Joseph Gilreath
Joseph Gilreath was a candidate for the District 6 seat on the Cumberland County Schools school board in North Carolina. Gilreath was defeated in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016.
Gilreath was a candidate for an at-large seat on November 4, 2014. He was defeated in the general election.
Elections
2016
Six of the nine seats on the Cumberland County Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. One candidate filed for and won each of Districts 1 through 5: board incumbent Alicia Chisolm, newcomer Porcha McMillan, incumbent Carrie Sutton, incumbent Donna Vann, and incumbent Susan Williams, respectively. The open District 6 seat was much more contested, with nine candidates vying to win it: Joseph Gilreath, Patricia Griffin, Peggy Hall, Sheryl Lewis, Carmela McKeller, Ray Miller, Ralph Molina, Tina Odom, and Ron Ross. Hall won election to the seat. There was no primary.[1][2]
Results
| Cumberland County Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Peggy Hall |
21.96% | 4,688 |
| Patricia Griffin | 21.29% | 4,545 |
| Ralph Molina | 17.14% | 3,660 |
| Sheryl Lewis | 15.71% | 3,354 |
| Carmela McKeller | 8.02% | 1,713 |
| Tina Odom | 5.95% | 1,271 |
| Joseph Gilreath | 3.52% | 752 |
| Ron Ross | 3.05% | 651 |
| Ray Miller | 2.98% | 636 |
| Write-in votes | 0.38% | 82 |
| Total Votes (100) | 21,352 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results-Cumberland," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
Gilreath did not file a campaign finance report with the Cumberland County Board of Elections as of November 3, 2016.[3]
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).[4]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[5]
2014
Three at-large seats on the Cumberland Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Greg West was the only incumbent running for re-election. He ran against challengers David Booth, Randy Fredricks, Joseph Gilreath, Nolan Hancock, Carmela McKeller, Judy D. Musgrave, Romain Stanley, Rudy Tatum and Donna Vann.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Judy D. Musgrave |
17.1% | 28,089 | |
| Nonpartisan | Greg West Incumbent |
16.5% | 27,096 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rudy Tatum |
14.7% | 24,137 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Booth | 13.9% | 22,834 | |
| Nonpartisan | Donna Vann | 13.7% | 22,478 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carmela McKeller | 9.6% | 15,793 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nolan Hancock | 4.1% | 6,652 | |
| Nonpartisan | Romain Stanley | 4% | 6,516 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph Gilreath | 3% | 4,883 | |
| Nonpartisan | Randy Fredricks | 2.9% | 4,817 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 640 | |
| Total Votes | 163,935 | |||
| Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 30, 2014 | ||||
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See also
- Cumberland County Schools, North Carolina
- Cumberland County Schools elections (2016)
- Cumberland County Schools elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cumberland County, "August 5, 2016 Candidates," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Cumberland," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Cumberland County Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed November 3, 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
