Gordon Ray

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Gordon Ray
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Prior offices
Spartanburg County School District 2 school board, At-large

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Gordon Ray was an at-large representative on the Spartanburg School District 2 Board of Trustees in South Carolina. He was first elected in 2011. Ray sought another term in the general election on November 3, 2015.[1]

Elections

2015

See also: Spartanburg School District 2 elections (2015)

Five of the ten seats on the Spartanburg School District 2 Board of Trustees were up for election on November 3, 2015.

Incumbents Angie Horton, Sarah Simmons, and David Sereque won re-election to their seats. Rachel Yelton won the seat previously held by Gordan Ray. David Garner won a seat representing Cherokee County residents left empty by Rusty Tucker. Along with Ray, candidates Brian Walker and Connie Banks were defeated in the election.[1][2][3]

Four of the seats were at-large seats. One seat was voted on by the residents in Cherokee County that reside within the boundaries of Spartanburg School District 2. The Cherokee County voters voted on the entire slate of candidates. All other voters in the district voted for four seats.

Results

Spartanburg School District 2, At-Large, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Angie Horton Incumbent 17.7% 1,191
Green check mark transparent.png Rachel Yelton 17.3% 1,165
Green check mark transparent.png Sarah Simmons Incumbent 15.0% 1,007
Green check mark transparent.png David Sereque Incumbent 14.9% 1,005
Connie Banks 14.0% 940
Brian Walker 12.7% 858
Gordon Ray Incumbent 7.9% 534
Write-in votes 0.45% 30
Total Votes 6,730
Source: 'Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with Spartanburg County's Office of Registration and Elections Karmilla Brannon Williams," January 11, 2016

Funding

Ray reported $700.00 in contributions but no expenditures to the South Carolina State Ethics Commission, which left his campaign with $700.00 on hand as of October 29, 2015.[4]

Endorsements

Ray received no official endorsements in this election.

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