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Columbia County School System elections (2016)
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Three of the five seats on the Columbia County Board of Education were up for general election on May 24, 2016. There was no primary. No incumbents filed for re-election in 2016. David Dekle and Lee Ann Meyer ran unopposed for the board chair and District 4 seats, respectively. David Alalof defeated Eric Lewkowiez for the District 1 seat.[1]
Click here to find out how Columbia County's school board elections compare to other nonpartisan school districts in Georgia.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Columbia County Board of Education consists of five members elected by district to four-year terms. The candidate filing period for Georgia school board candidates lasted from March 7, 2016, to March 11, 2016. Prospective candidates for nonpartisan offices submitted declarations of candidacy with their county election offices. The voter registration deadline for the general election was April 26, 2016.[2]
The following dates were key deadlines for Georgia's nonpartisan school board elections in 2016:[3]
| Deadline | Event |
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| March 7, 2016 | First day of candidate filing period |
| March 11, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| April 26, 2016 | Voter registration deadline |
| May 24, 2016 | General election |
| July 26, 2016 | General runoff election (if necessary) |
Candidates and results
Chair
| Columbia County School System, Chair General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 David Dekle (unopposed) |
100.00% | 12,965 |
| Total Votes | 12,965 | |
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016 | ||
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District 1
| Columbia County School System, District 1 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| David Alalof |
69.47% | 2,935 |
| Eric Lewkowiez | 30.53% | 1,290 |
| Total Votes | 4,225 | |
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016 | ||
| David Alalof
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District 4
| Columbia County School System, District 4 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Lee Ann Meyer (unopposed) |
100.00% | 2,245 |
| Total Votes | 2,245 | |
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016 | ||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Georgia elections, 2016
The May 24 school board election shared the ballot with Georgia's statewide primary. This primary included races for Georgia State Senate, Georgia House of Representatives, and local court seats. Primaries for U.S. House and U.S. Senate seats were on the ballot.
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Past elections
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What was at stake?
Issues in the election
Election trends
- See also: School board elections, 2014
Georgia's spring nonpartisan school board elections in 2016 featured more districts with unopposed board seats than in 2014. Three of the state's 20 largest nonpartisan districts by enrollment (15 percent) had no contested seats in 2014. This rate doubled to six districts (30 percent) with entirely unopposed board seats in 2016. Ten districts saw fewer candidates per seat in 2016 than 2014, while nine districts had more candidates per seat and one district remained at the same number from year to year.
The following table compares candidates per seat rates and unopposed seat percentages for Georgia's largest nonpartisan school districts for 2014 and 2016:
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| District | Candidates per seat, 2014 | Candidates per seat, 2016 | Year-to-year change (%) | % of seats unopposed, 2014 | % of seats unopposed, 2016 |
| Bibb County School District | 2.0 | 1.83 | -8.5 | 0.0 | 50.0 |
| Bulloch County Schools | 1.5 | 1.75 | 16.7 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| Carroll County Schools | 1.0 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 25.0 |
| Catoosa County Public Schools | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Clarke County School District | 1.0 | 1.5 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 75.0 |
| Colquitt County Schools | 2.0 | 1.0 | -100.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 |
| Columbia County School System | 1.5 | 1.3 | -13.3 | 50.0 | 66.7 |
| Coweta County School System | 1.75 | 2.3 | 31.4 | 25.0 | 33.3 |
| DeKalb County School District | 3.14 | 1.0 | -68.2 | 14.3 | 100.0 |
| Effingham County Schools | 2.5 | 1.3 | -48.0 | 50.0 | 66.7 |
| Fulton County Schools | 1.75 | 1.0 | -42.9 | 50.0 | 100.0 |
| Griffin-Spalding County School System | 1.67 | 1.0 | -40.1 | 33.3 | 100.0 |
| Henry County Schools | 2.0 | 2.3 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Houston County Board of Education | 2.2 | 1.5 | -31.8 | 60.0 | 50.0 |
| Liberty County School System | 1.25 | 1.0 | -20.0 | 75.0 | 100.0 |
| Lowndes County Schools | 2.0 | 1.5 | -25.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 |
| Muscogee County School District | 2.2 | 3.0 | 36.4 | 40.0 | 0.0 |
| Rockdale County Public Schools | 1.5 | 2.2 | 46.7 | 50.0 | 40.0 |
| Savannah-Chatham County Public School System | 1.8 | 1.5 | -16.7 | 80.0 | 50.0 |
| Troup County School System | 1.3 | 2.0 | 53.8 | 66.7 | 50.0 |
About the district
- See also: Columbia County School System, Georgia
Columbia County School System is located in Columbia County, Georgia. The county seat of Columbia County is Appling. Columbia County was home to 124,053 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] The district was the 17th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 24,907 students.[5]
Demographics
Columbia County outperformed the state of Georgia in terms of higher education achievement and median household income in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 34.7 percent of Columbia County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.8 percent for Georgia as a whole. The median household income in Columbia County was $67,295, compared to $49,604 for the state of Georgia. The poverty rate in Columbia County was 8.0 percent, compared to 17.4 percent for the entire state.[4]
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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.
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed April 18, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2016 Qualifying: Reference Calendar & Documents," accessed March 11, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2016 Elections and Voter Registration Calendar," accessed March 11, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Columbia County, Georgia," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Current and Past Election Results," accessed November 14, 2014
| 2016 Columbia County School System Elections | |
| Columbia County, Georgia | |
| Election date: | May 24, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Chair: David Dekle District 1: David Alalof • Eric Lewkowiez |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
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