Broward County Public Schools elections (2016)

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Broward County Public Schools Elections
Primary election date:
August 30, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
262,666 students

Two of the nine seats on the Broward County Public Schools Board of Education were up for by district primary election and one seat was up for at-large primary election on August 30, 2016. District 2 incumbent Patricia Good defeated challengers Andrew Ramjit and Rose Walker-Williams. District 5 incumbent Rosalind Osgood won re-election against newcomer Nathalie Lynch-Walsh. In the race for At-Large Seat 9, incumbent Robin Bartleman defeated challenger Sharnell Jackson. The District 3 seat was originally set to be on the ballot, but incumbent Heather Pomper Brinkworth was unopposed in her bid for re-election and was automatically re-elected when the candidate filing deadline passed.

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Florida school board elections function differently than elections of this kind in most states. Primary elections for Florida school boards were held on August 30, 2016, though primaries are functionally general elections. A general election would have been held on November 8, 2016, between the top two vote recipients in any race where no candidate received the majority of primary votes. Unopposed elections were canceled and did not appear on the ballot. Special elections were held in conjunction with some general elections to fill vacancies.

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The Broward County Public Schools Board of Education consists of nine members elected to four-year terms. Two members represent the entire county and seven members are elected to specific geographic districts. There was a primary election on August 30, 2016. A general election was originally scheduled for November 8, 2016, but it became unnecessary because the races were decided in the primary.

The filing deadline for school board candidates was June 24, 2016. The county's elections office hosted early voting for the primary election at various locations from August 20, 2016, to August 27, 2016. The early voting window for the general election ran from October 29, 2016, to November 5, 2016. Voters had to register by August 1, 2016, to vote in the primary election and by October 11, 2016, to vote in the general election.

District 2

Results

Broward County Public Schools, District 2 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Patricia Good Incumbent	61.27%	14,329
Rose Walker-Williams	27.81%	6,503
Andrew Ramjit	10.92%	2,554
Total Votes		23,386
Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "August 30th 2016 Primary," accessed December 1, 2016

Candidates

Patricia Good		Andrew Ramjit		Rose Walker-Williams
	Incumbent

District 3

Results

Incumbent Heather Pomper Brinkworth was the sole candidate to file for this seat and was automatically re-elected.

Broward County Public Schools, District 3 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate
Heather Pomper Brinkworth Incumbent (unopposed)

Candidates

Heather Pomper Brinkworth
	Incumbent

District 5

Results

Broward County Public Schools, District 5 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Rosalind Osgood Incumbent	58.96%	16,690
Nathalie Lynch-Walsh	41.04%	11,617
Total Votes		28,307
Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "August 30th 2016 Primary," accessed December 1, 2016

Candidates

Rosalind Osgood		Nathalie Lynch-Walsh
	Incumbent

At-Large Seat 9

Results

Broward County Public Schools, At-Large Seat 9 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Robin Bartleman Incumbent	71.61%	114,663
Sharnell Jackson	28.39%	45,460
Total Votes		160,123
Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "August 30th 2016 Primary," accessed December 1, 2016

Candidates

Robin Bartleman		Sharnell Jackson
	Incumbent

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Florida elections, 2016

The following federal and state offices shared the primary, general, or both election dates with school board elections:

• President
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House
• State Senate
• State House
• State Attorney
• Public Defender
• State Supreme Court
• District Court of Appeal

One state ballot measure appeared on the primary ballot.
The following local offices shared primary, general, or both election dates with school board elections:

• Sheriff
• Property Appraiser
• Supervisor of Elections
• County Commission
• County Court Judge
• Broward Soil & Water Conservation
• Central Broward Water Control

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for this Florida election in 2016:

Deadline	Event
June 24, 2016	Last day to file nominating petitions
August 1, 2016	Primary election voter registration deadline
August 20-27, 2016	Primary election early voting period
August 30, 2016	Primary election day
October 11, 2016	General election voter registration deadline
October 29-November 5, 2016	General election early voting period
November 8, 2016	General election day

Endorsements

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Campaign finance

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2016

Reports

Candidates received a total of $153,342.42 and spent a total of $45,154.29 as of August 8, 2016, according to the Broward County Supervisor of Elections.

District 2

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Patricia Good	$29,895.00	$6,063.82	$23,831.18
Andrew Ramjit	$3,419.75	$2,956.39	$6,376.14
Rose Walker-Williams	$6,900.00	$3,333.89	$3,566.11

District 3

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Heather Pomper Brinkworth	$3,500.00	$1,821.80	$1,678.2

District 5

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Nathalie Lynch-Walsh	$5,427.67	$2,864.22	$2,563.45
Rosalind Osgood	$40,105.00	$19,006.75	$21,098.25

At-Large Seat 9

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Robin Bartleman	$59,270.00	$5,090.62	$54,179.38
Sharnell Jackson	$4,825.00	$4,017.55	$807.45

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2014 District 1 Broward County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Ann Murray Incumbent 51% 7,367      Nonpartisan Felicia Mychele Brunson 49% 7,076 Total Votes 14,443 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "Official Results," accessed June 4, 2014 District 3 Broward County Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Heather Pomper Brinkworth Incumbent 51.5% 8,421      Nonpartisan Nicholas A. "Nick" Sakhnovsky 31.6% 5,163      Nonpartisan Sam Budyszewick 16.9% 2,754 Total Votes 16,338 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "Official Results," accessed June 4, 2014 District 4 Broward County Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Abby Merle Freedman Incumbent 52.3% 7,309      Nonpartisan Robert Alan Mayersohn 47.7% 6,658 Total Votes 13,967 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "Official Results," accessed June 4, 2014 District 6 Broward County Public Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Laurie Rich Levinson Incumbent 68.8% 8,738      Nonpartisan Lisa Lafferty Spince 31.2% 3,962 Total Votes 12,700 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "Official Results," accessed June 4, 2014 District 7 Broward County Public Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Nora Rupert Incumbent 77.3% 10,703      Nonpartisan Hubert St. Clair 22.7% 3,151 Total Votes 13,854 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "Official Results," accessed June 4, 2014 District 8 Donna Pilger Korn was re-elected without opposition. 2012 Broward County Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Katherine "Katie" Leach 59.1% 11,578      Nonpartisan Michael E. Levinson 25.8% 5,059      Nonpartisan C. Rebecca "Becky" Blackwood 15% 2,940 Total Votes 19,577 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2012 Primary Election," August 28, 2012 Broward County Public Schools, District 4 Runoff Election, Unexpired 2-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Abby Merle Freedman 54.6% 48,385      Nonpartisan Rochelle "Shelly" Solomon 45.4% 40,268 Total Votes 88,653 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2012 General Election," November 19, 2012 Broward County Public Schools, District 5 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Rosalind "Ros" Osgood 69.7% 50,800      Nonpartisan Torey Alston 30.3% 22,065 Total Votes 72,865 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2012 General Election," November 19, 2012 Broward County Public Schools, At-Large District 8 Runoff Election, Unexpired 2-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Donna Pilger Korn 51.3% 286,568      Nonpartisan Franklin Sands 48.7% 271,531 Total Votes 558,099 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2012 General Election," November 19, 2012 Broward County Public Schools, At-Large District 9 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Robin Bartleman 55.2% 308,048      Nonpartisan Barbara Houston Wilson 44.8% 250,286 Total Votes 558,334 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2012 General Election," November 19, 2012 2010 Runoff election Broward County Public Schools, District 4 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan David "Dave" Thomas 59.6% 28,666      Nonpartisan Jaemi Levine 40.4% 19,450 Total Votes 48,116 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2010 General Election," November 2, 2010 Broward County Public Schools, District 6 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Laurie Rich Levinson 54.8% 26,897      Nonpartisan Phyllis C. Hope 45.2% 22,209 Total Votes 49,106 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2010 General Election," November 2, 2010 Broward County Public Schools, District 7 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Nora Rupert 61.6% 25,212      Nonpartisan Travis R. Williamson 38.4% 15,700 Total Votes 40,912 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2010 General Election," November 2, 2010 General election Broward County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Ann Murray Incumbent 66.7% 9,764      Nonpartisan Rebecca Horner 33.3% 4,875 Total Votes 14,639 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2010 Primary Election," September 2, 2010 Broward County Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Patti Good 57.3% 11,392      Nonpartisan Kevin Tynan 25.1% 4,989      Nonpartisan Joel L. Smith 17.6% 3,501 Total Votes 19,882 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2010 Primary Election," September 2, 2010 Broward County Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan David "Dave" Thomas 25.8% 4,149      Nonpartisan Jaemi Levine 17.6% 2,832      Nonpartisan Penny M. Madden 16.9% 2,716      Nonpartisan Robert W. Sutton 14.3% 2,299      Nonpartisan Donald (Don) Samuels 12.7% 2,036      Nonpartisan Robert Alan Mayersohn 12.7% 2,041 Total Votes 16,073 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2010 Primary Election," September 2, 2010 Broward County Public Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Laurie Rich Levinson 42.3% 8,313      Nonpartisan Phyllis C. Hope 33.2% 6,529      Nonpartisan Lynn Simon 13.3% 2,616      Nonpartisan Melvin "Doc" Propis 11.1% 2,179 Total Votes 19,637 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2010 Primary Election," September 2, 2010 Broward County Public Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Nora Rupert 33.2% 5,381      Nonpartisan Travis R. Williamson 25% 4,045      Nonpartisan James S. "Jim" Lansing 21.5% 3,480      Nonpartisan Russell E. Kaufman 20.3% 3,285 Total Votes 16,191 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2010 Primary Election," September 2, 2010 Broward County Public Schools, At-large District 8 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Jennifer Leonard Gottlieb 50% 61,001      Nonpartisan Susan Eleanor Madori 29.4% 35,887      Nonpartisan Nicholas A. "Nick" Sakhnovsky 20.5% 25,042 Total Votes 121,930 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2010 Primary Election," September 2, 2010 2008 Runoff election Broward County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 2-year term, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Ann Murray 56.8% 37,712      Nonpartisan Richard W. "Rick" Saltrick 43.2% 28,689 Total Votes 66,401 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2008 General Election," November 18, 2008 General election Broward County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 2-year term, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Richard W. "Rick" Saltrick 42.5% 5,665      Nonpartisan Ann Murray 42.3% 5,635      Nonpartisan Diane Ziol Caulfield 15.2% 2,025 Total Votes 13,325 Source: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, "2008 Primary Election," September 2, 2008

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About the district

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Broward County Public Schools is located in the county of the same name in southern Florida.

Broward County Public Schools serves the county of the same name in southern Florida. Fort Lauderdale is the county seat. The county was home to an estimated 1,896,425 residents between 2010 and 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau. The district was the second-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 262,666 students.

Demographics

Broward County outperformed Florida as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 30.2 percent of county residents aged 25 and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 26.8 percent statewide. The median household income for the county was $51,574 compared to $47,212 for the state. County residents lived below poverty level at a rate of 14.5 percent, while that rate was 16.5 percent for state residents.

Racial Demographics, 2015
Race	Broward County (%)	Florida (%)
White	64.4	77.7
Black or African American	29.2	16.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.4	0.5
Asian	3.8	2.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	2.1	2.0
Hispanic or Latino	28.0	24.5

Presidential Voting Pattern, Broward County
Year	Democratic votes	Republican votes	Other votes
2012	508,312	244,101	3,671
2008	492,640	237,729	0
2004	453,873	244,674	0
2000	387,703	177,902	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

Broward County Public Schools	Florida	School Boards
List of school districts in Florida	Florida school board elections, 2016 Public education in Florida Local ballot measures, Florida	School board elections, 2016 School board elections, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2016 School board election data analysis, 2015

External links

• Broward County Public Schools
• Broward County Supervisor of Elections