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Earnestine Tucker
Earnestine Tucker was the District 2 representative on the Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education. She was first elected to the seat in 2001 and won re-election on August 27, 2013. Tucker lost a re-election campaign in the by-district runoff election on April 18, 2017.
Biography
Tucker earned her bachelor's degree from University of Alabama. She also attended Miles College. Tucker is a nurse practitioner. During her time at the University of Alabama, she served as the President of the Black Faculty and Staff Association.[1]
Elections
2017
- See also: Tuscaloosa City Schools elections (2017)
A total of 19 candidates sought the eight seats up for election on the Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education in Alabama on March 7, 2017. Four years after allegations of voter fraud in the 2013 Tuscaloosa City Schools elections, District 4 incumbent Cason Kirby did not seek re-election to his seat. In addition to Kirby, three other incumbents did not file to run for re-election. In the races for three seats, no candidate received at least 50 percent of the vote necessitating a runoff election that was held on April 18, 2017.
In District 1, Matthew Wilson defeated LaQuishia Chandler in the runoff election after defeating candidates Tony Humphries and Earnestine Young in the general election. The District 2 runoff race newcomer Kendra Williams defeated incumbent Earnestine Tucker and challenger. The third candidate, Paul Sanders Sr., did not receive enough votes to advance to the runoff election. In the District 5 general election, incumbent Harry Lee was defeated by challengers Erica Grant and Beth Cleino Allaway. Grant defeated Allaway in the runoff election. Incoming board chairman Eric Wilson and District 3 candidate Guy May ran unopposed and were automatically elected to their seats. Patrick Hamner defeated Zoe Winston in the race for District 4, incumbent Marvin Lucas defeated challenger Andrew Robertson in District 6, and Erskine Simmons defeated LaQuetta Peoples in District 7.[2][3]
Results
Runoff election
| Tuscaloosa City Schools, District 5 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Erica Grant |
57.28% | 425 |
| Beth Cleino Allaway | 42.72% | 317 |
| Total Votes | 742 | |
| Source: Tuscaloosa City, "Tuscaloosa City Council Reconvened Meeting Agenda," April 25, 2017 | ||
General election
| Tuscaloosa City Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Erica Grant |
40.05% | 511 |
| Beth Cleino Allaway |
23.67% | 302 |
| Lauren Wilson | 19.67% | 251 |
| Harry Lee Incumbent | 16.61% | 212 |
| Total Votes | 1,276 | |
| Source: City of Tuscaloosa, "Tuscaloosa City Council Reconvened Meeting Agenda," March 14, 2017 | ||
2013
In 2013, Tucker was unopposed for the District 2 seat on the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education.
2009
In 2009, Tucker was unopposed for the District 2 seat on the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education.
2005
On August 23, 2005, Tucker defeated Alfred Jones to win the District 2 seat on the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education.[4]
| Tuscaloosa City School Board, District 1, 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Earnestine Tucker |
89.6% | 1,482 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alfred Jones | 10.4% | 172 | |
| Total Votes | 1,654 | |||
See also
- Tuscaloosa City Schools, Alabama
- Tuscaloosa City Schools elections (2013)
- Tuscaloosa City Schools elections (2017)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The University of Alabama Black Faculty and Staff Association, "HISTORY OF BFSA" accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Tuscaloosa News, "Three Tuscaloosa school board seats up in runoff election," March 7, 2017
- ↑ WBRC, "Results in for Tuscaloosa school board runoff elections," April 18, 2017
- ↑ [http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20050824/NEWS/50824003 Tuscaloosa News, "Tuscaloosa City election results" accessed July 25, 2013
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