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Bill Sublette
Bill Sublette is a former board chair of the Orange County School Board in Florida. He was first elected to the position on August 24, 2010. Sublette did not seek re-election in 2018.
Sublette represented District 40 in the Florida House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000.
Elections
2014
The August 26, 2014, general election in Orange County featured four seats up for election. Incumbents Joie Cadle and Daryl Flynn each faced a single challenger in their re-election bids for Districts 1 and 2, respectively. Both won re-election, defeating candidates Joshua A. Katz and Phil Stump, respectively. Chadwick Hardee, Regina Hellinger, Linda Kobert and Julio Rocha were running to replace District 3 member Rick Roach, who did not file for re-election. None of them received 50 percent of the votes in the general election, so Linda Kobert and Regina Hellinger, the top two vote-getters, advanced to the runoff election on November 4, 2014. Board chair Bill Sublette did not face a challenger on August 26, 2014, but Gene Vernon Hair qualified as a write-in candidate for the November 4, 2014, election.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Bill Sublette Incumbent |
96% | 218,460 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gene Vernon Hair (write-in) | 4% | 9,027 | |
| Total Votes | 227,487 | |||
| Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 22, 2014 | ||||
Funding
As of October 28, 2014, Sublette reported $29,400.00 in contributions and $5,102.89 in expenditures to the Orange County Supervisor of Elections, which left his campaign with $24,297.11 on hand.[1]
Endorsements
Sublette was endorsed by BusinesForce.[2]
2010
| Orange County Public Schools, Board Chair General Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Bill Sublette |
61.5% | 71,778 | |
| Nonpartisan | Leona Rachman | 20.1% | 23,485 | |
| Nonpartisan | Homer Hartage | 18.4% | 21,456 | |
| Total Votes | 116,719 | |||
| Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "August 24th, Primary Election - Official Results," August 30, 2010 | ||||
Campaign themes
2014
Sublette provided the following statements on his campaign website:
| “ | Accountable To Our Constituents
Accountability means transparency in all that we do, a right to be heard, and a school system which is responsive to the needs and wants of our community. Orange County Public Schools must be accountable to all of its constituents. Most importantly it must be accountable to the children who attend the schools and deserve a world class education but also the parents who send their children to public schools and the taxpayers who pay property and sales taxes to support our public schools and who have a right to demand a high quality public education system in return for their tax dollars. Performance Benchmarks Accountability also means setting clearly defined, measurable, well publicized benchmarks for the performance of the school system. Reporting upon the progress we make, or fail to make, toward accomplishing those goals is equally important. Every year an unvarnished, honest State of the Schools address should be delivered by the School Board Chair to parents, teachers, and the public on the progress we are making. Outside Performance and Financial Audits Accountability means bringing in outside, unbiased evaluators to evaluate our school system and to help identify areas where we may improve. Orange County’s Comptroller, Martha Haynie should be invited in to supervise this audit of the finances and performance of the School District. Transparency School governance, spending, and procurement should be open and transparent no different from other levels of government in Florida. An audit of the District’s procurement processes will open up the process to the community. Contracts which have not been bid upon for years should be opened to bidding. Lobbying disclosure and restrictions on contractor lobbying should be adopted.[3] |
” |
| —Bill Sublette's campaign website (2014)[4] | ||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "County Candidates," accessed October 28, 2014
- ↑ BusinessForce, "2014 BusinessForce Endorsed Candidates," accessed October 28, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Bill Sublette for Orange County School Board Chair, "The Issues," accessed October 28, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alzo J. Reddick (R) |
Florida House of Representatives District 40 1992–2000 |
Succeeded by Andy Gardiner |
| 2014 Orange County Public Schools Elections | |
| Orange County, Florida | |
| Election date: | August 26, 2014 |
| Candidates: | Chair: • Bill Sublette • Gene Vernon Hair District 1: • Joie Cadle • Joshua A. Katz |
| Important information: | What as at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
