Fulton County Schools elections (2014)

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2014 Fulton County Schools Elections
General Election date:
May 20, 2014
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About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
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Four seats on the Fulton County Schools Board of Education were up for general election on May 20, 2014. If no candidate received a simple majority of the vote in the general election, a runoff election for that seat would have been held between the top two vote recipients on July 22, 2014.

All four incumbents won re-election to their seats. Katie Reeves and Linda McCain ran unopposed and won re-election in District 2 and District 5, respectively. Incumbent Catherine Maddox overcame two challengers, Joél L. Joseph and DeAndre S. Pickett, to retain her District 6 seat. District 7 board member Julia Bernath defeated newcomer Kate Wittschen to keep her seat.

About the district

See also: Fulton County Schools, Georgia

Fulton County Schools is located in Fulton County, Georgia

Fulton County Schools is located in Fulton County, Georgia. The county seat of Fulton County is Atlanta, Georgia. Fulton County is home to 984,293 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau. Fulton County Schools was the fourth-largest school district in Georgia, serving 92,604 students during the 2011-2012 school year.

Demographics

Fulton County outperformed the rest of Georgia in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 48.4 percent of Fulton County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 27.8 percent for Georgia as a whole. The median household income in Fulton County was $57,664 compared to $49,604 for the state of Georgia. The poverty rate in Fulton County was 16.8 percent compared to 17.4 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2012
Race	Fulton County (%)	Georgia (%)
White	47.0	62.8
Black or African American	44.6	31.2
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.3	0.5
Asian	6.0	3.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	1.9	1.8
Hispanic or Latino	7.9	9.2

Presidential Voting Pattern, Fulton County
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	255,470	137,124
2008	272,000	130,136
2004	199,436	134,372
2000	152,039	104,870

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Voter and candidate information

The Fulton County Schools Board of Education consists of seven members. All members are elected to four-year terms and receive an annual salary of $18,500. Board members are elected separately by distinct geographical districts. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on May 20, 2014. If no candidate received a simple majority of the vote in a given race, the top two vote recipients would have proceeded to a runoff election on July 22, 2014. Four seats were up for election in 2014 and three seats will be up for election in 2016.

Candidates began to file affidavits of candidacy on March 3, 2014. The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was March 7, 2014. The qualifying fee to get on the ballot was $555.

District 2

• Katie Reeves
  • Incumbent

District 5

• Linda McCain
  • Incumbent

District 6

• Catherine Maddox
  • Incumbent

• Joél L. Joseph

• DeAndre S. Pickett

District 7

• Julia Bernath
  • Incumbent

• Kate Wittschen

Election results

Fulton County Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Katie Reeves Incumbent	98.3%	3,622
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	1.7%	63
Total Votes				3,685
Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "Election Summary Report," accessed July 10, 2014

Fulton County Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Linda McCain Incumbent	99.3%	4,248
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.7%	29
Total Votes				4,277
Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "Election Summary Report," accessed July 10, 2014

Fulton County Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Catherine Maddox Incumbent	57.8%	3,987
	Nonpartisan	DeAndre S. Pickett	30.2%	2,088
	Nonpartisan	Joél L. Joseph	11.8%	817
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.2%	11
Total Votes				6,903
Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "Election Summary Report," accessed July 10, 2014

Fulton County Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Julia Bernath Incumbent	53.2%	3,364
	Nonpartisan	Kate Wittschen	46.6%	2,946
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.1%	8
Total Votes				6,318
Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "Election Summary Report," accessed July 10, 2014

Endorsements

No candidates received endorsements for their campaigns.

Campaign finance

No candidates filed campaign finance reports with the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission during the election.

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2012 Fulton County Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Linda G. Schultz Incumbent 54.7% 5,178      Nonpartisan Robert Goodman 45.2% 4,275      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.1% 10 Total Votes 9,463 Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election - 7/31/2012," accessed May 8, 2014 Fulton County Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Gail Dean Incumbent 99.1% 7,932      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.9% 75 Total Votes 8,007 Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election - 7/31/2012," accessed May 8, 2014 Fulton County Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Linda Bryant Incumbent 67% 7,195      Nonpartisan Paula J. Ward 16.8% 1,804      Nonpartisan Retina Burton 7.9% 853      Nonpartisan Anna Croley 7.9% 853      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 32 Total Votes 10,737 Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election - 7/31/2012," accessed May 8, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Fulton County Schools election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
March 3, 2014	First day to file nominating petitions
March 7, 2014	Last day to file nominating petitions
April 21, 2014	Last day to register to vote in the general election
April 28, 2014	Advance voting begins
May 20, 2014	Election day
July 22, 2014	Runoff election (if needed)

Additional elections on the ballot

This election shared the ballot with three elections for positions on the Georgia Supreme Court, five elections for positions on the Georgia Court of Appeals, seven elections for positions on the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit and three elections for positions on the State Court of Fulton County. Johns Creek residents voted in a special election for two seats on their city council. Roswell residents voted in a special election to replace a municipal court judge.

Recent news

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See also

• Georgia
• Fulton County Schools, Georgia
• Georgia school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Fulton County, Georgia ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Georgia

External links

Suggest a link

• Fulton County Schools
• Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections
• Georgia Secretary of State