, "Election Summary Report: Consolidated Election April 7, 2015," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ Pantagraph.com, "Briggs unopposed as school board ballot finished," December 30, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "A Guide to Campaign Disclosure," accessed March 31, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Disclosure Search," accessed April 3, 2015
- ↑ UAW Local 2488, "Building Trades Local Endorsements," accessed March 26, 2015
| 2015 McLean County Unit District No 5 Elections | |
| McLean County, Illinois | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Four-year term: • Incumbent, Denise L. Schuster • Incumbent, Michael E. Trask • Glenn Block • James E. Hayek Jr. • Barry Hitchins • John Howard Kuk Two-year term: • Incumbent, Gail Ann Briggs |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
