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Durham Public Schools elections (2018)

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Durham Public Schools elections

General election date
May 8, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
34,023 students

Four of the seven seats on the Durham Public Schools school board in North Carolina were up for general election on May 8, 2018.

Elections

District 1

General election

General election for Durham Public Schools school board District 1

Incumbent Michael Lee defeated Pebble Lindsay-Lucas in the general election for Durham Public Schools school board District 1 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Lee
Michael Lee (Nonpartisan)
 
56.7
 
3,776
Image of Pebble Lindsay-Lucas
Pebble Lindsay-Lucas (Nonpartisan)
 
42.5
 
2,825
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
53

Total votes: 6,654
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District 2

General election

General election for Durham Public Schools school board District 2

Incumbent Bettina Umstead won election in the general election for Durham Public Schools school board District 2 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Bettina Umstead (Nonpartisan)
 
95.4
 
6,609
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.6
 
320

Total votes: 6,929
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District 3

General election

General election for Durham Public Schools school board District 3

Incumbent Matthew Sears defeated Katie Jones in the general election for Durham Public Schools school board District 3 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Matthew Sears (Nonpartisan)
 
70.1
 
6,710
Katie Jones (Nonpartisan)
 
26.5
 
2,539
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.3
 
320

Total votes: 9,569
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District 4

General election

General election for Durham Public Schools school board District 4

Incumbent Natalie Beyer defeated Antonio Jones and Angela Starke in the general election for Durham Public Schools school board District 4 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Natalie Beyer
Natalie Beyer (Nonpartisan)
 
54.3
 
4,869
Antonio Jones (Nonpartisan)
 
24.7
 
2,210
Angela Starke (Nonpartisan)
 
19.6
 
1,757
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.4
 
123

Total votes: 8,959
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Additional elections on the ballot

See also: North Carolina elections, 2018

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About the district

See also: Durham Public Schools, North Carolina

Durham Public Schools is located in North Carolina. The district was the eighth-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 34,172 students.[1]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Six of 100 North Carolina counties—6 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
Bladen County, North Carolina 9.39% 1.97% 2.07%
Gates County, North Carolina 9.07% 4.11% 5.22%
Granville County, North Carolina 2.49% 4.54% 6.58%
Martin County, North Carolina 0.43% 4.65% 4.64%
Richmond County, North Carolina 9.74% 2.95% 1.50%
Robeson County, North Carolina 4.27% 17.41% 13.78%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won North Carolina with 49.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 46.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1792 and 2016, North Carolina voted Democratic 53.5 percent of the time and Republican 25 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, North Carolina voted Republican all five times with the exception of the 2008 presidential election.[2]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in North Carolina. 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 40 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 38.3 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 44 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won three districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 80 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 22.7 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 76 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 27.7 points. Trump won five districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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See also

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