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Christina Helms
Christina Helms was an at-large member of the Union County Public Schools school board in North Carolina. Helms assumed office in 2012. Helms left office in 2020.
Elections
2016
Six of the nine seats on the Union County Public Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. Four of the seats were elected by district and two were elected at large. In District 1, two newcomers filed for the open seat: Rebekah Ratliff and Candice Sturdivant. Sturdivant won the spot on the board. Matt Helms filed for the vacant District 2 seat and ran unopposed, winning the seat. In District 5, two newcomers filed for the vacant spot on the board: Joseph Morreale and Amelie Schoel, with Morreale winning the seat. District 6 saw Kathy Heintel file unopposed for the unexpired term and win the seat. Three filed for the two at-large seats: incumbent Christina Helms and newcomers Lee Henage and Dennis Rape. Rape and Helms were successful in winning terms on the board. There was no primary.[1][2]
Results
| Union County Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Dennis Rape |
35.77% | 53,283 |
| Christina Helms Incumbent |
33.31% | 49,612 |
| Lee Henage | 30.03% | 44,726 |
| Write-in votes | 0.89% | 1,331 |
| Total Votes | 148,952 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Union," accessed November 8, 2016 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Funding
Helms did not report any contributions or expenditures to the Union County Board of Elections as of November 4, 2016.[3]
School board candidates in North Carolina were required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:
(1) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and
(2) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and
(3) Did not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[4]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[5]
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Union County Government, "Candidate List Grouped by Contest," August 16, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Union," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Union County, "2016 Campaign Finance Reports," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Chapter 163: Elections And Election Laws, Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Reporting Schedules," accessed October 11, 2016
| 2016 Union County Public Schools Elections | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | District 1: Rebekah Ratliff • Candice Sturdivant District 2: Matt Helms |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
