Cleveland County Schools elections (2017)
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Four of the nine seats on the Cleveland County Schools school board in North Carolina were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Board members Phillip Glover (D) and Danny Blanton (R) won the general election and they were joined in their victory by newcomers Coleman Hunt (D) and Dena Green (D). A Democratic primary election was held on September 12, 2017.
Glover won the Democratic primary election and was joined in his victory by Tommy Greene, Green, and Hunt. They moved on to the general by defeating Barbara Romich and Guy Suttle. The primary winners faced Blanton and Republican newcomers Rodney Fitch, Kevin Whisnant, former candidate Robert Queen, and incumbent Kathy Falls, who ran with the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA).[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Cleveland County school board consists of nine members elected at large to four-year, staggered terms.
To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file a notice of candidacy with their county board of elections by July 21, 2017. In North Carolina, candidates must be registered voters of the district, at least 21 years of age by the date of the general election, and not serving an active felony sentence, including any period of probation or parole.[2]
To vote in North Carolina, voters must be U.S. citizens and residents of North Carolina who have lived in the county they intend to vote in for at least 30 days. Citizens must also be at least 18 years old. If a voter has been convicted of a felony, their right to vote must have been restored. A voter in North Carolina cannot claim the right to vote elsewhere. To vote in this 2017 school board election, citizens had to register to vote by October 13, 2017.[3]
- See also: Voting in North Carolina and Voter identification laws by state
Candidates and results
At-Large
General results
| Cleveland County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Phillip Glover Incumbent |
13.74% | 4,389 | |
| Democratic | Coleman Hunt |
13.31% | 4,252 | |
| Democratic | Dena Green |
11.48% | 3,666 | |
| Republican | Danny Blanton Incumbent |
11.31% | 3,612 | |
| Republican | Rodney Fitch | 10.92% | 3,487 | |
| Democratic | Tommy Greene | 10.84% | 3,462 | |
| Republican | Robert Queen | 10.53% | 3,365 | |
| Republican | Kevin Whisnant | 10.33% | 3,299 | |
| Independent | Kathy Falls Incumbent | 7.55% | 2,411 | |
| Total Votes | 31,943 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement, "Unofficial General Election Results - Cleveland," accessed November 7, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||||
Primary results
| Cleveland County Schools, At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Coleman Hunt |
25.89% | 1,079 | |
| Democratic | Dena Green |
24.31% | 1,013 | |
| Democratic | Phillip Glover Incumbent |
17.16% | 715 | |
| Democratic | Tommy Greene |
14.04% | 585 | |
| Democratic | Guy Suttle | 11.90% | 496 | |
| Democratic | Barbara Romich | 6.70% | 279 | |
| Total Votes | 4,167 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "09/12/2017 Official Primary Election Results - Cleveland," accessed November 9, 2017 | ||||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: North Carolina elections, 2017
The 2017 school board general election in North Carolina shared the ballot with elections for county water board commissioner and city council.[1]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for this North Carolina school board election in 2017:
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
School board candidates in North Carolina are required to file a statement of organization within 10 days of filing for office. Candidates who do not think they will receive or spend more than $1,000 during the election cycle are permitted to file a Certification of Threshold form. Once that has been filed, they are not required to file disclosure reports unless they exceed the threshold, but still must keep records of all campaign contributions and expenditures.
If a candidate does exceed the threshold, he or she must then file an amendment form and begin reporting all contributions and expenditures according to that year's reporting schedule.[4]
The table below displays the reporting schedule for 2017 school board candidates in North Carolina:
Past elections
To see results from past elections in Cleveland County Schools, click here.
What was at stake?
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About the district
- See also: Cleveland County Schools, North Carolina
Cleveland County Schools is located in Cleveland County in western North Carolina. The seat of county government is Shelby. Cleveland County was home to an estimated 97,144 residents between 2010 and 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] The district was the 25th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 15,614 students.[6]
Demographics
Cleveland County underperformed in comparison to North Carolina as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 16.0 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had obtained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 28.4 percent of all state residents. The median household income in the county was $39,453, while it was $46,868 for the entire state. County residents lived below the poverty level at a rate of 19.8 percent, while that rate was 16.4 percent for all state residents.[5]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[5] | ||
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| Race | Cleveland County (%) | North Carolina (%) |
| White | 76.0 | 71.0 |
| Black or African American | 20.8 | 22.2 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Asian | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.5 | 9.2 |
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.
Recent news
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See also
| Cleveland County Schools | North Carolina | School Boards |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cleveland County, "Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed July 24, 2017
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2017 Municipal Elections," accessed August 1, 2017
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Voter Information," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2015 Candidate Campaign Finance Manual," accessed August 7, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "Cleveland County," accessed August 3, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Cleveland County Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Cleveland County, North Carolina | |
| Election date: | Primary: September 12, 2017 General: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large: Incumbent, Phillip Glover (D) • Dena Green (D) • Tommy Greene (D) • Barbara Romich (D) • Guy Suttle (D) • Incumbent, Danny Blanton (R) • Rodney Fitch (R) • Robert Queen (R) • Kevin Whisnant (R) • Incumbent, Kathy Falls (I) |
| Important information: | What's at stake? |
