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Grisela Jackson
Grisela Jackson (Democratic Party) was a member of the Orleans Parish School Board in Louisiana, representing District 5. She assumed office on June 23, 2020. She left office on December 31, 2020.
Jackson (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Orleans Parish School Board to represent District 5 in Louisiana. She lost in the primary on November 3, 2020.
Jackson was appointed to the board on June 23, 2020, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Benjamin Kleban.[1]
Biography
Jackson has been the co-owner of Young Engineering Company LLC for 35 years.[1] She was the president of the NOLA College Prep Board of Directors from 2013 to 2020. Jackson earned a B.A. in English from Vassar College in 1978 and an M.B.A. from Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business in 1996.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana, elections (2020)
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
General election for Orleans Parish School Board District 5
Katherine Baudouin defeated Antoinette Williams in the general election for Orleans Parish School Board District 5 on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Katherine Baudouin (D) | 54.0 | 5,462 | |
| Antoinette Williams (D) | 46.0 | 4,649 | ||
| Total votes: 10,111 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 5
Katherine Baudouin and Antoinette Williams defeated incumbent Grisela Jackson in the primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Katherine Baudouin (D) | 41.3 | 8,309 | |
| ✔ | Antoinette Williams (D) | 37.6 | 7,568 | |
 | Grisela Jackson (D) | 21.1 | 4,249 | |
| Total votes: 20,126 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Grisela Jackson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
