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Harrison County School District elections (2014)

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2014 Harrison County School District Elections

General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
Mississippi
Harrison County School District
Harrison County, Mississippi ballot measures
Local ballot measures, Mississippi
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One seat on the Harrison County School District Board of Education was up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Incumbent Bill Bradley defeated challenger Holly Gibbs for the District 5 seat.[1]

About the district

See also: Harrison County School District, Mississippi
Harrison County School District is located in Harrison County, Mississippi.

Harrison County School District is located in Harrison County, Mississippi. The county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. Harrison County is home to 196,500 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[2] In the 2011-2012 school year, Harrison County School District was the fourth-largest school district in Mississippi and served 13,861 students.[3]

Demographics

Harrison County overperformed compared to the rest of Mississippi in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 21.0 percent of Harrison County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 20.0 percent for Mississippi as a whole. The median household income for Harrison County was $43,593 compared to $38,882 for the state of Mississippi. The percentage of people below poverty level for Harrison County was 18.2 percent while it was 22.3 percent for the state of Mississippi.[2]

Racial Demographics, 2013[2]
Race Harrison County (%) Mississippi (%)
White 70.2 59.8
Black or African American 23.7 37.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 0.6
Asian 3.0 1.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or more races 2.5 1.1
Hispanic or Latino 5.4 2.9

Presidential Voting Pattern, Harrison County[4]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 23,119 39,470
2008 22,673 38,757
2004 23,076 39,703

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.

Voter and candidate information

The Harrison County Board of Education consists of five members elected by specific geographic district to six-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. One seat was up for election in 2014.[1]

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period, which began on August 6, 2014, and ended on September 5, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 4, 2014.[5][6]

Elections

2014

Candidates

District 5
  • Holly Gibbs
    • Graduate, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and the University of Southern Mississippi
    • Executive director, Hands On Mississippi

Election results

Harrison County School District, District 5 General Election, 6-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBill Bradley Incumbent 51.9% 1,740
     Nonpartisan Holly Gibbs 48.1% 1,614
Total Votes 3,354
Source: WLOX 13, "2014 Election Coverage," accessed November 5, 2014

Endorsements

No candidates received endorsements in this election.

Campaign finance

The Harrison County Circuit Clerk does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports.

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Harrison County School District election in 2014:[5][6]

Deadline Event
August 6, 2014 First day for candidates to file nomination documents
September 5, 2014 Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
October 4, 2014 Last day to register to vote in the general election
October 28, 2014 Campaign finance report due
November 4, 2014 General election day
January 30, 2015 Annual campaign finance report due

Additional elections on the ballot

This election shared the ballot with general elections for a U.S. House seat and a U.S. Senate seat. It also shared the ballot with county, municipal and judicial elections. One statewide ballot measure, the Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment, also appeared on the ballot.[7]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Harrison + County + School + District + Mississippi"

See also

External links

Footnotes