Pendergast Elementary School District elections (2018)

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Pendergast Elementary School District elections

General election date
November 6, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
10,028 students

Three seats on the Pendergast Elementary School District school board in Arizona were up for general election on November 6, 2018.

Elections

Candidates and results

At-large (4-year terms)

General election

General election for Pendergast Elementary School District, At-large (2 seats)

Incumbent Martin Quezada and incumbent Susan Serin defeated Edgar Heriberto Martinez and incumbent Alan Gaugert in the general election for Pendergast Elementary School District, At-large on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Martin Quezada
Martin Quezada (Nonpartisan)
 
32.8
 
7,654
Image of Susan Serin
Susan Serin (Nonpartisan)
 
29.3
 
6,831
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Edgar Heriberto Martinez (Nonpartisan)
 
21.5
 
5,012
Image of Alan Gaugert
Alan Gaugert (Nonpartisan)
 
16.4
 
3,815

Total votes: 23,312
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At-large (2-year term)

General election

The general election was canceled. Jete White (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Arizona elections, 2018


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About the district

See also: Pendergast Elementary School District, Arizona

Pendergast Elementary School District is located in Arizona. The district was the 27th-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 9,881 students.[1]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states. No counties in Arizona are Pivot Counties.

Donald Trump (R) defeated Hillary Clinton (D) in the 2016 presidential election. Trump won 48.7 percent of the vote, while Clinton won 45.1 percent. Arizona was one of 12 key battleground states in 2016. Of the 30 states won by Trump in 2016, Arizona had the fifth closest margin. From when it became a state in 1912 to 2016, Arizona voted Republican in 66.7 percent of presidential elections. It voted Republican in all presidential elections from 2000 to 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Arizona. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 12 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 25 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 14 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 27.5 points. Clinton won two districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 18 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 22.9 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 16 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 21.5 points.


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