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Gary Cook (North Carolina)
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Gary Cook is an at-large representative on the Randolph County Schools school board in North Carolina. Cook won re-election in the general election on November 8, 2016. He was first elected to the board in 2004.
Elections
2016
- See also: Randolph County Schools elections (2016)
Four of the seven seats on the Randolph County Schools school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. The seats of Tracy Boyles, Gary Cook, Todd Cutler, and Matthew Lambeth were up for election. All four incumbents filed for re-election and were joined by two challengers in the race: Sharon Farlow and Tonya Hayes. Cook, Farlow, Boyles, and Lambeth won the general election.[1][2]
Results
| Randolph County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Gary Cook Incumbent |
19.37% | 29,459 |
| Sharon Farlow |
19.17% | 29,156 |
| Tracy Boyles Incumbent |
17.45% | 26,543 |
| Matthew Lambeth Incumbent |
17.17% | 26,118 |
| Todd Cutler Incumbent | 15.78% | 23,993 |
| Tonya Hayes | 10.66% | 16,219 |
| Write-in votes | 0.39% | 596 |
| Total Votes (100) | 152,084 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results-Randolph," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
The Randolph County Board of Elections did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports on its website as of November 4, 2016.[3]
School board candidates in North Carolina were required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:
(1) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and
(2) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and
(3) Did not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[4]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Randolph County Board of Elections, "Candidate Detail List," accessed January 22, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Randolph," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Randolph County, "Candidate Information," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Chapter 163: Elections And Election Laws, Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Reporting Schedules," accessed October 11, 2016
| 2016 Randolph County Schools Elections | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Tracy Boyles • Incumbent, Gary Cook • Incumbent, Todd Cutler • Incumbent, Matthew Lambeth • Sharon Farlow • Tonya Hayes |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
