Alpine School District elections (2018)

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Alpine School District elections

Primary election date
June 26, 2018
General election date
November 6, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
76,938 students

Four seats on the Alpine School District school board in Utah were up for general election on November 6, 2018. A primary election was held on June 26, 2018. None of the four incumbents ran for re-election, resulting in four open seats.[1]

Elections

Candidates and results

District 1

General election

General election for Alpine School District, District 1

Julie King defeated Audrey Barton in the general election for Alpine School District, District 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Julie King (Nonpartisan)
 
62.4
 
8,152
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Audrey Barton (Nonpartisan)
 
37.6
 
4,914

Total votes: 13,066
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District 2

General election

General election for Alpine School District, District 2

Amber Bonner defeated Carla Merrill in the general election for Alpine School District, District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Amber Bonner (Nonpartisan)
 
58.5
 
6,561
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Carla Merrill (Nonpartisan)
 
41.5
 
4,655

Total votes: 11,216
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District 3

General election

General election for Alpine School District, District 3

Sarah Beeson defeated Afa Palu in the general election for Alpine School District, District 3 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Sarah Beeson (Nonpartisan)
 
64.7
 
8,261
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Afa Palu (Nonpartisan)
 
35.3
 
4,515

Total votes: 12,776
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alpine School District, District 3

Sarah Beeson and Afa Palu defeated Kara Sherman in the primary for Alpine School District, District 3 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Sarah Beeson (Nonpartisan)
 
55.8
 
3,430
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Afa Palu (Nonpartisan)
 
23.6
 
1,453
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Kara Sherman (Nonpartisan)
 
20.6
 
1,264

Total votes: 6,147
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District 5

General election

General election for Alpine School District, District 5

Ada Wilson defeated Seth Marble in the general election for Alpine School District, District 5 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Ada Wilson (Nonpartisan)
 
79.9
 
8,700
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Seth Marble (Nonpartisan)
 
20.1
 
2,183

Total votes: 10,883
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Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Utah elections, 2018


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About the district

See also: Alpine School District, Utah

The Alpine School District is located in Utah. The district was the largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 75,161 students.[2]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Utah. 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.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Utah with 45.5 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 27.5 percent. Independent candidate and Utah native Evan McMullin received 21.5 percent of the vote, his strongest showing in a state. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Utah cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same timeframe, Utah supported Republican candidates more often than Democrats, 73.3 to 23.3 percent. The state favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Utah. 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.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won seven out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 20.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 19 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 21.9 points. Clinton won six districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 68 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 54.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 56 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 30.7 points.


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See also

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