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School board race: East Valley Institute of Technology, District 7

EVIT District 7: one seat, one printed candidate, one write-in

November 3, 2026 general election. The East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) is a joint technical education district whose board members are elected from member districts across the east Valley. Our main EVIT page covers District 3, the other EVIT seat on this year's ballot. This page covers District 7, and it carries an unusual sourcing conflict that voters deserve to see stated plainly.
How this race works: one seat, four-year term, elected only by voters who live inside EVIT District 7. Bonnie Hickman is the certified (printed ballot) candidate. Jessica Archambault filed as a certified write-in: to vote for her, write her name in and fill in the oval. Only votes for certified write-ins count.

Bonnie Hickman (certified)

The printed-ballot candidate for this seat. Save Our Schools Arizona's 2026 ballot guide lists Hickman for EVIT District 7. Beyond her certification, no campaign platform or biography for her was found in the sources we reviewed.

Jessica Archambault (write-in)

A certified write-in candidate per the county superintendent's list. No campaign platform or biography for her was found in the sources we reviewed.

The conflict in the sources, stated plainly

Ballotpedia's Maricopa County municipal elections page lists only Archambault (as a write-in) for District 7 and omits Hickman entirely, while two secondary sources describe Hickman as running unopposed. Those accounts cannot all be right about the shape of the race, and both secondary characterizations conflict with the county superintendent's certified list, which shows two candidates for one seat: Hickman certified and Archambault as a write-in. We follow the county list, because it is the official filing record, dated August 25, 2026. If the write-in filing changed after that date, no updated county list was published in the sources we found.

Verification notes

  • EVIT's other 2026 seats: Districts 1, 4, 5, and 9 were cancelled for lack of opposition (see our cancelled races page). District 3 is a contested write-in race covered on our main EVIT page.
  • School board campaigns file finance reports with Maricopa County. No finance totals for either candidate were found in the sources we reviewed.
  • EVIT has no bond or override question on the November 2026 ballot in the county sources we checked.

How to vote without getting your ballot rejected

  • Mail it by Tuesday, October 27, 2026. After that day, do not mail it: use a drop box or a vote center instead.
  • It must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3. Postmarks do not count.
  • Sign and date the affidavit envelope, and write a current phone number on it.
  • For the write-in candidate, write the name clearly and fill in the oval. Only certified write-in candidates can receive countable votes.

Sources

Ballot Math: analysis only, no endorsements. Every candidate in this race got the same template: background, stated priorities, the record that exists, and honest notes where the record is thin.