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Dot Guthrie
Dot Guthrie is the Gastonia Township representative on the Gaston County Schools school board in North Carolina. Guthrie won re-election in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Elections
2016
- See also: Gaston County Schools elections (2016)
Four of the nine seats on the Gaston County Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. One seat was up for at-large election and three seats were up for by-district election. In his bid for re-election to the at-large seat, board incumbent Jeff Ramsey was joined by newcomer Rebecca Schwindeman. Ramsey successfully defended his spot on the board. Terry Usery and David (Brent) Moore filed for the Cherryville Township and the Crownders Mountain Township seats, respectively, and both newcomers ran unopposed and were elected. Incumbent Dot Guthrie filed for re-election to the Gastonia Township seat defeated newcomer Mike Stuart.[1][2]
Results
| Gaston County Schools, Gastonia Township General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Dot Guthrie Incumbent |
59.75% | 46,219 |
| Mike Stuart | 39.77% | 30,761 |
| Write-in votes | 0.48% | 371 |
| Total Votes (100) | 77,351 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results-Gaston," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
No candidate in this election filed a campaign finance report with the Gaston County Board of Elections as of November 3, 2016.[3]
School board candidates in North Carolina were required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:
(1) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and
(2) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and
(3) Did not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[4]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[5]
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Gaston County, "Candidate Filing List (Board of Education)," accessed August 1, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Gaston," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Gaston County, "Campaign Finance Information-Reports," accessed November 3, 2016
- ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Chapter 163: Elections And Election Laws, Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Reporting Schedules," accessed October 11, 2016
