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Bosco Locklear

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Bosco Locklear

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Prior offices
Public Schools of Robeson County school board District 4

Bosco Locklear was the District 4 representative on the Public Schools of Robeson County school board in North Carolina. Locklear lost his bid for re-election in the general election on March 15, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Public Schools of Robeson County elections (2016)

Seven of the 11 seats on the Public Schools of Robeson County school board were up for general election on March 15, 2016. A total of 20 candidates filed for the seats in this election.[1]

The seats of Loistine DeFreece, Jo Ann Lowery, Bosco Locklear, John Campbell, Gary Strickland, Randy Lawson and Steve Martin were up for election. For the District 1 seat, DeFreece ran for re-election unopposed and won. In District 4, Locklear faced two challengers: Harold Hunt and Charles Bullard.[1] Bullard was successful in ousting the incumbent from the board and won the District 4 seat. Similarly, in District 5, Strickland also ran against two challengers: Craig Lowry and Larry Anthony Chavis. Once again, a newcomer was victorious with Lowry winning election to the seat. In District 7, Martin faced and defeated two challengers: Billy Prevatte and Brenda Allison. Finally, ten candidates vied for the three at-large seats, including incumbents Lawson, Lowery and Campbell: Darek Hunt, Severeo Kerns, Richard Monroe, Mary Thomas-Locklear, Elton L. Tyndall, Robert Davis and Brian Freeman.[1] Two of the incumbents—Cambell and Lawson—won, and one newcomer joined them in their victory: Brian Freeman.

Results

Public Schools of Robeson County,
District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Charles Bullard 42.48% 1,307
Bosco Locklear Incumbent 41.92% 1,290
Harold Hunt 14.82% 456
Write-in votes 0.78% 24
Total Votes (100) 3,077
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official Primary Election Results - Robeson," accessed June 15, 2016

Funding

School board candidates in North Carolina are required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:

(1) Does not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and

(2) Does not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and

(3) Does not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[2]

The first quarter campaign finance deadline was on March 7, 2016.

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