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Catoosa County Public Schools elections (2016)

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Catoosa County Public Schools Elections

General election date:
May 24, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
10,852 students

Three of the five seats on the Catoosa County Board of Education were up for general election on May 24, 2016. There was no primary. District 1 incumbent Gloria Hunt, District 3 incumbent Donald Dycus, and at-large newcomer Suzan Gibson ran unopposed in the election.[1]

Click here to find out how Catoosa County's school board elections compare to other nonpartisan school districts in Georgia.

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The Catoosa County Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms. One member is elected at large and four members are elected by district. The candidate filing period for Georgia school board candidates lasted from March 7, 2016, to March 11, 2016. Prospective candidates for nonpartisan offices submitted declarations of candidacy with their county election offices. The voter registration deadline for the general election was April 26, 2016.[2]

The following dates were key deadlines for Georgia's nonpartisan school board elections in 2016:[3]

Deadline Event
March 7, 2016 First day of candidate filing period
March 11, 2016 Candidate filing deadline
April 26, 2016 Voter registration deadline
May 24, 2016 General election
July 26, 2016 General runoff election (if necessary)

Candidates and results

District 1

Catoosa County Public Schools,
District 1 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Gloria Hunt Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 1,081
Total Votes 1,081
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016


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  • Incumbent

District 3

Catoosa County Public Schools,
District 3 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Donald Dycus Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 1,246
Total Votes 1,246
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016


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  • Incumbent

At-large

Catoosa County Public Schools,
At-large General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Suzan Gibson  (unopposed) 100.00% 4,604
Total Votes 4,604
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016


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Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Georgia elections, 2016

The May 24 school board election shared the ballot with Georgia's statewide primary. This primary included races for Georgia State Senate, Georgia House of Representatives, and local court seats. Primaries for U.S. House and U.S. Senate seats were on the ballot.

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Issues in the election

Election trends

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See also: School board elections, 2014

Georgia's spring nonpartisan school board elections in 2016 featured more districts with unopposed board seats than in 2014. Three of the state's 20 largest nonpartisan districts by enrollment (15 percent) had no contested seats in 2014. This rate doubled to six districts (30 percent) with entirely unopposed board seats in 2016. Ten districts saw fewer candidates per seat in 2016 than 2014, while nine districts had more candidates per seat and one district remained at the same number from year to year.

The following table compares candidates per seat rates and unopposed seat percentages for Georgia's largest nonpartisan school districts for 2014 and 2016:

Year-to-Year School Board Election Comparison, 2014 and 2016
District Candidates per seat, 2014 Candidates per seat, 2016 Year-to-year change (%) % of seats unopposed, 2014 % of seats unopposed, 2016
Bibb County School District 2.0 1.83 -8.5 0.0 50.0
Bulloch County Schools 1.5 1.75 16.7 50.0 50.0
Carroll County Schools 1.0 2.0 100.0 100.0 25.0
Catoosa County Public Schools 1.0 1.0 0.0 100.0 100.0
Clarke County School District 1.0 1.5 50.0 100.0 75.0
Colquitt County Schools 2.0 1.0 -100.0 50.0 100.0
Columbia County School System 1.5 1.3 -13.3 50.0 66.7
Coweta County School System 1.75 2.3 31.4 25.0 33.3
DeKalb County School District 3.14 1.0 -68.2 14.3 100.0
Effingham County Schools 2.5 1.3 -48.0 50.0 66.7
Fulton County Schools 1.75 1.0 -42.9 50.0 100.0
Griffin-Spalding County School System 1.67 1.0 -40.1 33.3 100.0
Henry County Schools 2.0 2.3 15.0 0.0 0.0
Houston County Board of Education 2.2 1.5 -31.8 60.0 50.0
Liberty County School System 1.25 1.0 -20.0 75.0 100.0
Lowndes County Schools 2.0 1.5 -25.0 33.3 50.0
Muscogee County School District 2.2 3.0 36.4 40.0 0.0
Rockdale County Public Schools 1.5 2.2 46.7 50.0 40.0
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System 1.8 1.5 -16.7 80.0 50.0
Troup County School System 1.3 2.0 53.8 66.7 50.0

About the district

See also: Catoosa County Public Schools, Georgia
Catoosa County Public Schools is located in Catoosa County, Georgia

Catoosa County Public Schools is located in Catoosa County, Georgia. The county seat of Catoosa County is Ringgold. Catoosa County was home to 66,050 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] The district was the 34th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 10,852 students.[5]

Demographics

Catoosa County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Georgia in terms of higher education achievement and median household income in 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 18.5 percent of Catoosa County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 29.3 percent for Georgia as a whole. The median household income in Catoosa County was $50,180, compared to $53,482 for the state of Georgia. The poverty rate in Catoosa County was 12.6 percent, compared to 14.8 percent for the entire state.[4]

Racial Demographics, 2014[4]
Race Catoosa County (%) Georgia (%)
White 93.7 77.4
Black or African American 2.8 13.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 1.2
Asian 1.4 5.4
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.2
Two or More Races 1.6 2.5
Hispanic or Latino 2.8 17.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Catoosa County[6]
Year Democratic Vote (%) Republican Vote (%) Other Vote (%)
2012 22.3 75.5 1.8
2008 24.6 74.4 1.0
2004 26.0 73.6 0.4
2000 31.0 68.2 0.8

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

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