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Glynn County School System elections (2016)

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Glynn County School System Elections
Primary election date:
May 24, 2016
General election date:
November 8, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
12,818 students

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

Glynn County School System,
District 1 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Marcus Edgy  (unopposed) 100.00% 6,184
Total Votes 6,184
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election November 8, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016
Glynn County School System,
District 1 Republican Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Marcus Edgy 59.20% 991
Ingrid Metz Incumbent 40.80% 683
Total Votes 1,674
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016

Candidates

Marcus Edgy Republican Party Green check mark transparent.png

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Defeated in the primary

Ingrid Metz Republican Party

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  • Incumbent

District 3

Results

Glynn County School System,
District 3 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Madala Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 5,244
Total Votes 5,244
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election November 8, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016
Glynn County School System,
District 3 Republican Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png John Madala Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 1,037
Total Votes 1,037
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016

Candidates

John Madala Republican Party Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Incumbent

District 5

Results

Glynn County School System,
District 5 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Linda Bobbitt 74.59% 2,700
     Republican Sandy Dean 25.41% 920
Total Votes 3,620
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election November 8, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016
Glynn County School System,
District 5 Republican Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Sandy Dean  (unopposed) 100.00% 250
Total Votes 250
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016
Glynn County School System,
District 5 Democratic Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Linda Bobbitt 79.76% 402
John Perry II 20.24% 102
Total Votes 504
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016

Candidates

Linda Bobbitt Democratic Party Green check mark transparent.png Sandy Dean Republican Party

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Defeated in the primary

John Perry II Democratic Party

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At-large Post 2

Results

Glynn County School System,
At-large Post 2 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jerry Mancil Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 25,992
Total Votes 25,992
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election November 8, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016
Glynn County School System,
At-large Post 2 Republican Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jerry Mancil Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 6,231
Total Votes 6,231
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016

Candidates

Jerry Mancil Republican Party Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Incumbent

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
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

What was at stake?

Election trends

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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%

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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.

Recent news

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See also

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed April 18, 2016
  2. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2016 Qualifying: Reference Calendar & Documents," accessed March 11, 2016
  3. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2016 Elections and Voter Registration Calendar," accessed March 11, 2016
  4. ↑ Easy Campaign Finance Portal, "Home," accessed November 2, 2016
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "Glynn County, Georgia," accessed May 15, 2014
  6. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
  7. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Current and Past Election Results," accessed July 1, 2014
2016 Glynn County School System Elections
Glynn County, Georgia
Election date:November 8, 2016
Candidates:At-large Post 2: Incumbent, Jerry Mancil (R)

District 1: Incumbent, Ingrid Metz (R) • Marcus Edgy (R)
District 3: Incumbent, John Madala (R)

District 5: John Perry II (D) • Linda Bobbitt (D) • Sandy Dean (R)
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