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Christopher Woody
Christopher Woody was a candidate for the District 8 seat on the Richmond Public Schools school board in Virginia. Woody was defeated in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Woody is the founder and CEO of the Woody Foundation.
Elections
2016
- See also: Richmond Public Schools elections (2016)
A total of 22 candidates ran for the nine seats that were up for election, including incumbents J.E. Dawson Boyer (District 1), Jeff Bourne (District 3), Mamie Taylor (District 5), and Shonda Harris-Muhammed (District 6). District 9 incumbent Tichi Pinkney Eppes filed to run in the election but was seven signatures short of qualifying for candidacy.
In District 1, Boyer lost his bid for re-election to Elizabeth Doerr. In District 2, James Scott Barlow defeated Mariah White. Bourne was the only incumbent to win re-election by defeating challengers Jesse Perry and Kevin Starlings in District 3. Newcomer Jonathan Young overtook Barrett Hardiman, Irvine Reaves, and Sean Smith for the open District 4 seat. Taylor lost her seat to Patrick Sapini in District 5. Felicia Dionne Cosby defeated Harris-Muhammed for the District 6 seat. In District 7, Nadine Marsh-Carter defeated Kirsten Gray and Rick Tatnall. Dawn Page won the District 8 seat by defeating Tia Redd and Christopher Woody. Newcomer Linda Owen ran unopposed and won the District 9 seat after Pinkney Eppes was disqualified from the race.[1]
Results
| Richmond Public Schools, District 8 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Dawn Page |
64.07% | 5,076 |
| Christopher Woody | 19.92% | 1,578 |
| Tia Redd | 15.69% | 1,243 |
| Write-in votes | 0.33% | 26 |
| Total Votes | 7,923 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2016 November General Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Woody reported no contributions or expenditures to the Virginia Department of Elections as of October 17, 2016.[2]
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