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Cincinnati Public Schools elections

General election date
November 5, 2019
Special election date
November 5, 2019
Enrollment ('16-'17)
33,710 students

Three seats on the Cincinnati Public Schools school board in Ohio were up for general election on November 5, 2019. One seat on the Cincinnati Public Schools school board was up for a special election on November 5, 2019. The filing deadline for these elections was August 7, 2019.

Incumbent Eve Bolton, incumbent Carolyn Jones, and Ben Lindy won election in the general election for Cincinnati Board of Education At-large.

Incumbent Pamela Bowers won election in the special general election for Cincinnati Board of Education At-large.

Elections

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Candidates and results

Regular election

General election

General election for Cincinnati Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Cincinnati Board of Education At-large on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eve Bolton
Eve Bolton (Nonpartisan)
 
26.0
 
29,093
Carolyn Jones (Nonpartisan)
 
25.4
 
28,344
Image of Ben Lindy
Ben Lindy (Nonpartisan)
 
17.8
 
19,849
Ozie Davis (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)
 
11.9
 
13,327
Heather Couch (Nonpartisan)
 
9.9
 
11,079
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Marlena Brookfield (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
9.0
 
10,062

Total votes: 111,754
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Special election

The special election was held for an unexpired term ending December 31, 2021.[1]

General election

Special general election for Cincinnati Board of Education At-large

Incumbent Pamela Bowers defeated Gary Favors and Steve Megerle in the special general election for Cincinnati Board of Education At-large on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Pamela Bowers (Nonpartisan)
 
54.6
 
25,163
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Gary Favors (Nonpartisan)
 
32.5
 
14,972
Image of Steve Megerle
Steve Megerle (Nonpartisan)
 
13.0
 
5,986

Total votes: 46,121
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About the district

See also: Cincinnati Public Schools, Ohio

Cincinnati Public Schools is located in Hamilton County, Ohio. The district served 33,710 students during the 2016-2017 school year.[2]

State profile

See also: Ohio and Ohio elections, 2019
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Partisan data

The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019

Presidential voting pattern

  • Ohio voted Republican in five out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Congressional delegation

State executives

  • A Democrat held one, Republicans held eleven, and an independent held one of Ohio's 37 state executive offices. Elections for the other offices are nonpartisan.
  • Ohio's governor was Republican Mike DeWine.

State legislature

Ohio Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty-six years of Republican trifectas
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Ohio quick stats
  • Became a state in 1803
  • 17th state admitted to the United States
  • Ohio was the first non-colonial free state admitted to the union.
  • Members of the Ohio State Senate: 33
  • Members of the Ohio House of Representatives: 99
  • U.S. senators: 2
  • U.S. representatives: 16

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Demographic data for Ohio
 OhioU.S.
Total population:11,605,090316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):40,8613,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:82.4%73.6%
Black/African American:12.2%12.6%
Asian:1.9%5.1%
Native American:0.2%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0%0.2%
Two or more:2.5%3%
Hispanic/Latino:3.4%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:89.1%86.7%
College graduation rate:26.1%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$49,429$53,889
Persons below poverty level:19.6%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
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**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Nine of 88 Ohio counties—10.2 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
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Ashtabula County, Ohio 18.80% 12.78% 13.54%
Erie County, Ohio 9.48% 12.29% 13.86%
Montgomery County, Ohio 0.73% 4.62% 6.22%
Ottawa County, Ohio 19.51% 4.30% 6.24%
Portage County, Ohio 9.87% 5.52% 8.99%
Sandusky County, Ohio 22.58% 2.71% 4.64%
Stark County, Ohio 17.17% 0.47% 5.46%
Trumbull County, Ohio 6.22% 23.00% 22.43%
Wood County, Ohio 7.99% 4.84% 7.13%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Ohio with 51.7 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Ohio cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 93.3 percent of the time (28 out of 30 elections), more than any other state in the country. In that same time frame, Ohio supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 60 to 40 percent. Between 2000 and 2016, Ohio voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Ohio. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 39 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 35.7 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 33 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 34 points. Clinton won seven districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 60 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 17.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 66 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 28.3 points. Trump won seven districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also

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