Past USCF Elections:

I had a hell of a time tracking all of these results down. The USCF site should really have an archive for these things.


2003: Six candidates, plus Steve Doyle's write-in candidacy. Voters could have up to three votes, top 3 were elected to four-year terms (2003-2007)

Total Votes Cast: 4876. Divided by 3 votes per voter, 1625 voters

1st: Beatriz Marinello: 1007 (62.0%) served full term, did not run for re-election
2nd: Tim Hanke: 886 (54.5%) resigned in August 2005, special election was held in 2006 which was won by Sam Sloan
3rd: Don Schultz: 867 (53.3%) served full term, was defeated in re-election bid (2007)
4th: Joe Wagner: 704 (43.3%)
5th: Sam Sloan: 653 (40.2%)
6th: Mikel Petersen: 598 (36.8%)
7th: Steve Doyle: 161 (9.9%)

2004: Six candidates. Voters could have up to two votes, top 2 were elected to one-year terms (2004-05)

Total Votes Cast: 2411. Divided by 2 votes per voter, 1206

1st: Elizabeth Shaughnessy: 712 (59.1%) served full term, was defeated in re-election bid (2005)
2nd: Randy Bauer: 687 (57.0%) served full term, was defeated in re-election bid (2005)
3rd: Sam Sloan: 349 (29.0%)
4th: Mikhail Korenman: 305 (25.3%)
5th: David Huff: 197 (16.3%)
6th: Wayne Praeder: 161 (13.4%)

2005: Nine candidates. Voters could have up to four votes, top 4 were elected to four-year terms (2005-2009)

Total Votes Cast: 20711. Divided by 4 votes per voter, 5178 voters.

1st: Bill Goichberg: 3934 (76.0%) served full term, was re-elected in 2009
2nd: Gregory Shahade: 3694 (71.3%) resigned in January 2006, special election was held in 2006 which was won by Randy Hough
3rd: Joel Channing: 3358 (64.9%) resigned in April 2008, seat was vacant until 2009 election.
4th: Robert Tanner: 3179 (61.4%) resigned in December 2006, seat was added to 2007 election which was won by Jim Berry
5th: Elizabeth Shaughnessy: 1638 (31.6%)
6th: Randy Bauer: 1591 (30.7%)
7th: Steve Shutt: 1194 (23.1%)
8th: Sam Sloan: 1064 (20.5%)
9th: George John: 1059 (20.5%)

2006: Five candidates. Voters could have up to two votes. Top candidate would serve out Gregory Shahade's term (2006-09), 2nd placed candidate would serve out Tim Hanke's term (2006-07)

Total Votes Cast: 5460. Divided by 2 votes per voter, 2730 voters.

1st: Randy Hough: 1401 (51.3%) served full term, did not run for re-election
2nd: Sam Sloan: 1193 (43.7%) served full term, was defeated in re-election bid (2007)
3rd: Mike Goodall: 1113 (40.8%)
4th: Grant Perks: 942 (34.5%)
5th: Ernest Schlich: 811 (29.7%)

2007: Ten candidates. Voters could have up to four votes. Top 3 candidates would serve four-year terms (2007-2011). 4th placed candidate would serve out Robert Tanner's term.

Total Votes Cast: 16803. Divided by 4 votes per voter, 4201 voters.

1st: Susan Polgar: 3004 (71.5%) expelled in August 2009, special election will be held in 2010 to determine her successor
2nd: Randy Bauer: 2325 (55.3%) currently serving
3rd: Paul Truong: 2056 (48.9%) expelled in August 2009, special election will be held in 2010 to determine his successor
4th: Jim Berry: 2026 (48.2%) served full term, re-elected in 2009
5th: Stephen Jones: 1774 (42.2%)
6th: Mikhail Korenman: 1648 (39.2%)
7th: Don Schultz: 1580 (37.6%)
8th: Joe Lux: 1231 (29.3%)
9th: Sam Sloan: 677 (16.1%)
10th: Mike Goodall: 482 (11.5%)

2009: Eleven candidates. Voters could have up to four votes. Top 4 candidates would serve four year terms (2009-2013).

Total votes cast: 16195. Divided by 4 votes per voter, 4049 voters.

1st: Jim Berry: 3030 (74.8%) currently serving
2nd: Bill Goichberg: 3014 (74.4%) currently serving
3rd: Ruth Haring: 2952 (72.9%) currently serving
4th: Mike Atkins: 2672 (66.0%) currently serving
5th: Mikhail Korenman: 822 (20.3%)
6th: Mike Neitman: 732 (18.1%)
7th: Eric Hecht: 717 (17.7%)
8th: Blas Lugo: 657 (16.2%)
9th: Sam Sloan: 588 (14.5%)
10th: Brian Lafferty: 576 (14.2%)
11th: Brian Mottershead: 435 (10.7%)