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Dearborn Public Schools elections (2018)

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Dearborn Public Schools elections

General election date
November 6, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
19,819 students

Three seats on the Dearborn Public Schools school board in Michigan were up for general election on November 6, 2018. Two seats were up for regular election and one seat was up for special election. The filing deadline for candidates seeking to participate in this election was July 24, 2018.

Elections

Regular (2 seats)

General election

General election for Dearborn Board of Education At-large (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Dearborn Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe (Nonpartisan)
 
19.7
 
10,819
Image of Roxanne McDonald
Roxanne McDonald (Nonpartisan)
 
19.1
 
10,505
Image of Adel Mozip
Adel Mozip (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
17.3
 
9,518
Cyndi Parrelly (Nonpartisan)
 
11.8
 
6,474
Aman Fidama (Nonpartisan)
 
9.4
 
5,192
Khalil El-Saghir (Nonpartisan)
 
9.1
 
4,993
Image of Billy Amen
Billy Amen (Nonpartisan)
 
8.2
 
4,507
Afaf Ahmad (Nonpartisan)
 
4.8
 
2,659
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
291

Total votes: 54,958
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Special (1 seat)

General election

Special general election for Dearborn Board of Education At-large

Incumbent Mary Lane won election in the special general election for Dearborn Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mary Lane (Nonpartisan)
 
97.5
 
19,977
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.5
 
514

Total votes: 20,491
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About the district

See also: Dearborn Public Schools, Michigan

Dearborn Public Schools is located in Michigan. The district was the third-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 19,482 students.[1]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Twelve of 83 Michigan counties—14 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
Bay County, Michigan 12.55% 5.56% 15.31%
Calhoun County, Michigan 12.46% 1.60% 9.36%
Eaton County, Michigan 4.72% 3.13% 8.40%
Gogebic County, Michigan 14.80% 8.10% 17.27%
Isabella County, Michigan 3.66% 9.28% 19.26%
Lake County, Michigan 22.77% 5.01% 12.28%
Macomb County, Michigan 11.53% 3.99% 8.62%
Manistee County, Michigan 15.29% 5.93% 13.26%
Monroe County, Michigan 21.97% 0.98% 4.35%
Saginaw County, Michigan 1.13% 11.89% 17.34%
Shiawassee County, Michigan 19.59% 3.67% 8.59%
Van Buren County, Michigan 13.92% 0.45% 8.78%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Michigan with 47.5 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 47.3 percent. In presidential elections between 1836 and 2016, Michigan voted Republican 60.8 percent of the time and Democratic 34.7 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Michigan voted Democratic four out of the five elections.[2]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Michigan. 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 53 out of 110 state House districts in Michigan with an average margin of victory of 37.1 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 43 out of 110 state House districts in Michigan with an average margin of victory of 39.3 points. Clinton won four districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 57 out of 110 state House districts in Michigan with an average margin of victory of 12.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 67 out of 110 state House districts in Michigan with an average margin of victory of 21.2 points. Trump won eight districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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See also

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