Harford County Public Schools elections (2018)
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 16
- Early voting: Oct. 25 - Nov. 1
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Only during early voting period
- Voter ID: No ID required generally
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Six seats on the Harford County Public Schools school board in Maryland were up for general election on November 6, 2018. In his bid for re-election, District A incumbent Jansen Robinson ran unopposed. Newcomer David Bauer also ran unopposed for the open District B seat. The race for the open District C seat included Jim Antal and Kathryn Carmello, and the race for the open District D seat included Alfred Williamson and Tamera Rush. District E incumbent Rachel Gauthier faced Arthur Kaff. In District F, incumbent Thomas Fitzpatrick ran against Sonja Karwacki.[1]
Elections
Candidates and results
District A
General election
General election for Harford County Board of Education District A
Incumbent Jansen M. Robinson won election in the general election for Harford County Board of Education District A on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jansen M. Robinson (Nonpartisan) | 97.9 | 11,493 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 244 | ||
| Total votes: 11,737 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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District B
General election
General election for Harford County Board of Education District B
David Bauer won election in the general election for Harford County Board of Education District B on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Bauer (Nonpartisan) | 98.1 | 14,934 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 289 | ||
| Total votes: 15,223 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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District C
General election
General election for Harford County Board of Education District C
Kathryn Carmello defeated Jim Antal in the general election for Harford County Board of Education District C on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathryn Carmello (Nonpartisan) | 60.5 | 9,297 | |
| Jim Antal (Nonpartisan) | 38.9 | 5,986 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 94 | ||
| Total votes: 15,377 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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District D
General election
General election for Harford County Board of Education District D
Tamera Rush defeated Alfred Williamson in the general election for Harford County Board of Education District D on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tamera Rush (Nonpartisan) | 61.4 | 9,829 |
| Alfred Williamson (Nonpartisan) | 38.0 | 6,079 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 106 | ||
| Total votes: 16,014 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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District E
General election
General election for Harford County Board of Education District E
Incumbent Rachel Gauthier defeated Arthur Kaff in the general election for Harford County Board of Education District E on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rachel Gauthier (Nonpartisan) | 71.2 | 9,590 |
 | Arthur Kaff (Nonpartisan) | 28.0 | 3,769 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 105 | ||
| Total votes: 13,464 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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District F
General election
General election for Harford County Board of Education District F
Sonja Karwacki defeated incumbent Thomas Fitzpatrick in the general election for Harford County Board of Education District F on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sonja Karwacki (Nonpartisan) | 52.6 | 7,919 |
 | Thomas Fitzpatrick (Nonpartisan) | 46.8 | 7,050 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 87 | ||
| Total votes: 15,056 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Endorsements
The Harford County Education Association endorsed District A incumbent Jansen Robinson, District C candidates Jim Antal and Kathryn Carmello, District D candidate Alfred Williamson, District E incumbent Rachel Gauthier, and District F candidate Sonja Karwacki.[2]
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About the district
- See also: Harford County Public Schools, Maryland
Harford County Public Schools is located in Maryland. The district was the eighth-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 37,536 students.[3]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
There are no Pivot Counties in Maryland. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Maryland with 60.3 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 33.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1789 and 2016, Maryland voted Democratic 52 percent of the time and Republican 21 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Maryland voted Democratic all five times.[4]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ 270towin.com, "Maryland," accessed June 22, 2017
| Harford County Public Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Harford County, Maryland | |
| Election date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Candidates: | District A: • Incumbent, Jansen Robinson District B: • David Bauer District C: • Jim Antal • Kathryn Carmello District D: • Tamera Rush • Alfred Williamson District E: • Incumbent, Rachel Gauthier • Arthur Kaff District F: • Incumbent, Thomas Fitzpatrick • Sonja Karwacki |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
