Howard 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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Four seats on the Howard County Public Schools school board in Maryland were up for at-large general election on November 6, 2018. Because more than eight candidates filed to run in this election, a primary was held on June 26, 2018. No incumbents filed to run for re-election, which left all four seats open for newcomers. Anita Pandey, Bob Glascock, Chao Wu, Danny Mackey, Jen Mallo, Robert Wayne Miller, Sabina Taj, and Vicky Cutroneo advanced to the general election. Candidates Timothy Hodgson Hamilton, Christopher Michael Hilfiger, Carleen Pena, Saif Rehman, and Mavourene Robinson were defeated in the primary.[1][2]
Elections
Candidates and results
General election
General election for Howard County Public Schools Board of Education At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Howard County Public Schools Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vicky Cutroneo (Nonpartisan) | 15.1 | 58,426 |
| ✔ |  | Chao Wu (Nonpartisan)  | 14.1 | 54,254 |
| ✔ |  | Jen Mallo (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 53,766 |
| ✔ |  | Sabina Taj (Nonpartisan) | 13.4 | 51,842 |
| Bob Glascock (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 46,929 | ||
 | Robert Wayne Miller (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 43,847 | |
 | Anita Pandey (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 38,109 | |
 | Danny Mackey (Nonpartisan) | 9.6 | 36,923 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,685 | ||
| Total votes: 385,781 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Howard County Public Schools Board of Education At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Howard County Public Schools Board of Education At-large on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vicky Cutroneo (Nonpartisan) | 14.1 | 20,602 |
| ✔ | Bob Glascock (Nonpartisan) | 12.0 | 17,503 | |
| ✔ | | Robert Wayne Miller (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 16,469 |
| ✔ | | Chao Wu (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 15,600 |
| ✔ | | Jen Mallo (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 13,545 |
| ✔ | | Sabina Taj (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 13,326 |
| ✔ | | Anita Pandey (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 10,041 |
| ✔ | | Danny Mackey (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 9,980 |
 | Carleen Pena (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 8,301 | |
 | Saif Rehman (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 7,582 | |
| Mavourene Robinson (Nonpartisan) | 4.0 | 5,828 | ||
| Timothy Hodgson Hamilton (Nonpartisan) | 2.5 | 3,691 | ||
| Christopher Michael Hilfiger (Nonpartisan) | 2.2 | 3,171 | ||
| Total votes: 145,639 | |||
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About the district
- See also: Howard County Public Schools, Maryland
Howard County Public Schools is located in Maryland. The district was the sixth-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 53,685 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
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedhowardlist - ↑ Howard County Board of Elections, "2018 Gubernatorial Primary Election Returns for Howard County," accessed June 27, 2018
- ↑ 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
| Howard County Public Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Howard County, Maryland | |
| Election date: | Primary Election: June 26, 2018 • General Election: November 6, 2018 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Vicky Cutroneo • Bob Glascock • Timothy Hodgson Hamilton • Christopher Michael Hilfiger • Danny Mackey • Jen Mallo • Robert Wayne Miller • Anita Pandey • Carleen Pena • Saif Rehman • Mavourene Robinson • Sabina Taj • Chao Wu |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
