Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools elections (2017)
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Four of the seven seats on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools school board in North Carolina were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Three seats were originally scheduled to appear on the ballot, but a special election for the seat of Annetta Streater was held after she resigned from the board in September 2017 citing increasing family and work commitments. The fourth-highest vote-getter won her spot on the board.[1]
Board member Joal Hall Broun won an additional four-year term along with newcomers Amy Fowler and Mary Ann Wolf. Board member James Barrett won the two-year term. They defeated challengers Ryan Brummond, Calvin Deutschbein, and Kim Talikoff.[2]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City school board consists of seven members elected at large to four-year terms.
To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file a notice of candidacy with their county board of elections by July 21, 2017. In North Carolina, candidates must be registered voters of the district, at least 21 years of age by the date of the general election, and not serving an active felony sentence, including any period of probation or parole.[3]
To vote in North Carolina, voters must be U.S. citizens and residents of North Carolina who have lived in the county they intend to vote in for at least 30 days. Citizens must also be at least 18 years old. If a voter has been convicted of a felony, their right to vote must have been restored. A voter in North Carolina cannot claim the right to vote elsewhere. To vote in this 2017 school board election, citizens had to register to vote by October 13, 2017.[4]
- See also: Voting in North Carolina and Voter identification laws by state
Candidates and results
At-Large
Results
| Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Amy Fowler |
22.39% | 9,524 |
| Mary Ann Wolf |
20.59% | 8,757 |
| Joal Hall Broun Incumbent |
19.48% | 8,287 |
| James Barrett Incumbent |
17.46% | 7,427 |
| Kim Talikoff | 13.82% | 5,879 |
| Calvin Deutschbein | 3.47% | 1,474 |
| Ryan Brummond | 2.40% | 1,019 |
| Hongbin Gu (Write-in) | 0.02% | 8 |
| Barbara Foushee (Write-in) | 0.01% | 5 |
| Write-in votes | 0.36% | 152 |
| Total Votes | 42,532 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement, "Official General Election Results - Orange," accessed November 28, 2017 | ||
Candidates
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| Kim Talikoff | Mary Ann Wolf
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: North Carolina elections, 2017
This 2017 school board election in North Carolina shared the ballot with elections for Carrboro mayor, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, Chapel Hill mayor, and Chapel Hill town council.[2]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for this North Carolina school board election in 2017:
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
School board candidates in North Carolina are required to file a statement of organization within 10 days of filing for office. Candidates who do not think they will receive or spend more than $1,000 during the election cycle are permitted to file a Certification of Threshold form. Once that has been filed, they are not required to file disclosure reports unless they exceed the threshold, but still must keep records of all campaign contributions and expenditures.
If a candidate does exceed the threshold, he or she must then file an amendment form and begin reporting all contributions and expenditures according to that year's reporting schedule.[5]
The table below displays the reporting schedule for 2017 school board candidates in North Carolina:
Past elections
To see results from past elections in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, click here.
What was at stake?
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About the district
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is located in Orange County in north-central North Carolina. The seat of county government is Hillsborough. Orange County was home to an estimated 141,796 residents between 2010 and 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[6] The district was the 34th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 12,090 students.[7]
Demographics
Orange County outperformed compared to North Carolina as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 56.6 percent of county residents had obtained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 28.4 percent of all state residents. The median household income in the county was $59,290, while it was $46,868 in the entire state. County residents lived below the poverty level at a rate of 14.3 percent, while that rate was 16.4 percent for all state residents.[6]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[6] | ||
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| Race | Orange County (%) | North Carolina (%) |
| White | 76.5 | 71.0 |
| Black or African American | 12.2 | 22.2 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Asian | 8.1 | 2.9 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8.4 | 9.2 |
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.
Recent news
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See also
| Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools | North Carolina | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Hill, "Annetta Streater Resigning from CHCCS Board," September 8, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orange County Board of Elections, "2017 Candidate Filings," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2017 Municipal Elections," accessed August 1, 2017
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Voter Information," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2015 Candidate Campaign Finance Manual," accessed August 7, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 United States Census Bureau, "Orange County," accessed August 2, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Orange County, North Carolina | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large: Incumbent, James Barrett • Incumbent, Joal Hall Broun • Ryan Brummond • Calvin Deutschbein • Amy Fowler • Kim Talikoff • Mary Ann Wolf |
| Important information: | What's at stake? |
