Jane Goodwin

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Jane Goodwin
Image of Jane Goodwin
Prior offices
Sarasota County Schools school board District 5
Successor: Timothy Enos

Education

Bachelor's

University of Georgia

Contact


Jane Goodwin was a member of the Sarasota County Schools school board in Florida, representing District 5. She assumed office in 2010. She left office on November 22, 2022.

Goodwin won re-election to the Sarasota County Schools school board to represent District 5 in Florida outright in the primary on August 28, 2018, after the general election was canceled.

Biography

Goodwin earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia. Her professional experience includes working as a high school teacher, as the director of marketing and community relations at the YMCA of Sarasota, as the executive vice president of the Sarasota Home Builders Association, as a marketing representative at IBM, and as the regional sales manager at Silent Knight Corp.[1]

Elections

2018

See also: Sarasota County Schools elections (2018)

The general election was canceled in this district after the primary election winner received more than 50 percent of the vote.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Sarasota County Schools school board District 5

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jane Goodwin
Jane Goodwin (Nonpartisan)
 
53.2
 
46,771
Pamela Gavette (Nonpartisan)
 
22.2
 
19,529
Richard Linden (Nonpartisan)
 
13.3
 
11,648
Justin Cody Willis (Nonpartisan)
 
11.3
 
9,930

Total votes: 87,878
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2014

See also: Sarasota County Schools elections (2014)

The August 26, 2014, general election in Sarasota County featured three seats up for election. District 1 incumbent Bridget Ziegler faced a challenge from Velton Hodges, Ken Marsh and Paul J. Schafer. None of the four candidates received 50 percent of the vote in the general election, so Bridget Ziegler and Ken Marsh, the top two vote-getters, advanced to the runoff election on November 4, 2014. District 4 incumbent Shirley Brown and District 5 incumbent Jane Goodwin won re-election, defeating challengers Helen Wolff and Randy McLendon, respectively.

Results

Sarasota County Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJane Goodwin Incumbent 70.4% 34,640
     Nonpartisan Randy McLendon 29.6% 14,541
Total Votes 49,181
Source: Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections, "Primary Election Official Results," accessed December 23, 2014

2010

Sarasota County Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJane Goodwin 52.1% 26,908
     Nonpartisan Kathy James 47.9% 24,692
Total Votes 51,600
Source: Sarasota County Supervisor of Election, "August 24, 2010, Primary Election Results," August 26, 2010

Campaign themes

2018

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What is your political philosophy?

My passion is promoting public education for every student through academics and the arts. I want to assure students graduate on time, career and college ready and lead productive and successful lives.

Is there anything you would like to add?

Jane combines her decades-long commitment to child welfare with a 40-year corporate career and the ability to focus on what really matters for our students and their education.

Passion for quality education runs in Jane Goodwin’s blood, and professionalism defines her every move.

Jane began her devotion to the welfare of students more than 20 years ago, when she first began mentoring young students — a love she has never forgotten or stopped.[2]

—Jane Goodwin[1]

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on July 3, 2018.
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.