Bullitt County Public Schools elections (2016)
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Three of the five seats on the Bullitt County Public Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. District 1 incumbent Lorraine McLaughlin and District 5 incumbent Darrell Coleman ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats. In District 2, Diane Thompson defeated Katherine Dozier. The District 2 incumbent Roger Hayes filed to run for re-election but withdrew from the race before the election.[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Bullitt County Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Each member is elected to a specific geographic division. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.
School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period, which ended on August 9, 2016. To vote in the 2016 general election, voters had to register by October 11, 2016.[2]
Candidates and results
District 1
Results
| Bullitt County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lorraine McLaughlin Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 3,545 |
| Total Votes (100) | 3,545 | |
| Source: "Bullitt County, Illinois," "Cumulative Report," accessed January 4, 2017 | ||
Candidates
Lorraine McLaughlin 
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District 2
Results
| Bullitt County Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Diane Thompson |
58.57% | 2,258 |
| Katherine Dozier | 41.43% | 1,597 |
| Total Votes (100) | 3,855 | |
| Source: "Bullitt County, Illinois," "Cumulative Report," accessed January 4, 2017 | ||
Candidates
| Katherine Dozier | Diane Thompson
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Withdrawn candidate
| Roger Hayes | |
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District 5
Results
| Bullitt County Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Darrell Coleman Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 3,629 |
| Total Votes (100) | 3,629 | |
| Source: "Bullitt County, Illinois," "Cumulative Report," accessed January 4, 2017 | ||
Candidates
| Darrell Coleman
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Additional elections
- See also: Kentucky elections, 2016
The Bullitt County school board election shared the ballot with federal elections for President of the United States, United States Senate, and United States Representative. The statewide elections on the ballot included elections for the Kentucky State Senate, the Kentucky House of Representatives, and a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court. There were also a municipal election for Bullitt County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor.[3]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Kentucky school board elections in 2016:[4][5]
| Deadline | Event |
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| August 9, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| August 11, 2016 | Public drawing for ballot position |
| October 7, 2016 | First pre-election campaign finance report due |
| October 11, 2016 | Voter registration deadline |
| October 24, 2016 | Second pre-election campaign finance report due |
| November 8, 2016 | Election day |
| December 8, 2016 | Post-election campaign finance report due |
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Campaign finance
No contributions or expenditures were reported during the election, according to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.[6]
Candidates who raised or spent over $3,000 during the election cycle had to file all pre-election and post-election campaign finance reports. Those who raised or spent less than $3,000 were only required to file a 30-day post-election report, while those who raised or spent less than $1,000 did not have to file any reports.[7]
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About the district
- See also: Bullitt County Public Schools, Kentucky
Bullitt County Public Schools is located in northern Kentucky in Bullitt County. The county seat is Shepherdsville. Bullitt County was home to 78,702 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[8] The district was the seventh-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 13,351 students.[9]
Demographics
Bullitt County underperformed compared to Kentucky as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 13.4 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 21.8 percent of state residents. The median household income for the county was $56,199, compared to $43,342 for the state. The percentage of people below poverty level for the county was 12.3 percent, while it was 19.1 percent for the state of Kentucky.[8]
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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
| Bullitt County Public Schools | Kentucky | School Boards |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Mandy Gillip, "Email communication with Bullitt County Clerk," August 22, 2016
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "2016 Kentucky Election Calendar," accessed September 28, 2016
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "County Candidate Filings," accessed September 28, 2016
- ↑ Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, "Candidate Reporting Dates," accessed September 28, 2016
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "2016 Kentucky Election Calendar," accessed September 28, 2016
- ↑ Kentucky Registry of Campaign Finance, "Candidate Search," accessed November 5, 2016
- ↑ Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, "Candidate Guide Campaign Finance," accessed October 25, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 United States Census Bureau, "Quickfacts: Bullitt County, Kentucky," accessed September 29, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Voter Registration Statistics Report," May 12, 2016
