Four seats on the Granite School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Precincts 3, 5, 6 and 7 were up for re-election.

Incumbents Connie Burgess, Terry H. Bawden and Gayleen Gandy were all re-elected unopposed in Precincts 3, 5 and 7, respectively. Two challengers, Karyn Hermansen Winder and Royce Gibson, competed for the Precinct 6 seat since incumbent Julene Jolley withdrew from the election, with Winder coming out on top.

About the district[edit]

See also: Granite School District, Utah

Granite School District is located in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Granite School District is located in Salt Lake County, Utah. The county seat is Salt Lake City. Salt Lake County was home to 1,091,742 residents in 2014, according to the United States Census Bureau.^[1] In the 2012-2013 school year, Granite School District was the third-largest school district in Utah and served 69,312 students.^[2]

Demographics[edit]

Salt Lake County overperformed in comparison to the rest of Utah in terms of higher education achievement and median household income in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 31.0 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.3 percent for Utah as a whole. The median household income in Salt Lake County was $60,555 compared to $58,821 for the state of Utah. The poverty rate in Salt Lake County was 12.7 percent, the same rate for the entire state.^[1]

Racial Demographics, 2013^[1]
Race	Salt Lake County (%)	Utah (%)
White	88.9	91.6
Black or African American	1.9	1.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	1.3	1.5
Asian	3.7	2.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1.6	1.0
Two or More Races	2.5	2.3
Hispanic or Latino	17.6	13.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Salt Lake County^[3]
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	146,147	223,811
2008	176,988	176,692
2004	135,949	215,728
2000	107,576	171,585

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[edit]

The Granite Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms by specific geographic zone. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Four seats were up for election in 2014.^[4]

Candidates began to file affidavits of candidacy on March 14, 2014. The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was March 20, 2014.^[5]

Elections[edit]

2014[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Precinct 3[edit]

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	2014 Granite School District Elections
General Election date:
	November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
	About the district ; Method of election ; Elections ; Key deadlines ; Additional elections ; External links
See also
	Utah ; Granite School District ; Salt Lake County, Utah ballot measures ; Local ballot measures, Utah

Connie Burgess
- Incumbent

Precinct 5[edit]

Terry H. Bawden
- Incumbent

Precinct 6[edit]

Precinct 7[edit]

Gayleen Gandy
- Incumbent

Results[edit]

Precinct 3[edit]

**Granite School District, Precinct 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Connie Burgess Incumbent	100%	5,163
Total Votes				5,163
Source: Salt Lake County Clerk, "Official Election Results 2014 General Election," accessed December 22, 2014

Precinct 5[edit]

**Granite School District, Precinct 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Terry H. Bawden Incumbent	100%	5,350
Total Votes				5,350
Source: Salt Lake County Clerk, "Official Election Results 2014 General Election," accessed December 22, 2014

Precinct 6[edit]

**Granite School District, Precinct 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Karyn Hermansen Winder	69.8%	5,539
	Nonpartisan	Royce Gibson	30.2%	2,396
Total Votes				7,935
Source: Salt Lake County Clerk, "Official Election Results 2014 General Election," accessed December 22, 2014

Precinct 7[edit]

**Granite School District, Precinct 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Gayleen Gandy Incumbent	100%	5,940
Total Votes				5,940
Source: Salt Lake County Clerk, "Official Election Results 2014 General Election," accessed December 22, 2014

Endorsements[edit]

No candidate publicly received an endorsement in this election.

Campaign finance[edit]

Candidates received a total of $3,403.36 and spent a total of $3,279.53, according to the Salt Lake County Clerk.^[6]

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Connie Burgess (Precinct 3)	$50.00	$50.00	$0.00
Terry H. Bawden (Precinct 5)	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Karyn Hermansen Winder (Precinct 6)	$2,453.36	$2,358.36	$95.00
Royce Gibson (Precinct 6)	$850.00	$821.17	$28.83
Gayleen Gandy (Precinct 7)	$50.00	$50.00	$0.00

Note: Totals may reflect activity from past years.

Key deadlines[edit]

The following dates were key deadlines for the Granite School District election in 2014:^[5]

Deadline	Event
March 14, 2014	Declaration of candidacy period opens
March 20, 2014	Declaration of candidacy period closes
May 27, 2014	Voter registration deadline for the primary election
June 10, 2014	Early voting begins for primary election
June 24, 2014	Primary election (if necessary)
September 5, 2014	Last day write-in candidates may file declarations of candidacy
October 6, 2014	Voter registration deadline for general election
October 21, 2014	Early voting begins for general election
November 4, 2014	General election

Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

See also: Utah elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with general elections for U.S. House seats and Utah state executive offices. It also shared the ballot with other county and municipal elections.^[5]

Recent news[edit]

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Granite + School + District + Utah"

All stories may not be relevant to this page due to the nature of the search engine.

Granite School District News Feed

External links[edit]

Suggest a link

Footnotes[edit]

[Census-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 United States Census Bureau, "Salt Lake County, Utah," accessed May 14, 2014

[2] National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 17, 2015

[3] Utah.gov, "Election Results," accessed August 5, 2015

[board-4] Granite School District, "Board Members," accessed August 6, 2014

[deadlines-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Utah.gov, "2014 Election Dates," accessed June 3, 2014

[6] Salt Lake County Clerk, "Candidate Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 28, 2014

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2014 Granite School District Elections
Salt Lake County, Utah
Election date:	November 4, 2014
Candidates:	Precinct 3: • Incumbent, Connie Burgess Precinct 5: • Incumbent, Terry H. Bawden Precinct 6: • Karyn Hermansen Winder • Royce Gibson Precinct 7: • Incumbent, Gayleen Gandy
Important information:	Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot

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Granite School District elections (2014)

Contents

About the district[edit]

Demographics[edit]

Voter and candidate information[edit]

Elections[edit]

2014[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Precinct 3[edit]

Precinct 5[edit]

Precinct 6[edit]

Precinct 7[edit]

Results[edit]

Precinct 3[edit]

Precinct 5[edit]

Precinct 6[edit]

Precinct 7[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Campaign finance[edit]

Key deadlines[edit]

Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

Recent news[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

Footnotes[edit]