Don Doty

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## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 1.1 2016
* 1.1.1 Results
* 1.1.2 Funding
* 2 About the district
* 2.1 Demographics
* 3 Recent news
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

Don Doty was a candidate for the Ward B seat on the Grand Island Public Schools school board in Nebraska. He was running in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016, but withdrew from the race before the election.

## Elections[edit]

### 2016[edit]

See also: Grand Island Public Schools elections (2016)

Four of the nine seats on the Grand Island Public Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. Ward A incumbent Terry Brown ran unopposed and won re-election to his seat. Lisa Albers won one of the seats up for election in Ward B after running unopposed. Don Doty originally filed to run for the other Ward B seat, but withdrew from the race before the election. State law required the board to appoint someone to the open seat that no candidate ran to fill.[1] In Ward C, incumbent Roger Harns also ran unopposed and won re-election to his seat.[2]

#### Results[edit]

Grand Island Public Schools,
Ward B General Election, 4-year term, 2016

Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Lisa Albers (unopposed) | 98.99% | 4,303
Write-in votes | 1.01% | 44
Total Votes | 4,347
Source: Hall County, Nebraska, "Summary Report," accessed November 30, 2016

#### Funding[edit]

Doty reported no contributions or expenditures to the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Committee as of November 3, 2016.[3] Candidates were not required to file campaign finance reports unless they received or expended $5,000 or more in a calendar year.[4]

## About the district[edit]

See also: Grand Island Public Schools, Nebraska

Map of Nebraska highlighting Hall County

Grand Island Public Schools is located in south-central Nebraska in Hall County. The county seat is Grand Island. The county was home to an estimated 61,680 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] The district was the sixth-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 9,313 students.[6]

### Demographics[edit]

Hall County underperformed compared to Nebraska as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 17.7 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 29 percent of state residents. The median household income in the county was $49,178, while it was $52,400 for the state. The county poverty rate was 14.7 percent, compared to the state's 12.4 percent.[5]

|  Racial Demographics, 2015[5]

Race  | Hall County (%)  | Nebraska (%)
White | 92.3 | 89.1
Black or African American | 2.6 | 5.0
American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.7 | 1.4
Asian | 1.4 | 2.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 0.1
Two or More Races | 1.6 | 2.1
Hispanic or Latino | 26.4 | 10.4

| Party Affiliation, Hall County[7]

Year  | Republican vote  | Democratic vote  | Other vote
2012 | 15,910 | 9,564 | 6,509
2008 | 16,195 | 10,140 | 5,885

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.

## Recent news[edit]

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## See also[edit]

* Grand Island Public Schools, Nebraska
* Grand Island Public Schools elections (2016)

## External links[edit]

* Grand Island Public Schools

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The Grand Island Independent, "With Don Doty ending his candidacy, GIPS now needs candidates for open Ward B school board seat," July 16, 2016
2. ↑ Hall County, Nebraska, "2016 Primary Election Candidate Filings," accesesd March 2, 2016
3. ↑ Nebraska Accountability and Dislosure Committee, "Campaign Statements," accessed November 3, 2016
4. ↑ Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission, "Candidates – General Information for the Public," accessed October 18, 2016
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "Quickfacts: Hall County, Nebraska," accessed July 1, 2016
6. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
7. ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "VR Statistics Count Report," accessed December 1, 2015

2016 Grand Island Public Schools Elections

Hall County, Nebraska
Election date:| November 8, 2016
Candidates:| Ward A: Incumbent, Terry Brown

Ward B: Don Doty • Lisa Albers

Ward C: Incumbent, Roger Harns
Important information:| What was at stake?

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