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Eden Prairie Schools elections (2015)
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Four seats on the Eden Prairie Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.
The seats of incumbents Karla Bratrud, Dave Espe, John Estall and Holly Parker were up for election.[1] Espe, who was the only incumbent who filed for re-election, faced challengers Asad Aliweyd, Murshid Barud, John Kohner, Greg Lehman, Jeffery Saxton and Adam Seidel for the four at-large seats. Barud previously ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the board in 2013. Espe, Kohner, Lehman and Seidel won the four seats.
About the district
- See also: Eden Prairie Schools, Minnesota
Eden Prairie Schools is located in central Minnesota in Hennepin County. The county seat is Minneapolis. This county was home to 1,152,425 residents in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau.[2] In the 2011-2012 school year, Eden Prairie Schools was the 17th-largest school district in Minnesota and served 9,536 students.[3]
Demographics
Hennepin County outperformed the rest of Minnesota in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 45.8 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 32.6 percent for Minnesota as a whole. The median household income in Hennepin County was $64,403, compared to $59,836 for the state of Minnesota. The poverty rate was 12.8 percent, compared to 11.5 percent for the entire state.[2]
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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.
Voter and candidate information
The Eden Prairie Board of Education consists of seven members elected at-large to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 3, 2015. Four seats were up for election in 2015.[1]
School board candidates had to file nomination documents during the candidate filing period, which began on July 28, 2015, and ended on August 11, 2015. The deadline for candidates to withdraw was August 13, 2015.[5]
Elections
2015
Candidates
At-large
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Asad Aliweyd | Murshid Barud | |||
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| John Kohner |
Greg Lehman | ||
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| Jeffery Saxton | Adam Seidel | ||
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Election results
| Eden Prairie Schools, At-Large, General Election, 2015 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Adam Seidel |
21.9% | 2,531 |
| Dave Espe Incumbent |
20.9% | 2,416 |
| John Kohner |
17.7% | 2,041 |
| Greg Lehman |
13.7% | 1,582 |
| Asad Aliweyd | 11.6% | 1,342 |
| Jeffery Saxton | 8.8% | 1,016 |
| Murshid Barud | 5.0% | 579 |
| Write-in votes | 0.33% | 38 |
| Total Votes | 11,545 | |
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Local Results in Hennepin County," accessed November 4, 2015 These election results are not official and will be updated when certified results are available. You can submit certified results by contacting us. |
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Endorsements
Incumbent Dave Espe and challengers Asad Aliweyd, John Kohner and Adam Seidel received endorsements from the Eden Prairie News.[6]
Aliweyd also received endorsements from Eden Prairie City Council members Ron Case and Sherry Butcher Wickstrom, as well as former Eden Prairie Board of Education members Carol Bomben, Jan Eian, Greg Olson and Kim Ross.[7] Seidel received an endorsement from Eden Prairie Board of Education member Holly Link.[8]
Campaign finance
Candidates received a total of $5,601.30 and spent a total of $5,012.76 during the election, according to the Eden Prairie Schools administration.[9]
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
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| Dave Espe | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Asad Aliweyd | $2,740.50 | $3,142.11 | -$401.61 |
| Murshid Barud | $710.80 | $710.80 | $0.00 |
| John Kohner | $0.00 | $1,159.85 | $532.65 |
| Greg Lehman | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Jeffery Saxton | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Adam Seidel | $2,150.00 | $0.00 | $2,150.00 |
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What was at stake?
Ballotpedia survey responses
Two out of seven candidates in this race participated in Ballotpedia's 2015 survey of school board candidates. The following sections display the responses to the survey questions from Murshid Barud and Greg Lehman.
Top priorities
When asked what his top priorities would be if elected, Barud stated:
| “ | Closing the achievement gap[10] | ” |
| —Murshid Barud (2015)[11] | ||
When asked what his top priorities would be if elected, Lehman stated:
| “ | The achievement gap.[10] | ” |
| —Greg Lehman (2015)[12] | ||
Ranking the issues
The candidates were asked to rank the following issues by importance in the school district, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. This table displays the candidates' rankings:
| Issue importance ranking | ||
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| Issue | Barud | Lehman |
| Expanding arts education | ||
| Expanding career-technical education | ||
| Balancing or maintaining the district's budget | ||
| Improving college readiness | ||
| Closing the achievement gap | ||
| Improving education for special needs students | ||
| Expanding school choice options | ||
Positions on the issues
The candidates were asked to answer 10 multiple choice and short answer questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. A link to the candidates' responses can be found below.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Eden Prairie Schools election in 2015:[5]
| Deadline | Event |
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| July 28, 2015 | First day for candidates to file nomination documents |
| August 11, 2015 | Last day for candidates to file nomination documents |
| August 13, 2015 | Last day for candidates to withdraw |
| November 3, 2015 | Election Day |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Minnesota elections, 2015
This election did not share the ballot with other elections.[13]
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Eden Prairie Schools Minnesota. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eden Prairie Schools, "Meet the Board," accessed January 25, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 United States Census Bureau, "Hennepin County, Minnesota," accessed October 14, 2013
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Election Results and Statistics," accessed October 14, 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Filing Periods," accessed January 26, 2015
- ↑ Eden Prairie News, "Aliweyd, Espe, Kohner and Seidel endorsed," October 22, 2015
- ↑ Asad Aliweyd School Board, "Endorsement," accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ Adam Seidel for Eden Prairie, "School Board Director Holly Link Voting for Adam," October 15, 2015
- ↑ Eden Prairie Schools, "2015 School Board Candidate Campaign Financial Reports," accessed November 1, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's school board candidate survey, 2015, Murshid Barud's responses, September 25, 2015
- ↑ Ballotpedia's school board candidate survey, 2015, Greg Lehman's responses, September 28, 2015
- ↑ Hennepin County, Minnesota, "File for office," accessed October 21, 2015
| 2015 Eden Prairie Schools Elections | |
| Hennepin County, Minnesota | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Dave Espe • Asad Aliweyd • Murshid Barud • John Kohner • Greg Lehman • Jeffery Saxton • Adam Seidel |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
