Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky, elections (2022)
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Four seats on the Jefferson County Public Schools school board in Kentucky were up for general election on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was June 7, 2022.
2022 school board battleground election
This election was previewed in the November 2, 2022, edition of Hall Pass, a weekly newsletter focused on school board politics. Click here to learn more about the newsletter or to read archived editions.
Four of the board’s seven seats were up for election—Districts, 1, 3, 5, and 6.
Better Schools Kentucky PAC, an arm of the Jefferson County Teachers Association (JCTA), endorsed incumbent Diane Porter (District 1), incumbent James Craig (District 2), incumbent Linda Duncan (District 5), and incumbent Corrie Shull (District 6).[1]
The Jefferson County Republican Party endorsed Charlie Bell (District 1), J. Stephen Ullum (District 3), Gregory Puccetti (District 5), and Misty Glin (District 6).[2]
If the Republican-backed candidates win, it would change the board's partisan makeup. If the incumbents win, the balance of power on the board would be preserved. At a rally on Oct. 28, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R) said voters should remove all four incumbents: “How long have the Jefferson schools been failing us? Decades. They keep electing the same people. Maybe it's time for a new slate of people on the school board."
As of the 2020-2021 school year, Jefferson County Public Schools had 100,348 students, 6,160 teachers, and 172 schools. It is Kentucky’s largest school district by enrollment.
Elections
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Candidates and results
District 1
General election
General election for Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education District 1
Incumbent Diane Porter defeated Charlie Bell, Ahamara Brewster, and Carol Travis-Clark in the general election for Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Diane Porter (Nonpartisan) | 66.0 | 14,046 |
| Charlie Bell (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 4,037 | ||
| Ahamara Brewster (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 1,732 | ||
| Carol Travis-Clark (Nonpartisan) | 6.2 | 1,321 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 149 | ||
| Total votes: 21,285 | |||
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District 3
General election
General election for Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education District 3
Incumbent James Craig defeated J. Stephen Ullum, G. Perry Adelmann, and Samuel Cowan II in the general election for Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James Craig (Nonpartisan) | 43.0 | 17,626 | |
 | J. Stephen Ullum (Nonpartisan) | 40.6 | 16,607 | |
 | G. Perry Adelmann (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 3,764 | |
| Samuel Cowan II (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 2,665 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 283 | ||
| Total votes: 40,945 | |||
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District 5
General election
General election for Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education District 5
Incumbent Linda Duncan defeated Gregory Puccetti and Matthew Singleton in the general election for Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Linda Duncan (Nonpartisan) | 55.3 | 11,384 |
 | Gregory Puccetti (Nonpartisan) | 26.6 | 5,470 | |
| Matthew Singleton (Nonpartisan) | 17.0 | 3,502 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 222 | ||
| Total votes: 20,578 | |||
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District 6
General election
General election for Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education District 6
Incumbent Corrie Shull defeated Misty Glin in the general election for Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Corrie Shull (Nonpartisan) | 53.4 | 14,976 |
| Misty Glin (Nonpartisan) | 45.8 | 12,851 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 230 | ||
| Total votes: 28,057 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Kentucky elections, 2022
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- United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2022
- Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
- Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- Kentucky's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
- Kentucky State Senate elections, 2022
- Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2022
- Kentucky Supreme Court elections, 2022
- Kentucky intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
- City elections in Louisville, Kentucky (2022)
- Mayoral election in Louisville, Kentucky (2022)
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- Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
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- Kentucky's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
- Kentucky State Senate elections, 2022
- Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2022
- Kentucky Supreme Court elections, 2022
- Kentucky intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
- Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1, Changes to Legislative Session End Dates and Special Sessions Measure (2022)
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About the district
Jefferson County Public Schools is located in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The district served 94,393 students during the 2021-2022 school year.[3]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ WFPL, "JCTA’s Political Action Committee Endorses Four Jefferson County School Board Candidates," September 2, 2022
- ↑ Courier Journal, "Rand Paul campaigns against JCPS school board members at GOP 'education reform' rally," October 31, 2022
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Data," accessed March 24, 2023
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