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Jeannie Metcalf
Jeannie Metcalf was a Republican at-large member of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education in North Carolina. She resigned from the board in 2015.
Metcalf first won election to the board in 1994. She sought re-election to the board in District 2 rather than seeking another term as an at-large member. She advanced against four other Republican candidates in the May 6, 2014, primary election. Metcalf and fellow Republicans Dana Caudill Jones, David Bryant Singletary and Lori Goins Clark faced Democratic candidates Laura Elliott and Deanna Frazier Kaplan in the general election on November 4, 2014. Jeannie Metcalf won the general election on November 4, 2014.
Biography
Metcalf earned her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.[1]
Elections
2014
Jeannie Metcalf advanced from the May 6, 2014, Republican primary against Irene May, Lori Goins Clark, David Bryant Singletary and Dana Caudill Jones. Metcalf, Singletary, Clark and Jones faced Democratic candidates Laura Elliott and Deanna Frazier Kaplan in the general election on November 4, 2014.
Results
General
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Jeannie Metcalf Incumbent |
19.6% | 47,290 | |
| Republican | Lori Goins Clark |
19.3% | 46,588 | |
| Republican | Dana Caudill Jones |
18% | 43,608 | |
| Republican | David Bryant Singletary |
16.2% | 39,139 | |
| Democratic | Deanna Frazier Kaplan | 14% | 33,913 | |
| Democratic | Laura Elliott | 12.9% | 31,204 | |
| Total Votes | 241,742 | |||
| Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 30, 2014 | ||||
Primary
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeannie Metcalf |
26.1% | 12,563 | |
| Republican | Lori Goins Clark |
23.3% | 11,213 | |
| Republican | Dana Caudill Jones |
19.8% | 9,532 | |
| Republican | David Bryant Singletary |
15.6% | 7,505 | |
| Republican | Irene May | 15.2% | 7,308 | |
| Total Votes | 48,121 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, " 05/06/2014 OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS - FORSYTH," May 13, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Metcalf had reported no contributions or expenditures to the Forsyth County Board of Elections as of April 30, 2014.
Endorsements
Metcalf earned the endorsement of the Winston-Salem Journal ahead of the primary election, but did not receive their endorsement in for the general election.[2][3]
2010
| Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeannie Metcalf |
21.2% | 43,279 | |
| Nonpartisan | Donny Lambeth |
19.9% | 40,681 | |
| Nonpartisan | Elisabeth Motsinger |
16.3% | 33,215 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Barr | 16.2% | 32,996 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lori Goins Clark | 16.1% | 32,922 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nancy P. Sherill | 9.8% | 20,056 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 915 | |
| Total Votes | 204,064 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Results," November 19, 2010 | ||||
Campaign themes
2014
Metcalf's campaign Facebook page has included several posts expressing opposition to the Common Core and a post opposing the removal of the phrase "under God" from school recitations of the pledge of allegiance.[4][5]
In response to the Forsyth County Association of Educators' (FCAE) decision not to endorse her candidacy, Metcalf posted the following statement her campaign Facebook page:
| “ | After all the lean budget years when all large urban districts were laying off scores of teachers, we protected the classroom. We found money by slashing central office budgets to keep teachers, the very folks this "union" is supposed to represent. And if our student assignment plan, which has been in place since 1995, is so "harmful to education", why did they give Buddy, Donny, and me the first three "Friends of Education" awards. And if it's so harmful, why didn't they endorse Mark Baker over Don Martin, a self-proclaimed moderate, who just happened to endorse that "harmful" assignment plan for 20 years. Think about it, folks. Their agenda is to elect liberals.
With all the challenges facing education today, continuing budget cuts, erosion of the family, the rapidly riding number if kids not reading on grade level, and the worst of all, the Obamacare of education...common core....these people chose to base their endorsement on vouchers and our assignment plan?[6] |
” |
| —Jeannie Metcalf's Facebook campaign page (2014)[7] | ||
See also
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, North Carolina
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "RE-elect Jeannie Metcalf for School Board," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ Winston-Salem Journal, "Editorial: 2014 endorsements in school board primaries," April 22, 2014
- ↑ The Winston-Salem Journal, "Endorsements 2014: WS/Forsyth school board races," October 21, 2014
- ↑ Facebook, "RE-elect Jeannie Metcalf for School Board," May 6, 2014
- ↑ Facebook, "RE-elect Jeannie Metcalf for School Board," April 29, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Facebook, "RE-elect Jeannie Metcalf for School Board," April 15, 2014
