Michael Duckworth

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Michael Duckworth is a District 2 member of the Evansville Vanderburgh Board of School Trustees in Indiana. His seat was up for general election on November 4, 2014. Duckworth was first elected to the board in 1994.^[1] Michael Duckworth won the general election on November 4, 2014.

Elections[edit]

2014[edit]

See also: Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation elections (2014)

The election in Evansville Vanderburgh featured four seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. At-large incumbent Patricia Swanson ran against challengers Bix Branson, Douglas A. Chinn, Rance A. Ossenberg and Anthony W. Ricketts for one seat. Newcomer Jan Stricklin faced incumbent Christopher A. Kiefer for the District 1 seat, and Brian N. Murphy challenged board members Michael Duckworth and Andrew C. Guarino for two District 2 seats.

Challenger Rance A. Ossenberg defeated incumbent Patricia Swanson for the at-large seat, while incumbent Christopher A. Kiefer won against challenger Jan Stricklin. In District 2, board members Michael Duckworth and Andrew C. Guarino overcame newcomer Brian N. Murphy to retain their seats.

Results[edit]

Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Michael Duckworth Incumbent	41.1%	19,714
	Nonpartisan	Andrew C. Guarino Incumbent	31.4%	15,059
	Nonpartisan	Brian N. Murphy	27.6%	13,224
Total Votes				47,997
Source: Vanderburgh County Election Board, "Numbered Key Canvass," accessed February 23, 2015

Funding[edit]

The Vanderburgh County Election Board does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports.

Endorsements[edit]

Duckworth received an endorsement from the Central Labor Council.^[2]

About the district[edit]

See also: Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, Indiana

Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation is located in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.

Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation is located in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. The county seat is Evansville. Vanderburgh County is home to 181,398 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.^[3] In the 2011-2012 school year, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation was the third-largest school district in Indiana and served 22,799 students.^[4]

Demographics[edit]

Vanderburgh County underperformed compared to the rest of Indiana in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 22.0 percent of Vanderburgh County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 23.0 percent for Indiana as a whole. The median household income for Vanderburgh County was $43,645 compared to $48,374 for the state of Indiana. The percentage of people below poverty level for Vanderburgh County was 15.4 percent while it was 14.7 percent for the state of Indiana.^[3]

Racial Demographics, 2013^[3]
Race	Vanderburgh County (%)	Indiana (%)
White	86.7	86.3
Black or African American	9.3	9.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.3	0.4
Asian	1.3	1.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or more races	2.4	1.8
Hispanic or Latino	2.4	6.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Vanderburgh County^[5]
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	31,725	39,389
2008	39,423	37,512
2004	28,767	41,463

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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Footnotes[edit]

[1] Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, "Board of School Trustees," accessed October 1, 2014

[2] City-County Observer, "Breaking News: Central Labor Council Endorses Area Candidates," October 9, 2014

[census-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 United States Census Bureau, "Vanderburgh County, Indiana," accessed September 3, 2014

[4] National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014

[5] Indiana Election Division, "Election Results," accessed September 3, 2014

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2014 Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Elections
Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Election date:	November 4, 2014
Candidates:	At-large: • Incumbent, Patricia Swanson • Bix Branson • Douglas A. Chinn • Rance A. Ossenberg • Anthony W. Ricketts District 1: • Incumbent, Christopher A. Kiefer • Jan Stricklin District 2: • Incumbent, Michael Duckworth • Incumbent, Andrew C. Guarino • Brian N. Murphy
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