Wylie Independent School District elections (2016)
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Three of the seven seats on the Wylie Independent School District school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. Place 3, 4, and 7 incumbents Barbara Goss, Lance Goff, and Stacie Gooch filed for re-election. Goss and Gooch won re-election without opposition, while Goff lost to challenger Matt Atkins.[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Wylie Independent School District Board of Trustees is composed of seven at-large members elected to four-year terms. The filing period for Texas school board candidates running in fall elections started on July 23, 2016. The final day for candidates to file their applications for ballot placement was August 22, 2016. A candidate for school board in Texas must be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the school district. The application for ballot placement also states that candidates cannot have felony convictions or court judgments verifying total mental incapacity on their records.[2]
The deadline to register to vote for the November election was October 11, 2016. The early voting period started on October 24, 2016, and concluded on November 4, 2016.[3]
Candidates and results
Place 3
Results
| Wylie Independent School District, Place 3 General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Barbara Goss Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 12,565 |
| Total Votes | 12,565 | |
| Source: Collin County, TX, "Election Summary Report," November 16, 2016 | ||
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| Barbara Goss | |
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Place 4
Results
| Wylie Independent School District, Place 4 General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Matt Atkins |
56.38% | 7,503 |
| Lance Goff Incumbent | 43.62% | 5,805 |
| Total Votes | 13,308 | |
| Source: Collin County, TX, "Election Summary Report," November 16, 2016 | ||
Candidates
| Lance Goff | Matt Atkins | ||
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Place 7
Results
| Wylie Independent School District, Place 7 General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Stacie Gooch Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 12,069 |
| Total Votes | 12,069 | |
| Source: Collin County, TX, "Election Summary Report," November 16, 2016 | ||
Candidates
| Stacie Gooch | |
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Texas elections, 2016
Texas school board elections appeared on the ballot with races for U.S. president, U.S. House, state senate, state house, state courts, and local courts. These elections shared the ballot with statewide ballot measures.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Texas school board elections in 2016:[4]
| Deadline | Event |
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| July 23, 2016 | First day of candidate filing period |
| August 22, 2016 | Deadline for candidate filing |
| October 11, 2016 | Voter registration deadline |
| October 24, 2016 | First day of early voting in person |
| October 31, 2016 | Deadline for final pre-election campaign finance report |
| November 4, 2016 | Final day of early voting in person |
| November 8, 2016 | General election |
| November 22, 2016 | Deadline for completion of vote canvassing |
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Campaign finance
Texas campaign ethics laws require school board candidates with opponents to file finance reports with their school district or county elections office. Candidates were required to file a pre-election report on October 11, 2016. The final campaign filing deadline prior to the November 2016 general election was October 31, 2016.[5]
What was at stake?
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About the district
- See also: Wylie Independent School District, Texas
Wylie Independent School District is located in Collin County, Texas. The county seat of Collin County is McKinney. Collin County was home to 914,127 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[6] The district was the 84th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 13,726 students.[7]
Demographics
Collin County outperformed in comparison to the state of Texas in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 49.4 percent of Collin County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.1 percent for Texas as a whole. The median household income in Collin County was $84,233, compared to $52,576 for the state of Texas. The poverty rate in Collin County was 7.0 percent, compared to 15.9 percent for the entire state.[6]
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Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email conversation with Rhonda Tracy, Assistant to the Superintendent," August 25, 2016
- ↑ Clint Independent School District, "Board Member Elections 2016," accessed September 13, 2016
- ↑ El Paso County Elections Department, "Important Dates: 2016 General Election," May 12, 2016
- ↑ Texas Association of School Boards, "November 8, 2016 Election Calendar and FAQ," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "2016 Filing Schedule for Reports Due in Connection with Elections Held on Uniform Election Dates," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 United States Census Bureau, "Collin County, Texas," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Collin County," accessed December 31, 2014
| 2016 Wylie Independent School District Elections | |
| Collin County, Texas | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Place 3: Incumbent, Barbara Goss Place 4: Incumbent, Lance Goff • Matt Atkins |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
