Cherry Creek School District elections (2017)
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Two of the five seats on the Cherry Creek School District Board of Education in Colorado were scheduled to be up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017, but the district canceled the election due to lack of opposition. Newcomer Kelly Bates and incumbent Karen Fisher were elected to the District D and E seats, respectively, by acclamation of the board of education in September 2017.[1][2]
With one newcomer and one incumbent guaranteed to win seats on the board, the 2017 election followed a trend from two previous election cycles. For information on election trends in the district, click here.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Cherry Creek Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held on a staggered basis so that two or three seats are up for election every odd-numbered year in November. Though members run for seats in specific geographic districts, elections are held at large.[3][4]
To qualify to run for school board, candidates had to be residents of the school district and registered voters for a minimum of 12 consecutive months before the election. They also could not have been convicted of a sexual offense against a child. To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file nomination petitions containing 50 signatures of eligible voters in the school district by September 1, 2017.[4]
Colorado voters were allowed to register to vote through election day.[5] Photo identification was not required to vote in Colorado.[6]
Candidates and results
District D
Results
This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Newcomer Kelly Bates was elected to the board by acclamation.[2]
Candidates
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District E
Results
This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Karen Fisher was elected to the board by acclamation.[2]
Candidates
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Colorado elections, 2017
If it had not been canceled, the Cherry Creek Board of Education election would have shared the ballot with municipal elections for the city of Greenwood Village.[7]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the 2017 Colorado school board elections.[8][9]
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
School board candidates in Colorado were required to file three campaign finance reports. The reports were due on October 17, 2017, November 3, 2017, and December 7, 2017.[9]
Past elections
To see results from past elections in the Cherry Creek School District, click here.
What was at stake?
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Election trends
- See also: School boards in session: 2015 in brief
With no opposition in the 2017 Cherry Creek Board of Education election, one incumbent and one newcomer were guaranteed seats on the board, which was not unusual for the district. In both 2013 and 2015, incumbents had a 100 percent success rate, and newcomers were elected to open seats.
| School board election trends | ||||||
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbents running for re-election | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
| Cherry Creek School District | ||||||
| 2017 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 50.00% | 100.00% | 50.00% | |
| 2015 | 2.00 | 66.67% | 33.33% | 100.00% | 66.67% | |
| 2013 | 1.50 | 50.00% | 50.00% | 100.00% | 50.00% | |
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| 2015 | 1.77 | 30.77% | 55.38% | 83.33% | 53.85% | |
| Vereinigte Staaten | ||||||
| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 70.37% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
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About the district
- See also: Cherry Creek School District, Colorado
The Cherry Creek School District is located in Arapahoe County in central Colorado. The county seat is Littleton. Arapahoe County was home to an estimated 637,068 residents in 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[10] The district was the fourth-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 54,535 students.[11]
Demographics
Arapahoe County outperformed Colorado as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 40.1 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 38.1 percent of state residents. The median household income in the county was $63,265, compared to $60,629 statewide. The poverty rate in the county was 9.2 percent, while it was 11.5 percent for the entire state.[10]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[10] | ||
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| Race | Arapahoe County (%) | Colorado (%) |
| White | 77.6 | 87.5 |
| Black or African American | 11.2 | 4.5 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Asian | 6.0 | 3.3 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Two or More Races | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18.9 | 21.3 |
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
| Cherry Creek School District | Colorado | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Abbe Smith, Cherry Creek Schools Director of Communications," September 5, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cherry Creek School District, "New Board Members Elected by Acclamation," September 8, 2017
- ↑ Cherry Creek School District, "Board Members," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Colorado Association of School Boards, "2017 Elections School Board Candidate Guide," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Voter Registration FAQs," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Acceptable Forms of Identification," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Greenwood Village Elections & Voting, "2017 Municipal Election," accessed September 13, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "2017 Biennial School Election Calendar," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 United States Census Bureau, "QuickFacts: Arapahoe County, Colorado; Colorado," accessed August 30, 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
| Cherry Creek School District elections in 2017 | |
| Arapahoe County, Colorado | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 (canceled) |
| Candidates: | District D: • Kelly Bates District E: • Incumbent, Karen Fisher |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
