Beaufort County School District special elections (2017)
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One of the 11 seats on the Beaufort County School District school board in South Carolina was up for by-district special election on October 17, 2017. John Dowling Jr. defeated Susan Gordon for the seat. The special election for District 6 was triggered after former board member Patricia Felton-Montgomery resigned several months after she was elected to the board in 2016.[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Beaufort County school board is a nonpartisan board that consists of 11 members elected to four-year terms. Members are elected by district.
In order to get on the ballot for a South Carolina school board election, candidates had to be 18 years old, residents of the county and/or district at the time of the election, and registered to vote. The filing deadline for this school board election was August 15, 2017.[2]
To vote in South Carolina, one must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of South Carolina, and at least 18 years old by the time of the next election. Citizens may register to vote in person at a county board of voter registration or by downloading and completing a form and mailing, faxing, or emailing it to a county voter registration office. The deadline to register to vote in this election was September 15, 2017.[3]
- See also: Voting in South Carolina and Voter identification laws by state
Candidates and results
District 6
Results
| Beaufort County School District, District 6 General Election, 3-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 John Dowling Jr. |
63.05% | 430 |
| Susan Gordon | 36.95% | 252 |
| Total Votes | 682 | |
| Source: Beaufort County, "School Board Dist 6 Special," accessed October 24, 2017 | ||
Candidates
John Dowling Jr. 
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Susan Gordon | ||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: South Carolina elections, 2017
This school board election did not share the ballot with any other races.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for this South Carolina school board election in 2017:[4]
| Deadline | Event |
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| August 15, 2017 | Candidate filing deadline |
| September 15, 2017 | Voter registration deadline |
| October 17, 2017 | Election day |
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Past elections
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What was at stake?
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About the district
Beaufort County School District is located in Beaufort County in southern South Carolina. The city of the same name is the seat of county government. Beaufort County was home to an estimated 183,149 residents between 2010 and 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] The district was the 10th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 21,355 students.[6]
Demographics
Beaufort County outperformed in comparison to South Carolina as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 38.8 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 25.8 percent of state residents. The median household income in the county was $57,048, compared to $45,483 for the entire state. County residents lived below the poverty level at a rate of 12.9 percent, while that rate was 15.3 percent for all state residents.[5]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[5] | ||
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| Race | Beaufort County (%) | South Carolina (%) |
| White | 77.4 | 68.5 |
| Black or African American | 18.7 | 27.5 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Asian | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11.1 | 5.5 |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
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See also
| Beaufort County School District | South Carolina | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking System," accessed August 22, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Votes, "Candidate Qualifications," accessed August 2, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "South Carolina Voter Registration Information," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Bluffton Today, "UPDATED: Beaufort County school board chair resigns, special election called," June 21, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "Beaufort County, South Carolina," accessed September 18, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Beaufort County School District elections in 2017 | |
| Beaufort County, South Carolina | |
| Election date: | October 17, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 6: John Dowling Jr. • Susan Gordon |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
