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Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs
Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs was a member of the Oklahoma City Public Schools school board, representing District 3. Jacobs assumed office in 2016. Jacobs left office in 2022.
Jacobs won re-election to the Oklahoma City Public Schools school board to represent District 3 outright in the general election on April 7, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Coppernoll Jacobs is a writer with BigWing Interactive but has worked as a reporter and columnist with The Oklahoman, and also as a high school journalism teacher. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from The University of Arkansas and is married with two small children enrolled in Oklahoma City Public Schools.[1][2][3]
Elections
2020
Incumbent Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.
2016
Two of the eight seats on the Oklahoma City Public Schools school board were up for general election on February 9, 2016. District 3 incumbent Philip Horning did not file to seek re-election. Two candidates vied to replace him: Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs and Adam Zodrow. District 4 incumbent Laura Massenat filed the paperwork to seek re-election on December 7, 2015, but officially withdrew her candidacy on December 12, 2015. Due to this lack of opposition candidate Paula Lewis did not appear on the ballot and was automatically elected.[4]
Results
| Oklahoma City Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs |
53.90% | 283 |
| Adam Zodrow | 46.10% | 242 |
| Total Votes (100) | 525 | |
| Source: Oklahoma Election Board, "Election Summary by County," accessed February 9, 2016 | ||
Funding
Coppernoll Jacobs reported no contributions or expenditures to the Oklahoma City Public Schools Department of Board Services as of January 21, 2016.[5]
Endorsements
Coppernoll Jacobs has received no official endorsements for her campaign as of January 21, 2016.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Candidate website
Coppernoll Jacobs' campaign website listed the following campaign theme for 2016:
| “ | I'd like to boost support for schools. We have to identify what's preventing parents, businesses and the community from being involved at every school. I also want to be an advocate for Oklahoma City Public Schools in the community and with state leaders. Our kids need our support now more than ever. We all have to work with urgency.[6] | ” |
| —Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs campaign website, (2015), [3] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "About Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs for OKCPS," accessed January 22, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs," accessed January 22, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs, "Candidate for Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education, District 3," accessed January 22, 2016
- ↑ NewsOK, "Oklahoma news briefs for Dec. 12," December 12, 2015
- ↑ Mandy Gillip, "Email communication with Craig Cates, Oklahoma City Public Schools school board clerk," January 20, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
