Nine candidates filed today prior to the 4 p.m. deadline to run for a spot on one of Washtenaw County’s 10 public school boards. Five of the 11 races remain uncontested.
Those running for a local school board position had until Tuesday afternoon to submit an Affidavit of Identity and nominating petitions to the Washtenaw County Clerk’s Office.
The fall election cycle and extended term lengths are firsts for some districts, which previously conducted the Board of Education elections in May and had four-year terms.
The Michigan Legislature passed a bill in late 2011 mandating all school board elections to take place on the first Tuesday of November in even-numbered years. The date change led some school districts to lengthen their terms to six years to maintain board stability and a rotation that would prevent half the trustees from turning over at once.
The final count for candidates seeking election is 29 for one partial-term and 18 full-term positions.
Five races for full-term seats remain uncontested in Dexter, Milan, Whitmore Lake, Willow Run and Ypsilanti. All races now have the minimum number of candidates.
A complete list of candidates for all districts is below.
- Dale R. Leslie
- Deb Mexicotte (incumbent)
- Laura C. Bush
- Dana Emmert
- Kathy Keinath
- Steve Olsen (incumbent)
- Larry Cobler (incumbent)
- Bonnie Everdeen (incumbent)
- Chris Gordon (incumbent, appointed in February following Kim Covert's resignation)
- Barbara Read
- Bradley R. Labadie
- Connie Marie Newlon
- Thomas Rollins
- Joseph Washburn
- Yoline Williams (incumbent)
- Melanie Nau
- Sheryl Purol
- Marlene Wagner (incumbent)
- John L. Leacher (incumbent)
- Kerri A. Moccio
- Diane L. Friese
- Paul Hynek
- Karen Delhey
- Smita Nagpal
- Kenneth James Dignan III
- Bob Henry (incumbent)
- Mark Wilde
- D’Real Ryan Graham
- Daniel L. Raglin
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Danielle Arndt covers K-12 education for AnnArbor.com. Follow her on Twitter @DanielleArndt or email her at daniellearndt@annarbor.com.