Leslie Harris

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Leslie Harris

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Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 6

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Leslie Harris was a member of the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors in Washington, representing District 6. She assumed office in 2016. She left office on November 29, 2023.

Harris ran for re-election to the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors to represent District 6 in Washington. She won in the general election on November 5, 2019.

Elections

2019

See also: Seattle Public Schools, Washington, elections (2019)

General election

General election for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 6

Incumbent Leslie Harris defeated Molly Mitchell in the general election for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 6 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Leslie Harris (Nonpartisan)	65.8	142,214
		Molly Mitchell (Nonpartisan)	33.7	72,805
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	1,040

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 216,059
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 6

Incumbent Leslie Harris and Molly Mitchell defeated Crystal Liston in the primary for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 6 on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Leslie Harris (Nonpartisan)	54.6	12,580
✔		Molly Mitchell (Nonpartisan)	34.1	7,872
		Crystal Liston (Nonpartisan)	10.4	2,390
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	217

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 23,059
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2015

See also: Seattle Public Schools elections (2015)

Four of the seven seats on the Seattle Board of Directors were up for election in 2015. Because more than two candidates filed for the District 3 and 6 seats, a primary election was held on August 4, 2015. The top two vote recipients in those races and the candidates for District 1 and 2 appeared on the general election ballot on November 3, 2015.

District 1 incumbent Sharon Peaslee, District 2 incumbent Sherry Carr, District 3 incumbent Harium Martin-Morris and District 6 incumbent Marty McLaren were up for re-election, but only McLaren filed to run for another term.

The race for District 6 was the most competitive in 2015. Incumbent Marty McLaren faced challengers Leslie Harris and Nick Esparza in the primary. Harris and McLaren advanced to the general election, but the primary election results and campaign finance indicated a difficult general election race for the incumbent. McLaren placed second in the primary, more than 10 points behind Harris. As of campaign finance reports available on October 21, 2015, Harris had raised more than four times McLaren's campaign contributions and outspent her by a factor of almost seven. Harris defeated McLaren in the general election.

District 3 saw four candidates seeking the open seat: Lauren McGuire, David Blomstrom, Stephen Clayton and Jill Geary. Geary and McGuire advanced to the general election, garnering over $100,000 in combined campaign contributions as of October 21, 2015. Geary won the general election.

The District 1 and 2 seats saw just two candidates advance to the ballot each. Michael Christophersen and Scott Pinkham vied for the District 1 seat, while Laura Obara Gramer and Rick Burke ran for the District 2 seat. Pinkham and Burke won election to the board.

Multiple candidates withdrew from their races prior to the deadline. Therefore, they did not appear on the ballot. Arik Korman withdrew from the District 1 race, Julie McCleery and Deborah Leblang withdrew from the District 2 race and Suzanne Sutton withdrew from the District 6 race.

Results

Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Leslie Harris	76.6%	117,648
Marty McLaren Incumbent	23.0%	35,357
Write-in votes	0.38%	583
Total Votes		153,588
Source: King County Elections, "Election Results: General and Special Elections November 4, 2015," November 24, 2015

Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors, District 6 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Leslie Harris	48.2%	7,522
Marty McLaren Incumbent	37.7%	5,879
Nick Esparza	13.6%	2,119
Write-in votes	0.56%	87
Total Votes		15,607
Source: King County Elections, "Primary Election Seattle School District No. 1 Director District No. 6," accessed August 20, 2015

Funding

Harris reported $21,570.75 in contributions and $16,827.73 in expenditures to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission, which left her campaign with $4,743.02 on hand as of October 21, 2015.

Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Leslie Harris did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

2015

Primary election voters' pamphlet

Harris provided the following statement for the King County local voters' pamphlet for the election on August 4, 2015:

“	My issues are Transparency, Trust, and Equity. We need to put more dollars in the classrooms. We need to address the issues of high stakes testing, the current and looming capacity crisis, and, the decades of maintenance backlogs. We need transparency and more follow-up to unanswered questions. We need to replicate what is working and move away from failures. We need equity in programs available throughout the district. We need accountability and leadership. I have attended board and committee meetings at the central office for over 10 years. I have attended Directors’ community meetings in all parts of the city. I have recent extensive relevant experience and have served on PTSAs at Pathfinder K-8 and Chief Sealth. My service on numerous boards - local, state and national show I understand policymaking, fiduciary duty, and collaboration. My career of 30 years as a litigation paralegal researching facts, law and reverse engineering systems on behalf of victims will transfer to my being a very effective Director.	”
—Leslie Harris (2015)

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