Brian Travis
Brian Travis (independent) is running for election for President of the United States. Travis declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 5, 2024. Travis was disqualified from the election in .
Travis was a candidate for District 1 representative on the Northshore School District school board in Washington. Travis was defeated in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2024
2024
Presidency
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2024
An election for president of the United States will be held on November 5, 2024. Travis will be on the ballot in the following states.
2017
Four of the five seats on the Northshore School District school board in Washington were up for by-district election on November 7, 2017. Three seats were up for regular election and one seat (District 2) was up for special election for a two-year term due to the resignation of former board member Ken Smith.[1]
Newcomer Jacqueline McGourty defeated fellow newcomer Brian Travis for the open District 1 seat. Two filed for the vacant District 2 seat: Sherry Krainick and Bob Swain, with Swain winning the spot. District 4 board member Sandy R. Hayes filed for re-election and ran unopposed, winning an additional term. District 5 member Amy Cast defeated challenger Rob Taft, Jr.[2]
Results
| Northshore School District, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jacqueline McGourty |
73.13% | 21,553 |
| Brian Travis | 26.87% | 7,921 |
| Total Votes | 29,474 | |
| Source: King County, "November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed November 30, 2017 and Snohomish County, "November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed November 30, 2017 | ||
Funding
Travis opted for mini reporting in this election, according to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission.[3] Candidates who opted for this had to keep a record of their contributors and expenditures, but were not required to report them. If they raised and spent more than $5,000 in aggregate or received more than $500 from any one contributor, including themselves, they would have had to switch their filing status from mini to full reporting.[4]
2016
Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 20, 2016.
Incumbent Derek Stanford defeated Neil Thannisch in the Washington House of Representatives, District 1-Position 1 general election.[5]
| Washington House of Representatives, District 1-Position 1 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Derek Stanford Incumbent |
60.97% | 43,207 | |
| Republican | Neil Thannisch | 39.03% | 27,661 | |
| Total Votes | 70,868 | |||
| Source: Washington Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Derek Stanford and Neil Thannisch defeated Kaz Sugiyama and Brian Travis in the Washington House of Representatives District 1-Position 1 top two primary.[6][7]
| Washington House of Representatives, District 1-Position 1 Top Two Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Derek Stanford Incumbent |
49.57% | 14,512 | |
| Republican | Neil Thannisch |
24.00% | 7,026 | |
| Democratic | Kaz Sugiyama | 11.54% | 3,379 | |
| Republican | Brian Travis | 14.89% | 4,360 | |
| Total Votes | 29,277 | |||
| Source: Washington Secretary of State | ||||
2012
Travis ran in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives, District 1-Position 1. Travis was defeated by incumbent Derek Stanford and Sandy Guinn in the August 7 blanket primary election. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |
Derek Stanford Incumbent |
47.4% | 13,888 | |
| Republican | Sandy Guinn |
26.4% | 7,726 | |
| Republican | Brian Travis | 17.5% | 5,129 | |
| Democratic | Greg Rankich | 8.8% | 2,567 | |
| Total Votes | 29,310 | |||
Campaign themes
2017
Ballotpedia survey responses
Brian Travis participated in Ballotpedia's 2017 survey of school board candidates.[10] In response to the question "What do you hope to achieve if elected to the school board?" the candidate stated on August 19, 2017:
| “ | To instill respect for family, community, nation, civil authority, and hard work.[11][12] | ” |
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues based on how they should be prioritized by the school board, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. Each ranking could only be used once.
| Education policy |
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Click here to learn more about education policy in Washington. |
| Education on the ballot |
| Issue importance ranking | |
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| Candidate's ranking | Issue |
| Expanding school choice options | |
| Blank | |
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| “ | Candidate did not respond.[12] | ” |
Positions on the issues
The candidate was asked to answer eight questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. The questions are highlighted in blue and followed by the candidate's responses. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions. The candidate was also provided space to elaborate on their answers to the multiple choice questions.
| Should new charter schools be approved in your district? (Not all school boards are empowered to approve charter schools. In those cases, the candidate was directed to answer the question as if the school board were able to do so.) |
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| Yes. |
| Which statement best describes the ideal relationship between the state government and the school board? The state should always defer to school board decisions, defer to school board decisions in most cases, be involved in the district routinely or only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement. |
| The state should only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement. |
| Are standardized tests an accurate metric of student achievement? |
| No. |
| How should the district handle underperforming teachers? Terminate their contract before any damage is done to students, offer additional training options, put them on a probationary period while they seek to improve or set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district? |
| Terminate their contract before any damage is done to students. Put them on a probationary period while they seek to improve. |
| Should teachers receive merit pay? |
| Yes. |
| Should the state give money to private schools through a voucher system or scholarship program? |
| No. |
| How should expulsion be used in the district? |
| Very sparingly and only for the most serious of offenses... |
| What's the most important factor for success in the classroom: student-teacher ratio, the curriculum, teachers, parent involvement or school administration? |
| Parent involvement. Schools are where the foundations of a child’s character are laid, and must be the place in which the seeds of good citizenship and future civil order are planted. I support reintroducing 'Home Economics' programs, such programs are intended to teach both boys and girls equally necessary life skills such as preparing healthy, affordable home cooked meals, sewing, laundry, housecleaning, and environmentally responsible living and energy use.
Introduce “Good citizenship classes” that will focus on teaching children good manners, common courtesy, social graces, and the value of honesty, pride in quality workmanship, hard work, respect for their elders, civil authorities, and patriotism. Education should focus much more on teaching the unity of American cultural assimilation, rather than diversity and political correctness. Bring buses into the 21st century, all current buses not already equipped with air conditioners shall be retrofitted with A/C conversion kits as found in nearly all modern recreational vehicles, students shall have upgraded padded seats, and more secure lap seat-belts. I support greater teacher freedom by calling for the elimination of (TPEP) the Teacher/Principal Evaluation Program as well as significant administrative paperwork reduction for our already overworked teachers, and greater freedom in planning lessons and lesson content control." |
2012
Travis' campaign website listed the following issues:[13]
- Transportation
- Excerpt: "Washington State drivers shouldn't have to play pricing games when it comes to their daily commute. Variable rate tolling on state highways and bridges discriminates against workers and their families based upon the time of day they happen to be due into work."
- Education
- Excerpt: "Our state’s founders recognized the importance of a quality education so much so that they wrote it into the state constitution. Therefore we must find ways to properly and fully fund education even if that means compromises from both sides of the issue."
- Guiding Principals
- Excerpt: "As a supporter of the 10th amendment to the United States Constitution, I, as your state legislator will work diligently to advance the cause of States Rights within the State of Washington, in many important areas currently being overstepped by Federal Authority."
See also
- Presidential election, 2024
- Presidential candidates, 2024
- Northshore School District, Washington
- Northshore School District elections (2017)
- Washington House of Representatives
- Washington House of Representatives District 1
- Washington House of Representatives elections, 2016
- Washington State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Bothell-Kenmore Reporter, "Director Ken Smith to resign Northshore School Board position," March 28, 2017
- ↑ Snohomish County, "Candidates Who Filed," accessed May 25, 2017
- ↑ Washington Public Disclosure Commission, "Local Candidates," accessed October 12, 2017
- ↑ Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, "New Candidates," accessed June 22, 2017
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "General Election Results 2016," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2016 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 2, 2016 Primary Results," accessed August 25, 2016
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State - 2012 Primary Candidates
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 07, 2012 Primary Results - Legislative - All Results," accessed August 15, 2012
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia School Board Candidate Survey, 2017, "Brian Travis's responses," August 19, 2017
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Campaign website, Issues
| Northshore School District elections in 2017 | |
| King and Snohomish County, Washington | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 1: Jacqueline McGourty • Brian Travis District 2: Sherry Krainick • Bob Swain |
| Important information: | What's at stake? |
