Four seats on the Cullman County Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. No partisan primary election was held as no more than one candidate ran for any political party in each district.

Incumbents Chris Carter (R), Kenny Brockman (R) and Jason Clyde Speegle (R) ran unopposed and won re-election to the District 2, 4 and 7 seats, respectively. Randy Hasenbein (D), the District 6 incumbent, lost his seat to challenger Mike Graves (R).

About the district

See also: Cullman County Schools, Alabama

Cullman County Schools is located in Cullman County, Alabama

Cullman County Schools is located in Cullman County, Alabama. Cullman County is home to 80,811 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.^[1] Cullman County Schools served 9,678 students during the 2011-2012 school year.^[2] This district was the 15th-largest by enrollment in the state of Alabama.

Demographics

Cullman County underperformed the rest of Alabama in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 14.2 percent of Cullman County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 22.3 percent for Alabama as a whole. The median household income in Cullman County was $39,244 compared to $43,160 for the state of Alabama. The poverty rate in Cullman County was 18.6 percent compared to 18.1 percent for the entire state.^[1]

Racial Demographics, 2012^[1]
Race	Cullman County (%)	Alabama (%)
White	96.2	69.8
Black or African American	1.4	26.6
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.6	0.7
Asian	0.5	1.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.0	0.1
Two or More Races	1.2	1.5
Hispanic or Latino	4.4	4.1

Presidential Voting Pattern^[3]
Year	Republican Vote (%)	Democratic Vote (%)	Other Vote (%)
2012	37.6	61.8	0.6
2008	40.1	59.4	0.5
2004	49.2	50.4	0.4

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.

Voter and candidate information

The Cullman County Schools Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms by geographic electoral districts. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Four seats were on the ballot in 2014.^[4]

The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was February 7, 2014.^[5]

Elections

2014

Candidates

District 2

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General Election date:
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Chris Carter

Incumbent

District 4

Kenny Brockman

Incumbent

District 6

Randy Hasenbein

Incumbent

Mike Graves

District 7

Jason Clyde Speegle

Incumbent

Results

District 2

**Cullman County Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chris Carter Incumbent	98.5%	1,936
	Independent	Write-in votes	1.5%	30
Total Votes				1,966
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 4, 2014," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

District 4

**Cullman County Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kenny Brockman Incumbent	98.7%	2,243
	Independent	Write-in votes	1.3%	29
Total Votes				2,272
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 4, 2014," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

District 6

**Cullman County Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Graves	52.1%	951
	Democratic	Randy Hasenbein Incumbent	47.8%	873
	Independent	Write-in votes	0.1%	2
Total Votes				1,826
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 4, 2014," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

District 7

**Cullman County Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jason Clyde Speegle Incumbent	99.2%	1,876
	Independent	Write-in votes	0.8%	16
Total Votes				1,892
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 4, 2014," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

Endorsements

None of the candidates received any official endorsements in the election.

Campaign finance

No candidates filed a campaign finance report with the Alabama Secretary of State during this election.^[6]

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2012

District 1

**Cullman County Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Gene Sullins	99.5%	4,278
	Independent	Write-in votes	0.5%	21
Total Votes				4,299
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 6, 2012," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

District 3

**Cullman County Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	James A. Thompson	99.5%	3,147
	Independent	Write-in votes	0.5%	17
Total Votes				3,164
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 6, 2012," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

District 5

**Cullman County Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Wendy Crider Incumbent	99.2%	2,582
	Independent	Write-in votes	0.8%	22
Total Votes				2,604
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 6, 2012," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

2010

District 2

Cullman County Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chris Carter	58.3%	2,041
	Democratic	Joan Walker Weaver	41.6%	1,457
	Independent	Write-in votes	0%	1
Total Votes				3,499
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 2, 2010," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

District 4

Cullman County Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kenny Brockman	67.1%	2,781
	Democratic	Sheila A. Dean Kretzschmar Incumbent	32.7%	1,353
	Independent	Write-in votes	0.2%	9
Total Votes				4,143
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 2, 2010," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

District 6

Cullman County Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Randy Hasenbein Incumbent	98.1%	1,734
	Independent	Write-in votes	1.9%	34
Total Votes				1,768
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 2, 2010," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

District 7

Cullman County Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jason Clyde Speegle	66.9%	2,171
	Democratic	Jerry W. Schuman Incumbent	33%	1,069
	Independent	Write-in votes	0.1%	3
Total Votes				3,243
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 2, 2010," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

2008

District 1

Cullman County Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steve Freeman Incumbent	71.1%	3,641
	Democratic	Cindy Angle	28.8%	1,474
	Independent	Write-in votes	0.2%	9
Total Votes				5,124
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 4, 2008," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

District 3

Cullman County Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Danny Aldredge Incumbent	99.2%	3,173
	Independent	Write-in votes	0.8%	24
Total Votes				3,197
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 4, 2008," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

District 5

Cullman County Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Wendy Crider Incumbent	97.3%	2,523
	Independent	Write-in votes	2.7%	70
Total Votes				2,593
Source: Cullman County Board of Registrars, "Summary Report: Cullman County General Election, November 4, 2008," November 17, 2014. Ballotpedia received these results via mail from the Cullman County Board of Registrars.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Cullman County Schools election in 2014:^[7]

Deadline	Event
October 24, 2014	Voter registration deadline
October 30, 2014	Last day for voter to make application for an absentee ballot
November 3, 2014	Last day for voter to hand-deliver or postmark an absentee ballot
November 4, 2014	General Election Day

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Alabama elections, 2014

Alabamans also voted in statewide races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, commissioner of agriculture and industries, public service commissioners and five constitutional amendments on November 4, 2014. The ballot also saw races for state senate, house of representatives and judicial seats. Seats for U.S. Senator and U.S. Representatives, as well as local offices and a local constitutional amendment rounded out the ballot.^[8]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Cullman + County + Schools + Alabama"

Cullman County Schools News Feed

External links

Suggest a link

Footnotes

[Census-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 United States Census Bureau, "Cullman County, Alabama," accessed November 17, 2014

[enrollment-2] National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014

[3] Alabama Secretary of State, "Election Information," accessed May 22, 2014

[4] Cullman County Schools, "Board Members," accessed Novmeber 17, 2014

[deadlines-5] Alabama Secretary of State, "Alabama 2014 Voter Guide," accessed August 5, 2014

[6] Alabama Secretary of State, "Alabama Electronic Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA) Reporting System," accessed November 17, 2014

[7] Mobile County Probate Court's Election Information page, "Alabama Voter Guide 2014," accessed May 19, 2014

[8] Cullman County Probate Court, "Sample Ballot," accessed November 17, 2014

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2014 Cullman County Schools Elections
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Election date:	November 4, 2014
Candidates:	District 2: • Incumbent, Chris Carter District 4: • Incumbent, Kenny Brockman District 6: • Incumbent, Randy Hasenbein • Mike Graves District 7: • Incumbent, Jason Clyde Speegle
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