Ken Britton
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
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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democrat |  Lynn Smith |
23.07% | 4,031 | |
| Democrat | Tamara Brogan Incumbent |
21.97% | 3,839 | |
| Democrat | Janice Oelrich Davis |
20.23% | 3,534 | |
| Democrat | 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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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Elisabeth Cervantes, Email conversation with Director Lee County Board of Elections Nancy J. Kimble, January 25, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Lee," accessed November 8, 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
| 2016 Lee County Schools Elections | |
| Election date: | Primary: March 15, 2016 General: November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Tamara Brogan (D) • Ken Britton (D) • Janice Oelrich Davis (D) • Lynn Smith (D) • Patrick Kelly (D) • Stephen Coble (R) • Phillip Helms (R) • Pamela Sutton (R) • Sherry Womack (R) |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
