Jefferson County Schools, Alabama, elections (2020)
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One seat on the Jefferson County Schools school board in Alabama was up for general election on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for March 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was November 8, 2019.
Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
Alabama modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: Any qualified voter could cast an absentee ballot in the general election.
- Candidate filing procedures: The petition deadline for unaffiliated presidential candidates was extended to August 20, 2020.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Elections
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Candidates and results
General election
General election for Jefferson County School District, Place 4
Incumbent Ronnie Dixon won election in the general election for Jefferson County School District, Place 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ronnie Dixon (R) | 96.6 | 70,851 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.4 | 2,483 | ||
| Total votes: 73,334 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ronnie Dixon advanced from the Republican primary for Jefferson County School District, Place 4.
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Alabama elections, 2020
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About the district
- See also: Jefferson County Schools, Alabama
Jefferson County Schools is located in Jefferson County, Alabama. The district served 36,144 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[1]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
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. No counties in Alabama are Pivot Counties.
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Alabama with 62.1 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Alabama voted Democratic 53.33 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Alabama voted Republican all five times.
See also
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