DeSoto County School District, Mississippi, elections (2020)
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One seat on the DeSoto County School District school board in Mississippi was up for general election on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was September 4, 2020.
Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
Mississippi modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: Any individual under a physician-ordered quarantine, or an individual caring for a dependent under quarantine, due to COVID-19 was eligible to vote by absentee ballot. The absentee ballot postmark deadline was extended to November 3, 2020, and the receipt deadline to November 10, 2020.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
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Candidates and results
General election
General election for DeSoto County Board of Education District 5
Charles Barton defeated Larry Sylvester and incumbent Sarah Doss Thomas in the general election for DeSoto County Board of Education District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charles Barton (Nonpartisan) | 56.2 | 10,615 | |
 | Larry Sylvester (Nonpartisan) | 22.8 | 4,306 | |
| Sarah Doss Thomas (Nonpartisan) | 21.0 | 3,957 | ||
| Total votes: 18,878 | |||
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About the district
The DeSoto County School District is located in DeSoto County, Mississippi. The district served 33,991 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[1]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Two of 82 Mississippi counties—2.4 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 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Chickasaw County, Mississippi | 6.06% | 4.52% | 2.13% | ||||
| Panola County, Mississippi | 0.12% | 8.62% | 6.52% | ||||
See also
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