Christine Kushner
Christine Kushner was a member of the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina, representing District 6. She assumed office in 2011. She left office on December 5, 2022.
Kushner ran for re-election to the Wake County Public School System to represent District 6 in North Carolina. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Kushner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kushner was born in Fayatteville, North Carolina. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's degree in 1985. She went on to obtain her master's degree from Princeton University in 1989.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Wake County Public School System, North Carolina, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Wake County Public School System, District 6
Incumbent Christine Kushner won election in the general election for Wake County Public School System, District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Christine Kushner (Nonpartisan)  | 95.4 | 47,101 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.6 | 2,280 | ||
| Total votes: 49,381 | |||
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Endorsements
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2018
General election
General election for Wake County Public School System, District 6
Incumbent Christine Kushner won election in the general election for Wake County Public School System, District 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christine Kushner (Nonpartisan) | 96.7 | 32,969 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.3 | 1,128 | ||
| Total votes: 34,097 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2016
When state legislation created new school board district boundaries for the Wake County Public School System, a group of voters disputed the change in court.
- See also: Issues in the election
District 1 incumbent Tom Benton filed for re-election and faced challengers Donald Agee, Mary Beth Ainsworth, and Sheila Ellis. Agee defeated the incumbent. In District 2, incumbent Monika Johnson-Hostler filed for an additional term on the board and successfully defended her seat against challenger Peter Hochstaetter. Mark Ivey initially filed in the race but withdrew his candidacy in September 2016. Because of the late withdrawal, his name still appeared on the ballot. Sole newcomer Roxie Cash filed for the District 3 seat and won. District 4 incumbent Keith Sutton filed for re-election and faced single challenger Heather Elliott. Sutton won another term on the board. In their bids for re-election, District 5, 6, and 7 incumbents Jim Martin, Christine Kushner, and Zora Felton were unopposed and won additional terms on the board. However, Felton passed away unexpectedly shortly after the general election, leaving the District 7 seat vacant.
District 8 saw three newcomers file for the seat: Gary Lewis, Gil Pagan, and Lindsay Mahaffey, with Mahaffey winning the seat. In District 9, incumbent Bill Fletcher won the race against challenger Michael Tanbusch. There was no primary.[2][3]
After Judge Dever announced that the candidates who originally filed in this school board race were disqualified and would have to file again during a new filing window that ran from August 11, 2016, to August 17, 2016, three dropped out and two newcomers filed. Former candidates Beverley Clark, James McLuckie, and Donald Mial did not appear on the revised candidate list. District 7 incumbent Zora Felton and District 9 challenger Michael Tanbusch entered the race after the new deadline was set.[2]
Results
| Wake County Public School System, District 6 General Election, 2-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Christine Kushner Incumbent (unopposed) |
97.71% | 35,926 |
| Write-in votes | 2.29% | 841 |
| Total Votes (100) | 36,767 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/08/2016 Official General Election Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
Kushner reported $23,467.11 in contributions and $15,524.73 in expenditures to the Wake County Board of Elections, leaving her campaign with $16,206.60 cash on hand as of November 4, 2016.[4]
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).[5]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[6]
Endorsements
Kushner was endorsed by the Wake County Democratic Party.[7]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Christine Kushner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kushner's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Top priority for 2020-21 school year: safe and sustainable teaching and learning during the COVID pandemic
- Promote equity and inclusion for all our students in all WCPSS schools
- Policies and structures must support great working conditions for educators in the classroom
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 11, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wake County Board of Elections, "Wake Board of Elections Candidate Detail List," August 17, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/08/2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Wake County, "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
- ↑ News & Observer, "Political parties make Wake County school board endorsements," October 3, 2016
