Four of the seven seats on the Glynn County Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on May 24, 2016. District 1 incumbent Ingrid Metz lost to Marcus Edgy in the Republican primary. Linda Bobbitt defeated John Perry II in the Democratic primary in District 5. Bobbitt won election to the board against Republican candidate Sandy Dean in the general election. Edgy, At-large Post 2 incumbent Jerry Mancil (R), and District 3 incumbent John Madala (R) won without opposition in the general election.[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Glynn County Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Two members serve at large and five members served by district. The candidate filing period for Georgia school board candidates lasted from March 7, 2016, to March 11, 2016. Prospective candidates for partisan office submitted declarations of candidacy with their county parties. The voter registration deadline for the primary election was April 26, 2016. County residents were able to register to vote in the general election through October 11, 2016.[2]
The following dates were key deadlines for Georgia's partisan school board elections in 2016:[3]
Deadline
|
Event
|
March 7, 2016 |
First day of candidate filing period
|
March 11, 2016 |
Candidate filing deadline
|
April 26, 2016 |
Voter registration deadline for primary election
|
May 24, 2016 |
Primary election
|
July 26, 2016 |
Primary runoff election (if necessary)
|
October 11, 2016 |
Voter registration deadline for general election
|
November 8, 2016 |
General election
|
Candidates and results
District 1
Results
Candidates
Defeated in the primary
District 3
Results
Candidates
District 5
Results
Candidates
Defeated in the primary
At-large Post 2
Results
Candidates
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Georgia elections, 2016
Georgia's general election ballot featured races for U.S. president, U.S. House and U.S. Senate. This ballot included races for the Georgia State Senate, Georgia House of Representatives, state courts, and county courts.
The May 24 school board election shared the ballot with Georgia's statewide primary. This primary included races for Georgia State Senate, Georgia House of Representatives, and local court seats. Primaries for U.S. House and U.S. Senate seats were on the ballot.
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
- See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2016
Georgia candidates are able to file as exempt from reporting if they do not exceed $2,500 in contributions or expenditures during an election.
Candidates received a total of $350.00 and spent a total of $242.00 as of November 2, 2016, according to the Glynn County Board of Elections.[4]
District 1
Candidate
|
Contributions
|
Expenditures
|
Cash on hand
|
Marcus Edgy
|
Exempt
|
Exempt
|
Exempt
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District 3
Candidate
|
Contributions
|
Expenditures
|
Cash on hand
|
John Madala (incumbent)
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
District 5
Candidate
|
Contributions
|
Expenditures
|
Cash on hand
|
Sandy Dean
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
Linda Bobbitt
|
$350.00
|
$242.00
|
$638.00
|
At-large Post 2
Candidate
|
Contributions
|
Expenditures
|
Cash on hand
|
Jerry Mancil (incumbent)
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
Past elections
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2014
Election results
General election
Primary election
Glynn County School System, At-Large, 4-year term, May 20, 2014
Party |
Candidate |
Vote % |
Votes |
|
Republican |
Mike Hulsey Incumbent |
64.1% |
5,344 |
|
Republican |
Sandy Dean |
35.9% |
2,989 |
Total Votes |
8,333 |
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "Glynn County Official Primary Election Results," accessed December 19, 2014 |
Glynn County School System, District 2, 4-year term, May 20, 2014
Party |
Candidate |
Vote % |
Votes |
|
Republican |
Millard Allen Incumbent |
64.6% |
2,335 |
|
Republican |
Gloria Burns |
35.4% |
1,278 |
Total Votes |
3,613 |
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "Glynn County Official Primary Election Results," accessed December 19, 2014 |
2012
|
What was at stake?
Election trends
Glynn County School System surpassed the average number of candidates per seat for Georgia board elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2014. Glynn County's election featured two candidates per seat, while Georgia school board elections as a whole averaged 1.85 candidates per seat. The 2016 election featured 1.5 candidates per seat with two seats unopposed out of four seats up for election.
School board election trends
|
Year
|
Candidates per seat
|
Unopposed seats
|
Incumbent success rate
|
Seats won by newcomers
|
Glynn County School System
|
2016 |
1.5 |
50.00% |
TBD |
TBD
|
2014 |
2.0 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
0.00%
|
Georgia
|
2014 |
1.85 |
46.56% |
86.54% |
31.3%
|
United States
|
2014 |
1.89 |
32.57% |
81.31% |
38.24%
|
Candidate survey
About the district
- See also: Glynn County School System, Georgia
Glynn County School System is located in Glynn County, Georgia
Glynn County School System is located in Glynn County, Georgia. The county seat of Glynn County is Brunswick. Glynn County was home to 79,626 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] The district was the 31st-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 12,818 students.[6]
Demographics
Glynn County underperformed in comparison to the state of Georgia in terms of higher education achievement and outperformed in terms of median household income in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 25.8 percent of Glynn 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 Glynn County was $49,986, compared to $49,604 for the state of Georgia. The poverty rate in Glynn County was 17.7 percent, compared to 17.4 percent for the entire state.[5]
Racial Demographics, 2013[5]
|
Race
|
Glynn County (%)
|
Georgia (%)
|
White |
69.7 |
62.8
|
Black or African American |
26.5 |
31.2
|
American Indian and Alaska Native |
0.5 |
0.5
|
Asian |
1.4 |
3.5
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
0.2 |
0.1
|
Two or More Races |
1.7 |
1.8
|
Hispanic or Latino |
6.5 |
9.2
|
|
Presidential Voting Pattern, Glynn County[7]
|
Year
|
Democratic Vote (%)
|
Republican Vote (%)
|
Other Vote (%)
|
2012 |
36.1 |
63.1 |
0.8
|
2008 |
38.0 |
61.4 |
0.6
|
2004 |
32.4 |
67.2 |
0.4
|
2000 |
34.9 |
64.5 |
0.6
|
|
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.
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See also
External links
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed April 18, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2016 Qualifying: Reference Calendar & Documents," accessed March 11, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2016 Elections and Voter Registration Calendar," accessed March 11, 2016
- ↑ Easy Campaign Finance Portal, "Home," accessed November 2, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "Glynn County, Georgia," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Current and Past Election Results," accessed July 1, 2014