Glendale Union High School District elections (2014)

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2014 Glendale Union High School District Elections

General Election date:
November 4, 2014 - Canceled
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
Arizona
Glendale Union High School District
Maricopa County, Arizona ballot measures
Local ballot measures, Arizona
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Two seats on the Glendale Union High School District Governing Board would have been up for general election on November 4, 2014, but the election was canceled due to a lack of contested races. This was the second governing board election in a row to be canceled for the district.

Incumbents Patty Kennedy and Rick Fields filed to run for re-election along with Sue Maland. However, Fields later withdrew from the race, leaving Kennedy and Maland unopposed.[1] The Maricopa County Education Service Agency recommended that the election be canceled and that Kennedy and Maland be appointed to the governing board by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.[2] The board of supervisors elected to do so at their September 10, 2014, meeting.[3]

About the district

See also: Glendale Union High School District, Arizona
Glendale Union High School District is located in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Glendale Union High School District is located in the city of Glendale in southwestern Arizona in Maricopa County. Phoenix is its county seat and the state capital. In 2013, Maricopa County was home to 4,009,412 residents according to United States Census Bureau estimates. In the 2011-2012 school year, Glendale Union High School District was the 15th-largest school district in Arizona and served 14,999 students.[4]

Demographics

Maricopa County slightly overperformed compared to the rest of Arizona in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 29.5 percent of Maricopa County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.6 percent for Arizona as a whole. The median household income for the county was $54,385 compared to $50,256 statewide. The poverty rate in Maricopa County was 15.8 percent compared to 17.2 percent statewide.[4]

Racial Demographics, 2013[4]
Race Maricopa County (%) Arizona (%)
White 84.7 84.0
Black or African American 5.7 4.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7 5.3
Asian 4.0 3.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.3 0.3
Two or More Races 2.7 2.6
Hispanic or Latino 30.0 30.3

Presidential Voting Pattern, Maricopa County[5][6]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 602,288 749,885
2008 602,166 746,448
2004 504,849 679,455
2000 386,683 479,967

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 Glendale Union High School District Governing Board is composed of five at-large, nonpartisan members who are elected to two-year or four-year terms.[7] There was no primary election, and the general election, which was scheduled for November 4, 2014, was canceled due to a lack of contested races. The unopposed candidates were appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. According to Arizona Revised Statute § 15-424(D), elections can be canceled for governing board positions in which only one person files a nomination petition or as a write-in candidate.[3] The terms of the newly and re-appointed members began on January 1, 2015.[8][9]

Candidates were required to submit nominating petitions signed by qualified electors totaling 0.5 percent of the total voter registration in the school district to the county school superintendent between July 7, 2014, and August 6, 2014.[8] For the 2014 general election, the number of required signatures was 113.[10]

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

Election results

The election was canceled due to a lack of contested races. Patty Kennedy and Sue Maland were respectively appointed to their second and first terms by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on September 10, 2014.[3]

Endorsements

None of the candidates received any official endorsements.

Campaign finance

No contributions or expenditures were reported during the election, according to the Maricopa County Recorder's office.[11]

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Alhambra Elementary School District election in 2014.[13][14]

Deadline Event
January 31, 2014 Campaign finance report due
June 30, 2014 Campaign finance report due
July 7, 2014 First day to file petitions
August 6, 2014 Last day to file petitions
September 10, 2014 Election canceled by county board of supervisors

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Arizona elections, 2014

If this election had been held as scheduled on November 4, 2014, it would have shared the ballot with general elections for Arizona's 1st, 2nd and 9th Congressional Districts, as well as eight state executive offices, the state senate, the state house of representatives, three statewide ballot measures, municipal elections and judicial elections.

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Glendale + Union + High + School + District + Arizona"

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Maricopa County Education Service Agency, "Filed Candidate Listing," August 25, 2014
  2. Maricopa County Education Service Agency, "Recommended Cancellations," September 8, 2014
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, "FORMAL MEETING SUMMARY, Wednesday, September 10, 2014," accessed September 18, 2014
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Maricopa County, Arizona, Quick Facts," accessed August 18, 2014
  5. Maricopa County Recorder, "Maricopa County Election Results Archives," accessed August 18, 2014
  6. Arizona Secretary of State, "Official Canvas of Votes for 2000 General Election," November 27, 2000
  7. Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with the Office of the Maricopa County School Superintendent," December 4, 2019
  8. 8.0 8.1 Arizona School Board Association Manuals, "Arizona Education Laws and Rules Annotated," accessed August 18, 2014
  9. Alhambra Elementary School District, "Alhambra's Governing Board," accessed August 18, 2014
  10. Maricopa County Recorder, "General Election - November 4, 2014, School Governing Board Member Signature Requirements," accessed August 18, 2014
  11. Maricopa County Recorder, "Campaign Finance Document Search," accessed September 18, 2014
  12. The Republic, "Lack of contenders may cancel Glendale, Peoria school board races," August 15, 2012
  13. Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Election Important Dates," accessed August 18, 2014
  14. Maricopa County Recorder, "Maricopa County Campaign Finance Handbook," accessed August 18, 2014