Billy Marts
Billy Marts was a candidate for the District I seat on the Moore County Schools school board in North Carolina. Marts was defeated in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016.
Elections
2016
- See also: Moore County Schools elections (2016)
A decision made in 2015 to reduce the size of the Moore County Schools school board caused two at-large incumbents—Libby Carter and Pam Thompson—to vie for a single at-large seat on the board in the 2016 election. Following the general election on November 8, 2016, the board eliminated one of its at-large seats, changing to a composition of five district seats and two at-large seats. All members were elected countywide. In order to achieve the reduction, the terms of Carter and Thompson, both of whom were appointed in 2015 to fill unexpired terms for two seats, ended. The incumbents competed for the one at-large seat left on the board; the other is held by Ed Dennison, whose term is not up until 2018.[1]
A total of five of the seven seats on the Moore County Schools school board were up for general election. The District I seat of Stacey Caldwell, District II seat of Helena Wallin-Miller, District IV seat of Laura Lang, District V seat of Bruce Cunningham, and an at-large seat were up for election. Nine candidates, five of whom were incumbents, filed for this election. In District I, Caldwell defeated challenger Billy Marts. In District II, Wallin-Miller ran for re-election unopposed and won. District IV saw two newcomers vying for the open seat: Betty Brown and Angela Davis, with Brown winning the seat. In District V, Cunningham won against challenger B.J. Goodridge. Incumbent Carter defeated fellow board member Thompson in the at-large race.[2][3]
Results
| Moore County Schools, District I General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Stacey Caldwell Incumbent |
69.59% | 24,397 |
| Billy Marts | 30.10% | 10,553 |
| Write-in votes | 0.31% | 110 |
| Total Votes (100) | 35,060 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results-Moore," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
Marts did not report any contributions or expenditures to the Moore County Board of Elections as of November 4, 2016.[4]
School board candidates in North Carolina were required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:
(1) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and
(2) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and
(3) Did not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[5]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Pilot, "State Legislature Enacts Law Reducing Size of School Board," September 17, 2015
- ↑ County of Moore, "Candidate Filings," accessed January 22, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Moore," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Moore County, "Board of Elections," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Chapter 163: Elections And Election Laws, Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Reporting Schedules," accessed October 11, 2016
