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Charles Lawrence
Charles Lawrence ran for the District 5 seat on the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education in a general election on November 5, 2013.
Biography
Lawrence earned a B.A. from Howard University and started the Charles Lawrence Realty firm in 1988. He has served as a parent volunteer on the panel for Project Grad Atlanta, as the Vice President Howard University Alumni, as the recruitment chair for Howard University alumni, as a participant in the Atlanta Public Schools for Career Days for the past 15 years and volunteered in reading, book donations and father/son programs in APS. Additionally, Lawrence has written a book titled 15 things teenagers should know upon leaving high school!. He is married and has three children.[1][2]
Elections
2013
- See also: Atlanta Public Schools elections (2013)
Lawrence ran for the District 5 seat against Steven Lee, Mary L. Palmer and Raynard Johnson on November 5, 2013. Opponents Steven Lee and Mary L. Palmer competed in a runoff election on December 3, 2013.
Results
| Atlanta Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Steven Lee |
36.8% | 3,125 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Palmer |
36.4% | 3,085 | |
| Nonpartisan | Raynard Johnson | 16% | 1,361 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles Lawrence | 10.4% | 879 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in | 0.4% | 31 | |
| Total Votes | 8,481 | |||
| Source: Fulton County Board of Election, "Election Results," accessed October 30, 2017 | ||||
Funding
Lawrence reported $1,439.00 in contributions and $1,425.07 in expenditures to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission , which left his campaign with $13.93 on hand.[3]
Endorsements
Lawrence did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
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