Rio Rancho Public Schools elections (2015)

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2015 Rio Rancho Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
February 3, 2015
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
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New Mexico Rio Rancho Public Schools Sandoval County, New Mexico ballot measures Local ballot measures, New Mexico

Two seats on the Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on February 3, 2015.

District 2 incumbent Carl Harper originally filed to run for re-election but withdrew before the deadline to do so on December 30, 2014, leaving challenger Ramon Montano to run unopposed and win the seat by default. District 4 incumbent Divyesh Patel did not file for re-election. The sole challenger for that seat, Ryan Parra, also ran unopposed and won his seat by default.

About the district

See also: Rio Rancho Public Schools, New Mexico

Rio Rancho Public Schools is located in Sandoval County, N.M.

The Rio Rancho school district is located in Sandoval County in northern New Mexico. The county seat is Bernalillo. Sandoval County is home to 136,575 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau. During the 2011-2012 school year, Rio Rancho Public Schools was the third-largest school district by enrollment in New Mexico and served 16,870 students.

Demographics

Sandoval County overperformed compared to the rest of New Mexico in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 28.1 percent of Sandoval County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 25.6 percent for New Mexico as a whole. The median household income for Sandoval County was $58,116 compared to $44,886 for the state of New Mexico. The percentage of people below poverty level for Sandoval County was 13.2 percent while it was 19.5 percent for the state of New Mexico.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Sandoval County (%)	New Mexico (%)
White	79.3	82.9
Black or African American	2.6	2.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	13.5	10.4
Asian	1.7	1.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2	0.2
Two or more races	2.7	2.4
Hispanic or Latino	36.9	47.3

Presidential Voting Pattern, Sandoval County
Year	Democratic Vote (%)	Republican Vote (%)
2012	50.3	45.2
2008	56.0	43.0
2004	48.0	51.0
2000	46.9	48.6

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.

Voter and candidate information

The Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms by specific geographic areas. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on February 3, 2015. The District 1, 3 and 5 seats were up for election in 2013, and the District 2 and 4 seats were up for election in 2015.

School board candidates must be registered voters residing within the school district they wish to represent. For the 2015 general election, candidates had to file a declaration of candidacy with their county elections office on December 16, 2014. Those wishing to run as a write-in candidate had to file on December 30, 2014. The candidate withdrawal deadline was also December 30, 2014.

To vote in the school board elections on February 3, 2015, voters had to register by January 6, 2015. In-person absentee voting, or early voting, began on January 9, 2015, and continued through January 30, 2015. To vote in-person absentee, registered voters had to mark their absentee ballot in-person at their county elections office on a weekday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. during the early voting period.

District 2

• Ramon Montano
  • Director, Universal Protection
  • Former member, Las Vegas City Public Schools, New Mexico
  • Former president, New Mexico School Boards Association

Incumbent Carl Harper originally filed to run for re-election, but he withdrew before the deadline to do so on December 30, 2014. Because of this, his name did not appear on the ballot.

District 4

• Ryan Parra
  • Student, University of New Mexico

Election results

District 2

Rio Rancho Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Ramon Montano	100%	20
Total Votes				20
Source: Sandoval County Bureau of Elections, "Election held in Sandoval County for Rio Rancho Public School District No. 94 on February 3, 2015," accessed March 10, 2015

District 4

Rio Rancho Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Ryan Parra	100%	32
Total Votes				32
Source: Sandoval County Bureau of Elections, "Election held in Sandoval County for Rio Rancho Public School District No. 94 on February 3, 2015," accessed March 10, 2015

Endorsements

No candidate received an official endorsement for this election.

Campaign finance

The New Mexico Secretary of State's Office requires school board candidates in districts with an enrollment of 12,000 students or more to file an annual report each year. Candidates running for a seat on this district's school board had to file that annual report by April 13, 2015.

Past elections

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

2013 Rio Rancho Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Don Schlichte Incumbent 48.6% 206      Nonpartisan Jan Marfyak 29% 123      Nonpartisan Mario Martinez 22.4% 95 Total Votes 424 Source: Rio Rancho Public Schools, "Official 2013 School Board Election Results," accessed December 17, 2014 Rio Rancho Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Martha Janssen 78.4% 58      Nonpartisan Christina McKee 21.6% 16 Total Votes 74 Source: Rio Rancho Public Schools, "Official 2013 School Board Election Results," accessed December 17, 2014 Rio Rancho Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Catherine Cullen 38.3% 110      Nonpartisan Kelly Howe 28.2% 81      Nonpartisan Victor Rodriguez 19.9% 57      Nonpartisan Alex Weimer 12.2% 35      Nonpartisan Sandra Atwood 1.4% 4 Total Votes 287 Source: Rio Rancho Public Schools, "Official 2013 School Board Election Results," accessed December 17, 2014 2011 Rio Rancho Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Carl Harper 60.9% 179      Nonpartisan Linda Allison 39.1% 115 Total Votes 294 Source: Rio Rancho Observer, "Harper wins school board seat," February 6, 2011 District 4 Divyesh Patel won re-election to District 4 unopposed.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Rio Rancho Public Schools election in 2015:

Deadline	Event
December 16, 2014	Candidate filing date
December 30, 2014	Write-in candidate filing date
December 30, 2014	Last day to withdraw as a candidate
January 6, 2015	Last day to register to vote in the election
January 9, 2015	First day to vote in-person absentee
January 30, 2015	Last day to vote in-person absentee
February 3, 2015	General election date
April 13, 2015	Last day to file annual campaign finance report

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: New Mexico elections, 2015

This election shared the ballot with other school board elections.

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See also

Rio Rancho Public Schools	New Mexico	School Boards
List of school districts in New Mexico	New Mexico school board elections, 2015 Public education in New Mexico Local ballot measures, New Mexico	School board elections, 2015 School board elections, 2014 School board election data analysis, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2014

External links

Suggest a link

• Rio Rancho Public Schools
• Sandoval County Bureau of Elections