Eileen Long
Eileen Long is a member of the Pinellas County Schools school board in Florida, representing District 4. She assumed office in 2016. Her current term ends on November 21, 2028.
Long won re-election to the Pinellas County Schools school board to represent District 4 in Florida outright in the primary on August 20, 2024, after the general election was canceled.
Biography
Long is a teacher who has been in the profession for 33 years. She is also a member of the Women’s League of Voters of North Pinellas County. Long earned her degree in special education from USF.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Pinellas County Schools, Florida, elections (2024)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Pinellas County Schools school board District 4
Incumbent Eileen Long won election outright against Erika Picard in the primary for Pinellas County Schools school board District 4 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eileen Long (Nonpartisan) | 54.5 | 24,747 |
| Erika Picard (Nonpartisan) | 45.5 | 20,658 | ||
| Total votes: 45,405 | |||
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Pinellas County Schools, Florida, elections (2020)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Pinellas County Schools school board District 4
Incumbent Eileen Long won election outright against Chris Hardman in the primary for Pinellas County Schools school board District 4 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eileen Long (Nonpartisan) | 67.9 | 34,899 |
| Chris Hardman (Nonpartisan) | 32.1 | 16,499 | ||
| Total votes: 51,398 | |||
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2016
- See also: Pinellas County Schools elections (2016)
The Pinellas County school board is under critical examination after an investigation of the board and district—titled "Failure Factories"—was published last year. The report described the daily strife of black students in the county, particularly in five elementary schools whose ratings changed from average to failing in just a few years. The investigation tied these students' struggles to a 2007 decision the board made to effectively segregate the district's schools, and the report triggered a still-in-progress civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Education. "Failure Factories," which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting, also showed that the board's vote appeared to be a symptom of other deep-seated problems in the district. Three of the board members who voted for the de-integration plan still sat on the board in 2016: Peggy O'Shea, Linda Lerner, and Carol Cook. These incumbents were re-elected to the board multiple times, exemplifying the 100 percent incumbency success rate the district saw from 1998 to 2014. Cook filed for re-election in District 5 and successfully defended her spot on the board against Michael Petruccelli and Eliseo Santana in the race for the seat. O'Shea's and Lerner's seats aren't up for election until 2018.
One of the seven seats on the Pinellas County school board was up for by-district general election and one was up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Four newcomers filed in the race for the at-large District 1 seat: Robert Beal, Bill Dudley, Joanne Lentino, and Matt Stewart. A primary election was held on August 30, 2016, in which Lentino and Stewart were the top two vote-getters. Since neither received more than 50 percent of the vote, they both advanced to the general election. In District 5, Cook and Santana both advanced from the primary to the general, leaving Petruccelli behind. The seat of incumbent Ken Peluso was also on the primary ballot. He filed for re-election to the District 4 seat and was joined on the ballot by newcomer Eileen Long. She defeated the incumbent and won outright by receiving a majority of the vote.[2]
Results
| Pinellas County Schools, District 4 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Eileen Long |
51.07% | 20,812 |
| Ken Peluso Incumbent | 48.93% | 19,936 |
| Total Votes | 40,748 | |
| Source: Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections, "Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Long reported $7,853.30 in contributions and $7,437.56 in expenditures to the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections, which left her campaign with $415.74 cash on hand, as of July 27, 2016.[3]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Eileen Long did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Eileen Long did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Pinellas County Schools school board District 4 |
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Footnotes
