Karen Farrow
Karen Farrow was a candidate for the District 9 seat on the Hamilton County Board of Education in Tennessee up for general election on August 7, 2014. She lost the election to Steve Highlander. Farrow also ran unsuccessfully for the District 9 seat on August 5, 2010.
Biography
Karen Farrow is a resident of Hamilton County, Tennessee. Farrow spent 13 years as a domestic violence and child abuse investigator and more than a decade as a sergeant on patrol. She has served for more than three decades as a law enforcement officer.[1]
Elections
2014
The general election in Hamilton County featured five seats up for election on August 7, 2014. Greg Martin won re-election in District 3 against Jim Watson. Karitsa Mosley won the open District 5 race against fellow newcomers Richard K. Bennett, Samuel Blakemore, Patrick D. Hampton, Cynthia Stanley-Cash, Jacqueline A. Thomas and Yashika Ward. Incumbent Joe Galloway won re-election, defeating newcomers Oscar Brock and C. Ballard Scearce, Jr. in District 6. The District 8 race was won by incumbent David Testerman, who defeated challenger Samevelyn Morgan Rock. Newcomer Steve Highlander won the open District 9 seat, defeating Karen Farrow, Larry Lewis, Dean Moorhouse and Tim White.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Steve Highlander |
49.8% | 2,923 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dean Moorhouse | 21.4% | 1,258 | |
| Nonpartisan | Karen Farrow | 21.1% | 1,241 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tim White | 3.6% | 213 | |
| Nonpartisan | Larry Lewis | 3.3% | 194 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.7% | 40 | |
| Total Votes | 5,869 | |||
| Source: Hamilton County, TN - Election Commission, "Official Results - August 7th, 2014 - State Primary & County General," accessed February 23, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Farrow reported no contributions or expenditures to the Hamilton County Election Commission during the election.
Endorsements
Farrow did not receive any endorsements during the election.
2010
| Hamilton County School District, District 9 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Mike Evatt |
45.8% | 2,834 | |
| Nonpartisan | Karen Farrow | 23.3% | 1,439 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gary D. Potter | 13.5% | 833 | |
| Nonpartisan | Caleb Long | 10.7% | 664 | |
| Nonpartisan | Timothy T. Stephenso | 3.7% | 232 | |
| Nonpartisan | Marchetta S. Cannon | 2.6% | 159 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 27 | |
| Total Votes | 6,188 | |||
| Source: Hamilton County, TN - Election Commission, "Election Archives," accessed June 25, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2014
Farrow published a list of her priorities on Nooga.com:
| “ | Identify three issues that are important to you as a candidate.
1. Safety and security of all children, faculty and staff 2. Spending the taxpayers dollars wisely 3. Working on some kind of VOC schools for students that are not college bound. If elected how would you address those issues? 1. Being a police officer I would spend time in the schools and with the resource officers on the system of how students are kept safe. 2. Make sure that when the time comes to vote on making money and spending it that I make the best decision for the taxpayers money. 3. Maybe using one of the schools that is now open to be converted into an VOC school like the one that was at Harrison VOC school. I think that this is important to our community.[2] |
” |
| —Karen Farrow (2014)[1] | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Karen + Farrow + Hamilton + County + School + District"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nooga.com, "Karen Farrow," accessed August 7, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
