Chesapeake Public Schools elections (2018)
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 15
- Early voting: N/A
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo ID required
- Poll times: 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Five seats on the Chesapeake Public Schools school board in Virginia were up for general election on May 1, 2018. Incumbents Christie Craig, Colleen Leary, Harry Murphy, Louis Tayon Jr., and Michael Woods faced challengers Gayle Gilmore, Sharon Johnson-Clayton, Patricia King, Bryan Miles, Luis Padilla, and Bradley Whitlow.
Elections
At-Large
The Chesapeake Public Schools school board consists of nine members elected at large to four-year terms. Five seats were up for general election on May 1, 2018; there was no primary election. Qualified individuals who ran in this election were required to file by March 6, 2018.
General election
General election for Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chesapeake Public Schools, At-large on May 1, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Colleen Leary (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 11,399 |
| ✔ |  | Patricia King (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 10,910 |
| ✔ |  | Christie Craig (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 10,612 |
| ✔ |  | Harry Murphy (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 9,606 |
| ✔ |  | Michael Woods (Nonpartisan) | 10.4 | 9,398 |
 | Louis Tayon Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 8,933 | |
 | Sharon Johnson-Clayton (Nonpartisan) | 9.8 | 8,900 | |
| Luis Padilla (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 6,526 | ||
| Bryan Miles (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 5,909 | ||
| Gayle Gilmore (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 4,900 | ||
| Bradley Whitlow (Nonpartisan) | 3.4 | 3,052 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 272 | ||
| Total votes: 90,417 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Virginia elections, 2018
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About the district
- See also: Chesapeake Public Schools, Virginia
Chesapeake Public Schools is located in Virginia. The district was the seventh-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 39,707 students.[1]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Five of 133 Virginia counties—3.8 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Buckingham County, Virginia | 11.28% | 2.43% | 0.87% | ||||
| Caroline County, Virginia | 5.02% | 8.24% | 11.97% | ||||
| Essex County, Virginia | 2.14% | 7.30% | 10.35% | ||||
| Nelson County, Virginia | 5.59% | 2.72% | 9.15% | ||||
| Westmoreland County, Virginia | 7.14% | 6.95% | 10.24% | ||||
Note: Although it is highlighted in the map above, the city of Chesapeake is not considered a county and not included in our calculations as such.
In the 2016 presidential election, Virginia was a battleground state. Hillary Clinton (D) won Virginia with 49.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 44.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic three times (2008, 2012, and 2016) and Republican two times (2000 and 2004).
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See also
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Footnotes
| Chesapeake Public Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | |
| Election date: | May 1, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
