Carolyn Weems

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Carolyn Weems

Nonpartisan

Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 9

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Prior offices

Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Bayside (District 4)

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Clemson University, 1982

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Christian

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Carolyn Weems is a member of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools, representing District 9. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Weems ran for re-election to the Virginia Beach City Public Schools to represent District 9. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Weems completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Carolyn Weems earned a bachelor's degree from Clemson University in 1982.. She is a former tennis coach at Old Dominion University.

Elections

2022

See also: Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Virginia, elections (2022)

General election

General election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 9

Incumbent Carolyn Weems defeated Erika Guess in the general election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn Weems (Nonpartisan)	58.1	9,528
	Submit photo	Erika Guess (Nonpartisan)	41.4	6,783
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	76

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,387
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2019

See also: Virginia State Senate elections, 2019

General election

General election for Virginia State Senate District 7

Jennifer Kiggans defeated Cheryl Turpin in the general election for Virginia State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Kiggans (R)	50.4	29,609
		Cheryl Turpin (D)	49.5	29,098
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	91

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,798
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Virginia State Senate District 7

Cheryl Turpin defeated Susan Bates Hippen and Kim Howard in the Democratic primary for Virginia State Senate District 7 on June 11, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cheryl Turpin	58.7	3,268
	Submit photo	Susan Bates Hippen	27.5	1,531
		Kim Howard	13.7	761
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	6

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,566
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Virginia State Senate District 7

Jennifer Kiggans defeated Carolyn Weems in the Republican primary for Virginia State Senate District 7 on June 11, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Kiggans	51.6	4,045
		Carolyn Weems	48.4	3,789
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	2

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,836
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2018

See also: Virginia Beach City Public Schools elections (2018)

General election

General election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Bayside (District 4)

Incumbent Carolyn Weems won election in the general election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Bayside (District 4) on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn Weems (Nonpartisan)	98.0	120,697
		Other/Write-in votes	2.0	2,438

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 123,135
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2014

See also: Virginia Beach City Public Schools elections (2014)

The November 4, 2014, general election in Virginia Beach City Public Schools featured six seats up for election. The districts of Bayside, Beach, Lynnhaven and Princess Anne were up for re-election, in addition to two at-large seats.

For the at-large seats, incumbents Dorothy Holtz and Robert Melatti sought re-election against four challengers. They were Alvenia Leboeuf, Ashley McLeod, Gregg O’Neil and Osmay Torres.

In the Bayside (District 4) race, incumbent Carolyn Weems faced challenger Clenise Platt. In the Beach (District 6) race, incumbent Samuel Reid competed against Sharon Felton. Lynnhaven (District 5) incumbent Emma L. Davis did not file for re-election; three candidates sought her seat. They were Michael Kelly, Carolyn Rye and Gregory Strangways. Two candidates, Kimberly Melnyk and Frances Thompson, challenged incumbent William Brunke for the Princess Anne (District 7) seat.

Holtz and McLeod won election to the at-large seats. Weems, Felton, Rye and Melnyk won their respective district seats.

Results

Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Bayside District General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Carolyn Weems Incumbent	67%	53,625
	Nonpartisan	Clenise Platt	32.7%	26,160
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.3%	273
Total Votes				80,058
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "Official Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014

Funding

Weems did not file a campaign finance report with the Virginia State Board of Elections during the election.

Endorsements

In an October 22, 2014, editorial by The Virginian-Pilot, the staff endorsed Weems.

2010

Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Bayside General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Independent	Carolyn Weems	69.4%	61,013
	Independent	C. Banks Jr.	30.4%	26,743
	Independent	Write-in votes	0.2%	214
Total Votes				87,970
Source: Virginia Beach, Virginia, "November 2010 General and Special Elections," accessed October 14, 2014

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Carolyn Weems completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Weems' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Carolyn Weems and her husband Billy have lived in the District 9 community for over 30 years. After college at Clemson University, they moved to Norfolk where they both began teaching and coaching at ODU. Carolyn enjoyed 6 years there as the Women’s Tennis Coach. While in college at Clemson, she was a varsity tennis player, a student senator, a resident assistant, member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and worked part time cleaning bathrooms in her dormitory. A few years later, they moved to Virginia Beach so their children could attend Virginia Beach Public Schools. After a storm destroyed their business, they started a small advertising specialty company and have managed this business for approximately 3 decades. They were blessed to have 5 children who are all very different and definitely had different pathways to adulthood and Carolyn quickly became very involved with their schools and extracurricular activities. Carolyn is now a teacher, church Youth Director, a member of the School Board and President of Caitlyn’s HALO, her non-profit she began in honor of her daughter, Caitlyn, after she died of an opioid overdose.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• We must prepare students for the workforce and not just college. I support the creation of a full time Vocational High School
• Parental rights and input must be at the forefront of all policy decisions made by the school board
• Teachers must be given support for student discipline problems and working conditions must be improved

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Over the course of my years on the School Board I have consistently fought for students with special needs. While our school system has improved in this area, we need to collaborate more with our parents and community members of the SEAC (Special Education Advisory Committee). Also, better transition services are needed as well as more opportunities for students with special needs to be included in extracurricular activities.

I lost my daughter to opioid addiction after she became addicted after a sports injury. I am passionate about educating the public and students about the dangers of prescription drugs. I have been successful in getting this messaging into the Family Life Education curriculum in our schools but we must do more. I am leading an effort to create a "recovery school" that would provide students with the necessary resources to get treatment for their addiction while also continuing to get an education.

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2019

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