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Bibb County School District elections (2016)

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Bibb County School District Elections

General election date:
May 24, 2016
Runoff election date:
July 26, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
24,180 students

Six of the eight seats on the Bibb County Board of Education were up for general election on May 24, 2016. A runoff election was held on July 26, 2016, in Districts 5 and 6. Sundra Woodford and James Timley defeated Jerome Collins but neither candidate received a majority in the District 5 general election. Woodford defeated Timley in the runoff. Bob Easter defeated fellow challenger Valerie Wynn for the District 6 seat in the runoff. Incumbent Jason Downey placed second to Easter in the general election but withdrew prior to the runoff.[1]

In District 2, incumbent Thelma Dillard defeated challenger Tina Dennard. District 4 incumbent Lester Miller won re-election against Jeff Moody. District 1 incumbent Ella Styles Carter and District 3 incumbent Susan Sipe were unopposed in the election.[1]

Click here to find out how Bibb County's school board elections compare to other nonpartisan school districts in Georgia.


Elections

Voter and candidate information

The Bibb County Board of Education consists of eight members elected to four-year terms. Two members are elected at large and six are elected by district. The candidate filing period for Georgia school board candidates lasted from March 7, 2016, to March 11, 2016. Prospective candidates for nonpartisan offices submitted declarations of candidacy with their county election offices. The voter registration deadline for the general election was April 26, 2016.[2]

The following dates were key deadlines for Georgia's nonpartisan school board elections in 2016:[3]

Deadline Event
March 7, 2016 First day of candidate filing period
March 11, 2016 Candidate filing deadline
April 26, 2016 Voter registration deadline
May 24, 2016 General election
July 26, 2016 General runoff election (if necessary)

Candidates and results

District 1

Bibb County School District,
District 1 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Ella Styles Carter Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 3,035
Total Votes 3,035
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016


Ella Styles Carter Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Incumbent

District 2

Bibb County School District,
District 2 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Thelma Dillard Incumbent 64.77% 1,780
Tina Dennard 35.23% 968
Total Votes 2,748
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016


Thelma Dillard Green check mark transparent.png Tina Dennard

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  • Incumbent
  • Bachelor's degree, Fort Valley State University
  • Master's degrees, Georgia College and State University
  • Retired educator

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  • Executive director, Adopt-A-Role Model

District 3

Bibb County School District,
District 3 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Susan Sipe Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 2,829
Total Votes 2,829
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016


Susan Sipe Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Incumbent

District 4

Bibb County School District,
District 4 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Lester Miller Incumbent 83.26% 3,401
Jeff Moody 16.74% 684
Total Votes 4,085
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016


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  • Incumbent

District 5

Bibb County School District,
District 5 General Runoff Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Sundra Woodford 63.74% 515
James Timley 36.26% 293
Total Votes 808
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Runoff July 26, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016
Bibb County School District,
District 5 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png James Timley 43.59% 1,489
Green check mark transparent.png Sundra Woodford 42.04% 1,436
Jerome Collins 14.37% 491
Total Votes 3,416
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016


James Timley Sundra Woodford Green check mark transparent.png Jerome Collins

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  • Bachelor's degree, Wesleyan College
  • Master's degree, Mercer University
  • Neighborhood revitalization manager, Macon Area Habitat for Humanity

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District 6

Bibb County School District,
District 6 General Runoff Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Bob Easter 84.81% 1,072
Valerie Wynn 15.19% 192
Total Votes 1,264
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Runoff July 26, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016
Bibb County School District,
District 6 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Bob Easter 48.61% 2,605
Green check mark transparent.png Jason Downey Incumbent 39.50% 2,117
Valerie Wynn 11.89% 637
Total Votes 5,359
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016


Jason Downey Bob Easter Green check mark transparent.png Valerie Wynn

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  • Incumbent
  • First elected in 2012
  • Bachelor's degree, Marshall University
  • J.D., Mercer University
  • Attorney

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Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Georgia elections, 2016

The May 24 school board election shared the ballot with Georgia's statewide primary. This primary included races for Georgia State Senate, Georgia House of Representatives, and local court seats. Primaries for U.S. House and U.S. Senate seats were on the ballot.

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Issues in the election

Election trends

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See also: School board elections, 2014

Georgia's spring nonpartisan school board elections in 2016 featured more districts with unopposed board seats than in 2014. Three of the state's 20 largest nonpartisan districts by enrollment (15 percent) had no contested seats in 2014. This rate doubled to six districts (30 percent) with entirely unopposed board seats in 2016. Ten districts saw fewer candidates per seat in 2016 than 2014, while nine districts had more candidates per seat and one district remained at the same number from year to year.

The following table compares candidates per seat rates and unopposed seat percentages for Georgia's largest nonpartisan school districts for 2014 and 2016:

Year-to-Year School Board Election Comparison, 2014 and 2016
District Candidates per seat, 2014 Candidates per seat, 2016 Year-to-year change (%) % of seats unopposed, 2014 % of seats unopposed, 2016
Bibb County School District 2.0 1.83 -8.5 0.0 50.0
Bulloch County Schools 1.5 1.75 16.7 50.0 50.0
Carroll County Schools 1.0 2.0 100.0 100.0 25.0
Catoosa County Public Schools 1.0 1.0 0.0 100.0 100.0
Clarke County School District 1.0 1.5 50.0 100.0 75.0
Colquitt County Schools 2.0 1.0 -100.0 50.0 100.0
Columbia County School System 1.5 1.3 -13.3 50.0 66.7
Coweta County School System 1.75 2.3 31.4 25.0 33.3
DeKalb County School District 3.14 1.0 -68.2 14.3 100.0
Effingham County Schools 2.5 1.3 -48.0 50.0 66.7
Fulton County Schools 1.75 1.0 -42.9 50.0 100.0
Griffin-Spalding County School System 1.67 1.0 -40.1 33.3 100.0
Henry County Schools 2.0 2.3 15.0 0.0 0.0
Houston County Board of Education 2.2 1.5 -31.8 60.0 50.0
Liberty County School System 1.25 1.0 -20.0 75.0 100.0
Lowndes County Schools 2.0 1.5 -25.0 33.3 50.0
Muscogee County School District 2.2 3.0 36.4 40.0 0.0
Rockdale County Public Schools 1.5 2.2 46.7 50.0 40.0
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System 1.8 1.5 -16.7 80.0 50.0
Troup County School System 1.3 2.0 53.8 66.7 50.0

About the district

See also: Bibb County School District, Georgia
Bibb County School District is located in Bibb County, Georgia

Bibb County School District is located in Bibb County, Georgia. The county seat of Bibb County is Macon. Bibb County was home to 153,721 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] The district was the 18th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 24,180 students.[5]

Demographics

Bibb County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Georgia in terms of higher education achievement and median household income in 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 23.4 percent of Bibb County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 29.3 percent for Georgia as a whole. The median household income in Bibb County was $36,614, compared to $53,482 for the state of Georgia. The poverty rate in Bibb County was 28.2 percent, compared to 14.8 percent for the entire state.[4]

Racial Demographics, 2014[4]
Race Bibb County (%) Georgia (%)
White 42.6 77.4
Black or African American 53.8 13.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 1.2
Asian 1.9 5.4
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.2
Two or More Races 1.3 2.5
Hispanic or Latino 3.2 17.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Bibb County[6]
Year Democratic Vote (%) Republican Vote (%) Other Vote (%)
2012 59.6 39.6 0.8
2008 58.7 40.7 0.6
2004 50.8 48.7 0.5
2000 50.4 48.6 1.0

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

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