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Nashua School District elections (2017)
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Four of nine seats on the Nashua School District Board of Education in New Hampshire were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Three incumbents filed for re-election. Incumbent Dotty Oden and candidates Heather Raymond, Ray Guarino, and Gloria Timmons defeated incumbents George Farrington and Sandra Ziehm and challengers Haley Goodspeed, Burton Janz, and Jamila Scales.[1][2]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Nashua School District Board of Education consists of nine members elected at large to four-year terms.[3] Four seats were up for election on November 7, 2017.
Candidates had to be qualified to vote in Nashua and collect 50 qualifying petition signatures from qualified Nashua voters. Voters could not sign multiple petitions for the same candidate, but they could sign as many petitions as there were seats up for election. The filing period for this election was from August 29, 2017, to September 8, 2017.[4]
To cast a ballot in the election, citizens had to register by October 28, 2017.[5] For information regarding voter identification requirements in New Hampshire, please click here.
Candidates and results
At-Large
Results
| Nashua School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Heather Raymond |
16.44% | 5,010 |
| Dotty Oden Incumbent |
15.78% | 4,808 |
| Ray Guarino |
13.67% | 4,166 |
| Gloria Timmons |
13.45% | 4,099 |
| Sandra Ziehm Incumbent | 11.11% | 3,386 |
| George Farrington Incumbent | 10.34% | 3,151 |
| Jamila Scales | 8.04% | 2,449 |
| Haley Goodspeed | 6.12% | 1,865 |
| Burton Janz | 5.03% | 1,532 |
| Total Votes | 30,466 | |
| Source: Nashua Board of Aldermen, "Meeting of the Board of Aldermen Agenda, November 14, 2017," accessed November 21, 2017 and Nashua Board of Aldermen, "Meeting of the Board of Aldermen Minutes, November 14, 2017," accessed November 21, 2017 | ||
Candidates
| George Farrington | Dotty Oden |
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| Heather Raymond |
Jamila Scales | Gloria Timmons | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: New Hampshire elections, 2017
The Nashua School District Board of Education election shared the ballot with the city of Nashua's municipal elections, including elections for aldermans, moderators, clerks, and fire commissioners.[1]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for this New Hampshire school board election in 2017:
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Past elections
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What was at stake?
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About the district
- See also: Nashua School District, New Hampshire
Nashua School District is located in southern New Hampshire in Hillsborough County. The county seats are Nashua and Manchester. The county was home to an estimated 407,761 residents from 2010 to 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[6] The district was the second-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 11,788 students.[7]
Demographics
Hillsborough County overperformed in comparison to the rest of New Hampshire in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2016. The United States Census Bureau found that 35.9 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 34.9 percent of state residents. The median household income in Hillsborough County was $71,244, while it was $66,779 for New Hampshire. The county poverty rate was 8.0 percent, compared to the state's 7.3 percent.[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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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nashua, New Hampshie, "2017 Municipal Candidate Filings," accessed September 8, 2017
- ↑ WMUR 9, "2017 city election results for Nashua, New Hampshire," November 7, 2017
- ↑ Nashua School District, "Nashua Board of Education Policy: Board Organization," accessed September 8, 2017
- ↑ Nashua, New Hampshire, "November 7, 2017 Municipal General Election - Instructions for Candidates," accessed September 8, 2017
- ↑ Nashua, New Hampshire, "Voter Registration," accessed September 8, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 United States Census Bureau, "Hillsborough County, New Hampshire," accessed September 15, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Nashua School District elections in 2017 | |
| Hillsborough County, New Hampshire | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, George Farrington • Incumbent, Dotty Oden • Incumbent, Sandra Ziehm • Haley Goodspeed • Ray Guarino • Burton Janz • Heather Raymond • Jamila Scales • Gloria Timmons |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
