Dothan City Schools elections (2017)
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All seven seats on the Dothan City Schools Board of Education in Alabama were up for election on August 1, 2017. Six seats were up for by-district election and one seat was up for at-large election. Five of the board's seven incumbents vied for additional terms and four were re-elected. Incumbents Brenda Guilford, Franklin Jones, Susan Vierkandt, and Chris Maddox and newcomers Mike Schmitz, Brett Strickland, and Amy Bonds were elected to the board.
District 2 incumbent Franklin Jones, District 3 incumbent Susan Vierkandt, and District 6 incumbent Chris Maddox ran unopposed and were automatically re-elected as of July 10, 2017.[1] In District 1, incumbent Brenda Guilford defeated challenger Donald Hogans. District 4 incumbent Jimmy Addison lost to challenger Brett Strickland. The incumbents for the at-large seat and District 5 did not file for re-election, leaving the seats open. Mike Schmitz, Dothan City's mayor, defeated newcomer Sam Tew in the race for the at-large seat. Newcomers Amy Bonds and Stephanie Butler filed for the District 5 race. Bonds was elected to the seat.[2]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Dothan City Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Six of the members are elected by district while one member, the Board Chairman, is elected at large. All seven seats were up for general election on August 1, 2017.
School board candidates had to submit paperwork to the Dothan City Clerk's office by June 27, 2017. Each candidate had to be 21 years or older and a resident of the district in which they are running for at least 90 days and cannot be an employee of the district nor have been convicted of crimes of moral turpitude.[3] To cast a ballot in the election, citizens had to register 14 days before the election, or by July 17, 2017.[4] For information regarding voter identification requirements in Alabama, please click here.
Candidates and results
At-large
Results
| Dothan City Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mike Schmitz |
95.78% | 8,754 |
| Sam Tew | 4.22% | 386 |
| Total Votes | 9,140 | |
| Source: Dothan, Alabama, "2017 City Elections," accessed September 5, 2017 | ||
Candidates
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District 1
Results
| Dothan City Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Brenda Guilford Incumbent |
68.04% | 860 |
| Donald Hogans | 31.96% | 404 |
| Total Votes | 1,264 | |
| Source: Dothan, Alabama, "2017 City Elections," accessed September 5, 2017 | ||
Candidates
| Brenda Guilford
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Donald Hogans | ||
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District 2
Results
Due to lack of opposition, incumbent Franklin Jones was automatically re-elected.
Candidates
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District 3
Results
Due to lack of opposition, incumbent Susan Vierkandt was automatically re-elected.
Candidates
| Susan Vierkandt
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District 4
Results
| Dothan City Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Brett Strickland |
57.21% | 1,055 |
| Jimmy Addison Incumbent | 42.79% | 789 |
| Total Votes | 1,844 | |
| Source: Dothan, Alabama, "2017 City Elections," accessed September 5, 2017 | ||
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| Jimmy Addison | Brett Strickland
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District 5
Results
| Dothan City Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Amy Bonds |
53.80% | 983 |
| Stephanie Butler | 46.20% | 844 |
| Total Votes | 1,827 | |
| Source: Dothan, Alabama, "2017 City Elections," accessed September 5, 2017 | ||
Candidates
| Amy Bonds
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Stephanie Butler | ||
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District 6
Results
Due to lack of opposition, incumbent Chris Maddox was automatically re-elected.
Candidates
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Alabama elections, 2017
The Dothan City Schools Board of Education election shared the ballot with the Dothan City municipal elections.[5]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for this Alabama school board election in 2017:[5]
| Deadline | Event |
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| June 27, 2017 | Candidate filing deadline |
| July 17, 2017 | Deadline to register to vote |
| August 1, 2017 | General election |
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Campaign finance
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About the district
- See also: Dothan City Schools, Alabama
The Dothan City school district is located in Houston County in the southeastern corner of Alabama. The county seat is Dothan. The district was the 17th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 9,390 students.[7] Houston County was home to 104,193 residents in 2014, according to the United States Census Bureau.[8]
Demographics
Houston County underperformed compared to the rest of Alabama in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 19.7 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 22.6 percent for Alabama as a whole. The median household income in Houston County was $40,948 compared to $43,253 for the entire state. The poverty rate was 18.0 percent compared to 18.6 percent statewide.[8]
| Racial Demographics, 2013[8] | ||
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| Race | Houston County (%) | Alabama (%) |
| White | 70.4 | 69.8 |
| Black or African American | 26.4 | 26.6 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Asian | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.3 | 4.1 |
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Dothan Eagle, "Commission certifies unopposed Dothan candidates, sets poll worker pay," accessed July 20, 2017
- ↑ WTVY, "Dothan City Municipal Election," accessed August 1, 2017
- ↑ Dothan, Alabama, "Qualifications for Candidates for Members of the Dothan City Board of Education," accessed June 16, 2017
- ↑ Alabama Votes, "Voter Registration," accessed June 16, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dothan, Alabama, "2017 Election Information" accessed June 16, 2017
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Guidelines," accessed February 1, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 United States Census Bureau, "Houston County, Alabama," accessed September 11, 2015
