Laura P. Mitchell
Laura P. Mitchell was a member of the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school board in Colorado, representing District 5. Mitchell assumed office in 2015. Mitchell left office on December 6, 2023.
Mitchell won re-election to the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school board to represent District 5 in Colorado outright after the general election on November 5, 2019, was canceled.
Mitchell was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.[1] Mitchell was first elected to the board in 2015.[2]
Biography
Mitchell earned her B.S. in computer science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1985. She went on to receive an M.S. in computer science from Johns Hopkins University in 1991. Later she earned her executive M.B.A. from the University of Colorado in 2000. Mitchell worked as a program manager and systems engineer for the Department of Defense for over 25 years. She retired and has used the time to be active in volunteer work, such as with the new PTO for her daughters’ charter school. She has also been involved with Great Education Colorado.[3]
Elections
2019
See also: Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Colorado, elections (2019)
General election
The general election was canceled. Laura P. Mitchell (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
Note: Incumbent Laura P. Mitchell was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.
2015
Four of the five seats on the Adams 12 Board of Education were up for election on November 3, 2015. Seats in Districts 1, 2, 4, and 5 were on the general election ballot.
Incumbent Norm L. Jennings faced challenger Seth "Isaiah" Thomas in District 1. The District 2 race included candidates Daniel Garcia and Jamey Lockley. District 2 incumbent Robert M. Willsey did not file for re-election. Jeff Jasica, Stephanie James, Laura P. Mitchell, and Teresa Thomson Walsh sought the District 5 seat held by Mark Clark, who did not file for re-election.[4]
A special election for the District 4 seat previously held by Rico Figueroa included incumbent Brian Batz, Amira Amal Assad-Lucas and Jessy Briton Hamilton. Figueroa served on the board from December 2013 to March 2015 after 2013 winner Amy Speers was found ineligible to serve because she lived outside of District 4. On March 2, 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court concurred with a decision by Broomfield District Court Judge Chris Melonakis declaring the seat vacant.[5] Brian Batz was appointed to fill the vacancy in District 4 on April 29, 2015, and ran to serve the remaining two years on Speers' term.[6]
Jennings was successful in securing the District 1 seat. In District 2, Lockley won the seat. Batz was successful in being re-elected to the District 4 seat, and Mitchell won the seat in District 5.
Results
| Adams 12 Five Star Schools, District 5, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Laura P. Mitchell |
35.4% | 10,528 |
| Stephanie James | 24.9% | 7,415 |
| Jeff Jasica | 22.2% | 6,599 |
| Teresa Thomson Walsh | 17.4% | 5,187 |
| Total Votes | 29,729 | |
| Source: Adams County Clerk & Recorder, "Official County Results," and City and County of Broomfield, "Official Certified Results", accessed December 17, 2015 | ||
Funding
Mitchell reported $1,330.00 in contributions and $4,019.41 in expenditures to the Colorado Secretary of State, which left her campaign with $2,689.41 in debt as of October 29, 2015.[7]
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Laura P. Mitchell did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Candidate survey on charter schools (2015)
The Colorado League of Charter Schools issued a candidate survey for all candidates of the Adams 12 school board. Mitchell elected not to respond to any of the questions.[8]
- To read other candidate responses, visit What's at Stake for Adams 12 Five Star Schools?
See also
2019 Elections
- Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Colorado
- Adams 12 Five Star Schools elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
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Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Adams 12 Five Star Schools, "Board Elections," accessed September 9, 2019
- ↑ Adams 12 Five Star Schools, "STATEMENT OF SUFFICIENCY," August 26, 2015
- ↑ Laura Mitchell for Adams 12 Board of Education, "About Laura", accessed October 26, 2015
- ↑ Adams 12 Five Star Schools, "2015 election," accessed August 30, 2015
- ↑ Adams 12 Five Star Schools, "Director District 4 Election Update," March 6, 2015
- ↑ The Denver Post, "Adams 12 school board votes to appoint Brian Batz to board vacancy," April 29, 2015
- ↑ Tracer, "Search Results", accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ Colorado League of Charter Schools, "Adams 12 Five Star Schools Board Candidate Survey", accessed October 26, 2015
