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Gwinnett County Public Schools elections (2016)

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Gwinnett County Public Schools Elections

Primary election date:
May 24, 2016
General election date:
November 8, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
169,150 students

Three of the five seats on the Gwinnett 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 Carole Boyce (R), District 3 incumbent Mary Kay Murphy (R), and District 5 incumbent Louise Radloff (D) won without opposition in 2016.[1]

Elections

Voter and candidate information

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

Gwinnett County Public Schools,
District 1 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Carole Boyce Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 53,681
Total Votes 53,681
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election November 8, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016
Gwinnett County Public Schools,
District 1 Republican Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Carole Boyce Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 4,245
Total Votes 4,245
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016

Candidates

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  • Incumbent

District 3

Results

Gwinnett County Public Schools,
District 3 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mary Kay Murphy Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 54,500
Total Votes 54,500
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election November 8, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016
Gwinnett County Public Schools,
District 3 Republican Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Mary Kay Murphy Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 4,716
Total Votes 4,716
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016

Candidates

Mary Kay Murphy Republican Party Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Incumbent

District 5

Results

Gwinnett County Public Schools,
District 5 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Louise Radloff Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 29,614
Total Votes 29,614
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election November 8, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016
Gwinnett County Public Schools,
District 5 Democratic Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Louise Radloff Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 1,307
Total Votes 1,307
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016

Candidates

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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.

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About the district

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Gwinnett County Public Schools is located in Gwinnett County, Georgia

Gwinnett County Public Schools is located in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The county seat of Gwinnett County is Lawrenceville. Gwinnett County was home to 859,304 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] The district was the largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 169,150 students.[5]

Demographics

Gwinnett County outperformed the state of Georgia in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 34.5 percent of Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett County was $61,944, compared to $49,604 for the state of Georgia. The poverty rate in Gwinnett County was 13.7 percent, compared to 17.4 percent for the entire state.[4]

Racial Demographics, 2012[4]
Race Gwinnett County (%) Georgia (%)
White 60.1 62.8
Black or African American 25.5 31.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9 0.5
Asian 11.1 3.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 2.3 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 20.7 9.2

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

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