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Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland, elections (2020)
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Three seats on the Anne Arundel County Public Schools school board in Maryland were up for general election on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for June 2, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was January 24, 2020.
After this election, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education went from nine members to eight members.[1]
This election was originally scheduled on April 28, 2020. In an announcement on March 17, 2020, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) postponed the statewide primary election from April 28, 2020, to June 2, 2020, amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.[2]
Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
Maryland modified its absentee/mail-in and candidate filing procedures, early voting, and polling places for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee/mail-in ballot request forms sent to all qualified voters in the general election. The return deadline for absentee/mail-in ballot requests was October 20, 2020.
- Candidate filing procedures: The petition signature requirement for obtaining party status for the Green and Libertarian parties was reduced from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures. The nomination petition signature requirement for unaffiliated candidates was reduced by 50 percent.
- Early voting: An early voting period ran from October 26, 2020 through November 2, 2020.
- Polling places: All early voting centers and Election Day polling locations were open on November 3, 2020. The Maryland State Board of Elections operated a limited number of centralized voting centers in lieu of precinct polling places for in-person voting in the general election.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Elections
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Candidates and results
District 2
General election
General election for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 2
Robert Silkworth defeated Raleigh Turnage Jr. in the general election for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Silkworth (Nonpartisan)  | 55.9 | 17,190 |
| Raleigh Turnage Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 43.3 | 13,322 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 229 | ||
| Total votes: 30,741 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Robert Silkworth and Raleigh Turnage Jr. advanced from the primary for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 2.
District 3
General election
General election for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 3
Corine Frank defeated Ken Baughman in the general election for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Corine Frank (Nonpartisan) | 52.3 | 20,642 | |
| Ken Baughman (Nonpartisan) | 47.2 | 18,644 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 179 | ||
| Total votes: 39,465 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 3
Corine Frank and Ken Baughman defeated Larry Rogers in the primary for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 3 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Corine Frank (Nonpartisan) | 48.0 | 7,416 | |
| ✔ | Ken Baughman (Nonpartisan) | 29.7 | 4,595 | |
| Larry Rogers (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 3,437 | ||
| Total votes: 15,448 | |||
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District 6
General election
General election for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 6
Joanna Bache Tobin defeated India Ochs in the general election for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joanna Bache Tobin (Nonpartisan) | 54.7 | 18,748 |
 | India Ochs (Nonpartisan) | 44.6 | 15,283 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 270 | ||
| Total votes: 34,301 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 6
Joanna Bache Tobin and India Ochs defeated Erin Lorenz, Scott Shaffer, and Bradley O'Neal in the primary for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, District 6 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joanna Bache Tobin (Nonpartisan) | 28.8 | 4,984 |
| ✔ | | India Ochs (Nonpartisan) | 24.7 | 4,270 |
| Erin Lorenz (Nonpartisan) | 21.3 | 3,687 | ||
| Scott Shaffer (Nonpartisan) | 15.6 | 2,700 | ||
| Bradley O'Neal (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 1,636 | ||
| Total votes: 17,277 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
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About the district
Anne Arundel County Public Schools is located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The district served 82,777 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[3]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
There are no Pivot Counties in Maryland. 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, Hillary Clinton (D) won Maryland with 60.3 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 33.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1789 and 2016, Maryland voted Democratic 52 percent of the time and Republican 21 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Maryland voted Democratic all five times.[4]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Anne Arundel County Public Schools, "About the Board," accessed February 26, 2020
- ↑ ‘’Politico,’’ “Maryland postpones primary, shifts special election to mail voting over coronavirus,” March 17, 2020
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Data," accessed January 28, 2020
- ↑ 270towin.com, "Maryland," accessed June 22, 2017
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