North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 elections (2016)

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North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 Elections
General election date:
November 8, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
10,742 students

Four of the seven seats on the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Theresa Augé, Steve Hunt, Nancy Livingston, and Becky Neve faced challengers Richard Bennett, Crystal Coleman, and Danny Porter. All four incumbents won re-election to their seats. In addition to choosing which candidates to elect to the board, citizens of the school district voted on an increase to the district's operating levy.

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School Board consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held at large on a staggered basis every November of even-numbered years. Three seats were up for election on November 4, 2014, and four seats were up for election on November 8, 2016. There was no primary election.

To run in this election, school board candidates had to be at least 21 years old, residents of the school district for at least 30 days before the date of the election, and able to vote in Minnesota. They also had to register with the school district by August 16, 2016. Any candidate wishing to withdraw their candidacy had to do so by August 18, 2016.

To vote in this election, residents of the district had to register by October 18, 2016. Photo identification was not required to vote in Minnesota.

At-large

Results

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Nancy Livingston Incumbent	17.87%	15,027
Theresa Augé Incumbent	16.34%	13,733
Steve Hunt Incumbent	14.60%	12,277
Becky Neve Incumbent	14.20%	11,941
Crystal Coleman	13.50%	11,353
Danny Porter	11.60%	9,749
Richard Bennett	11.23%	9,445
Write-in votes	0.65%	546
Total Votes		84,071
Source: North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, "Special Meeting Session School Board," November 15, 2016

Candidates

Theresa Augé		Steve Hunt		Nancy Livingston
	Incumbent Member from 2003-2016		Incumbent Member from 2008-2016		Incumbent Member from 1999-2016

Becky Neve		Richard Bennett
	Incumbent Member from 2012-2016
Crystal Coleman		Danny Porter

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Minnesota elections, 2016

The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 election shared the ballot with the presidential election as well as elections for seats in the Minnesota State Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives. It also shared the ballot with an operating levy for the school district as well as Ramsey County elections for county commissioners and soil and water supervisors.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for Minnesota school board elections in 2016:

Deadline	Event
August 16, 2016	Candidate filing deadline
August 18, 2016	Candidate withdrawal deadline
October 18, 2016	Voter registration deadline
October 29, 2016	Pre-election campaign finance report due
November 8, 2016	General election date
December 7, 2016	Post-election campaign finance report due
January 2, 2017	Board members take office

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Campaign finance

At the time of this election, the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 did not publish campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staff directly requested this information, but the school district did not provide it.

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2014 See also: North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 elections (2014) North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Amy Coborn Incumbent 30.8% 14,151      Nonpartisan Michelle Yener Incumbent 21.8% 10,028      Nonpartisan Caleb Anderson 17.4% 8,003      Nonpartisan Danny Porter 17.2% 7,878      Nonpartisan Bennie Bennett 12.2% 5,610      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.5% 226 Total Votes 45,896 Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 622 - North St. Paul-Maplewood," accessed December 30, 2014 2012 North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Nancy Livingston Incumbent 23.5% 17,719      Nonpartisan Theresa Augé Incumbent 20.7% 15,613      Nonpartisan Steve Hunt Incumbent 20.3% 15,254      Nonpartisan Becky Neve 18.2% 13,671      Nonpartisan Richard Bennett 16.7% 12,557      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.6% 487 Total Votes 75,301 Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 622 - North St. Paul-Maplewood," accessed August 1, 2014 2010 North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Amy Coborn 24.1% 12,176      Nonpartisan Mark Wheeler Incumbent 18% 9,096      Nonpartisan Michelle Yener 12.9% 6,540      Nonpartisan Marc Cove 10.5% 5,296      Nonpartisan Chuck Myers 10.2% 5,146      Nonpartisan Rich Bennett 8.7% 4,389      Nonpartisan Arnoldo Curiel 7.9% 3,981      Nonpartisan Robert Martin 7.3% 3,686      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.5% 250 Total Votes 50,560 Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected School District Contests," accessed August 1, 2014

What was at stake?

2016

Issues in the election

Operating levy

In addition to choosing four candidates to serve on the school board, citizens of the district voted on a $630-per-student increase to the district's operating levy. The district asked for an operating levy increase in 2015, but it was defeated. For 2016, the district cut the requested increase by one-third. It was approved with over 54 percent of the vote. The question appeared on the ballot as follows:

“	The board of Independent School District No. 622 (North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale) has proposed to increase its general education revenue by $630 per pupil. The proposed referendum revenue authorization would increase each year by the rate of inflation and be applicable for ten years unless otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law. Shall the increase in the revenue proposed by the board of Independent School District No. 622 be approved?	”
—North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 (2016)

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About the district

See also: North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, Minnesota

The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 is located in Ramsey County, Minnesota.

The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 is located in Ramsey County in eastern Minnesota. The county seat is St. Paul. Ramsey County was home to 538,133 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau. The district was the 12th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 10,742 students.

Demographics

Ramsey County outperformed Minnesota as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 39.8 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 33.2 percent of state residents. The median household income for Ramsey County was $55,460, compared to $60,828 for the entire state. The percentage of people in poverty was 16.5 percent, while it was 11.5 percent statewide.

Racial Demographics, 2015
Race	Ramsey County (%)	Minnesota (%)
White	69.3	85.4
Black or African American	11.9	6.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.9	1.3
Asian	14.4	4.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or more races	3.4	2.4
Hispanic or Latino	7.4	5.2

Presidential Voting Pattern, Ramsey County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	184,938	86,800
2008	182,974	88,942
2004	171,846	97,096
2000	138,470	87,669

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.

Recent news

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See also

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622	Minnesota	School Boards
North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 elections (2014) List of school districts in Minnesota	Minnesota school board elections, 2016 Public education in Minnesota Local ballot measures, Minnesota	School board elections, 2016 School board elections, 2015

External links

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