Jim Martin (North Carolina)
Jim Martin was a member of the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina, representing District 5. Martin assumed office in 2011. Martin left office on December 5, 2022.
Martin ran for re-election to the Wake County Public School System to represent District 5 in North Carolina. Martin won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Biography
Martin was first elected to the Wake school board in 2011. He works as a chemistry professor at North Carolina State University as of October 2016.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Wake County Public School System, North Carolina, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Wake County Public School System, District 5
Incumbent Jim Martin defeated Mary Beth Moore in the general election for Wake County Public School System, District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jim Martin (Nonpartisan) | 89.1 | 37,503 |
| Mary Beth Moore (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 8.1 | 3,396 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.8 | 1,186 | ||
| Total votes: 42,085 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Wake County Public School System, District 5
Incumbent Jim Martin defeated Logan Martin in the general election for Wake County Public School System, District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Martin (Nonpartisan) | 69.1 | 23,008 |
| Logan Martin (Nonpartisan) | 29.6 | 9,867 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 428 | ||
| Total votes: 33,303 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2016
When state legislation created new school board district boundaries for the Wake County Public School System, a group of voters disputed the change in court.
- See also: Issues in the election
District 1 incumbent Tom Benton filed for re-election and faced challengers Donald Agee, Mary Beth Ainsworth, and Sheila Ellis. Agee defeated the incumbent. In District 2, incumbent Monika Johnson-Hostler filed for an additional term on the board and successfully defended her seat against challenger Peter Hochstaetter. Mark Ivey initially filed in the race but withdrew his candidacy in September 2016. Because of the late withdrawal, his name still appeared on the ballot. Sole newcomer Roxie Cash filed for the District 3 seat and won. District 4 incumbent Keith Sutton filed for re-election and faced single challenger Heather Elliott. Sutton won another term on the board. In their bids for re-election, District 5, 6, and 7 incumbents Jim Martin, Christine Kushner, and Zora Felton were unopposed and won additional terms on the board. However, Felton passed away unexpectedly shortly after the general election, leaving the District 7 seat vacant.
District 8 saw three newcomers file for the seat: Gary Lewis, Gil Pagan, and Lindsay Mahaffey, with Mahaffey winning the seat. In District 9, incumbent Bill Fletcher won the race against challenger Michael Tanbusch. There was no primary.[2][3]
After Judge Dever announced that the candidates who originally filed in this school board race were disqualified and would have to file again during a new filing window that ran from August 11, 2016, to August 17, 2016, three dropped out and two newcomers filed. Former candidates Beverley Clark, James McLuckie, and Donald Mial did not appear on the revised candidate list. District 7 incumbent Zora Felton and District 9 challenger Michael Tanbusch entered the race after the new deadline was set.[2]
Results
| Wake County Public School System, District 5 General Election, 2-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jim Martin Incumbent (unopposed) |
97.44% | 30,268 |
| Write-in votes | 2.56% | 796 |
| Total Votes (100) | 31,064 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/08/2016 Official General Election Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
Martin reported $7,334.62 in contributions and $6,220.32 in expenditures to the Wake County Board of Elections, leaving his campaign with $4,458.61 cash on hand as of November 4, 2016.[4]
School board candidates in North Carolina were required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:
(1) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and
(2) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and
(3) Did not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[5]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[6]
Endorsements
Martin was endorsed by the Wake County Democratic Party.[7]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jim Martin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Jim Martin Board of Education, "About Jim," accessed October 20, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wake County Board of Elections, "Wake Board of Elections Candidate Detail List," August 17, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/08/2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Wake County, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Chapter 163: Elections And Election Laws, Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Reporting Schedules," accessed October 11, 2016
- ↑ News & Observer, "Political parties make Wake County school board endorsements," October 3, 2016
