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Ken Britton

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Ken Britton

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Ken Britton was a candidate for at-large representative on the Lee County Schools school board in North Carolina. Britton lost the primary election on March 15, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Lee County Schools, North Carolina elections (2016)

Four of the seven seats on the Lee County Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. Five Democrats and four Republicans filed for the at-large seats. A primary election was held for the Democratic candidates on March 15, 2016.

The seats of Tamara Brogan, Wendy Hughes Carlyle, Cameron Sharpe and Linda A. Smith were up for election. Brogan and four other Democrats filed for the seats. They were Ken Britton, Janice Oelrich Davis, Lynn Smith and Patrick Kelly. Ken Britton was eliminated in the primary, and the rest went on to compete for the seats in the general election. Four Republicans—Stephen Coble, Phillip Helms, Pamela Sutton and Sherry Womack—also vied for a spot on the board in the general. Two Democrats and two Republicans won the seats: Kelly, Smith, Coble, and Womack.[1][2]

Results

Lee County Schools,
At-Large Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democrat Green check mark transparent.png Lynn Smith 23.07% 4,031
     Democrat Green check mark transparent.png Tamara Brogan Incumbent 21.97% 3,839
     Democrat Green check mark transparent.png Janice Oelrich Davis 20.23% 3,534
     Democrat Green check mark transparent.png Patrick Kelly 18.35% 3,206
     Democrat Ken Britton 16.39% 2,863
Total Votes (100) 17,473
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 2, 2016

Funding

School board candidates in North Carolina are required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:

(1) Does not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and

(2) Does not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and

(3) Does not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[3]

The first quarter campaign finance deadline was on March 7, 2016.

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