Delaney defeats Arcement in race for spot on school board
Published 10:14 am Saturday, April 26, 2008
POULSBO — Dan Delaney can finally rest easy.
Delaney, who’s been a member of the North Kitsap School District Board since 2003, was reelected to Position 2 Tuesday night, receiving 57.5 percent of the vote and defeating challenger Reneé Arcement, who earned 41.63 percent.
“What a relief,” he said minutes after finding out he will be serving on the school board for another four years. “I want to thank everyone who’s helped support me in this campaign. I have a sense of obligation to the people in this district. I’m going to try my hardest.’”
Delaney will join reelected incumbent Ed Strickland, who was unchallenged and reelected to Position 5, and newcomer Val Torrens, who was unopposed and elected to Position 4. Strickland received 98.21 percent of the popular vote while Torrens received 95.26 percent.
Delaney admitted Nov. 6 wasn’t easy for him as he anxiously awaited election results.
“I was trying to keep my mind off of the election all day,” he said. “I was trying to keep busy so I would stop thinking about it during the day. I kept refreshing the page on the computer when it got close … until the results came up.”
With his win all but secured, pending the Kitsap County Auditor’s final approval, Delaney said he is excited about serving the community through 2012.
“I’m looking forward to another four years of hard work,” he said. “We have a strong school board. There’s going to be a lot of positive changes taking place in the next four years.”
Delaney praised Arcement for running a clean, well-fought campaign.
“I would like to congratulate Reneé on her campaign. She campaigned really hard,” he said. “I hope she will continue to actively keep serving our schools and be involved. I’m sure she will.”
While Arcement said she was disappointed with the results, she said she will continue to be fully immersed in activities pertaining to the North Kitsap School District.
“It’s tough, of course,” she said. “I ran in this to win. I plan on continuing doing the things I’ve been doing with the schools. I will continue to raise the issues and ask the questions that need to be asked.”
Arcement, who stressed the need for accountability during her campaign, also noted her aspirations that a NKSD budget advisory team be formed.
“We need to have a budget advisory team created. We’re one of the only school districts that doesn’t have one,” she said. “People in the community need to know where the money is going.”
