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Gwendolyn Kimbrough
Gwendolyn Kimbrough was a candidate for at-large representative on the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland. Kimbrough lost in the primary election on April 26, 2016.[1]
Biography
Kimbrough holds a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Howard University. She participated in a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights research project that assessed issues of race in schools during the 1960s. Kimbrough has also served as a board member for Ideal Public Charter School, an operations executive for MCSI and a trustee for Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C. She also worked as executive assistant to the superintendent of District of Columbia Public Schools.[2]
Elections
2016
Three of the seven seats on the Montgomery County Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on April 26, 2016, for the at-large seat. Incumbent Philip Kauffman lost to challenger Jeanette Dixon in the general election. Both candidates defeated Mike Ibanez, Sebastian Johnson, and Gwendolyn Kimbrough in the primary. The District 2 general election featured incumbent Rebecca Smondrowski and challenger Brandon Orman Rippeon, while Shebra Evans and Anjali Reed Phukan were running for the open District 4 seat. Smondrowski and Evans won their respective races.[1]
Results
| Montgomery County Public Schools, At-large Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jeanette Dixon |
31.48% | 51,316 |
| Philip Kauffman Incumbent |
27.95% | 45,570 |
| Sebastian Johnson | 17.75% | 28,937 |
| Gwendolyn Kimbrough | 11.84% | 19,302 |
| Mike Ibanez | 10.98% | 17,902 |
| Total Votes | 163,027 | |
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Unofficial 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Montgomery County," accessed April 26, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2016
Kimbrough's campaign website listed the following themes for 2016:
| “ |
I seek for the families of every young person currently in our public schools the same enabling experience afforded my family. To do that, however, we must grapple with how to realign our resources (both people and material), broaden our teaching and classroom strategies, and expand our cultural and racial knowledge, so that the meaning and shape of the educational experience offered our increasingly diverse student population is substantive, equitable and inspirational. We must embolden building leaders to be creative and encouraging as teachers and their assistants build a student environment that engages, support, and uplift pluralism. We must strive to establish an interconnected relationship between parents, teachers, administrators, the community, students and BoE members so that Montgomery County continues to lead the Nation as a place where all children are nurtured to educational excellence. The health and future of our nation is contingent on the strength and character of the hearts, minds and intellect of our children. Our children are our greatest and most important resource…they are the future. Persons to whom children are entrusted have the wealth of the nation in their hands. Those who hold the wealth of the nation MUST be supported!!! [3] |
” |
| —Gwendolyn Kimbrough (2016), [4] | ||
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maryland State Board of Elections, "Montgomery County 2016 Presidential Primary Election Local Candidates List," February 10, 2016
- ↑ Dr. Gwendolyn Love Kimbrough, "Meet the Candidate," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dr. Gwendolyn Love Kimbrough, "Mission," accessed March 31, 2016
