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Kenneth Baxter Sr.
Kenneth Baxter Sr. was the Area 25 representative on the Greenville County School District board of trustees in South Carolina. Baxter lost a re-election bid in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Baxter's biography on the Greenville County School District website read as follows:
| “ | Kenneth E. Baxter, Sr. is a retired logistic manager with AT&T and has worked as a special education paraprofessional for eight years. He is on the executive board of the South Carolina School Boards Association. He is past president of the School Improvement Council at Carolina High School & Academy. Mr. Baxter previously served as coach for the Lady Trojan Varsity Tennis Team and Varsity Boys Golf Team at Carolina High & Academy.
Mr. Baxter is involved in the community as a board member for New Horizon Family Health Care, co-chairman for the Sigma Beta Club for young men, and vice-president of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Alpha Lambda Sigma Chapter. He attended Nickeltown Elementary and Sterling High School. Mr. Baxter holds a bachelor of science in Organizational Management from Voorhees College and a master’s degree in Education from Columbia College. He and his wife, Linda Thompson Baxter, have two grown children, Kenneth Jr. & Tamiko, and three granddaughters, Alexis, Morgan and Kai.[1][2] |
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Elections
2016
Six of the 12 seats on the Greenville County School District board of trustees were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. Area 17 incumbent Joy Grayson filed for re-election and ran unopposed, winning another term on the board. In Area 19, incumbent Debi Bush successfully defended her seat against challengers Myra Gallagher, Charles Winfield, and Monica Wofford. Area 21 incumbent Danna Rohleder filed for re-election and defeated challenger Michael Stewart. Area 23 saw incumbent Glenda Fair file unopposed and gain another term on the board. In Area 25, board incumbent Kenneth Baxter Sr. filed for re-election and faced Michelle Calwile and Justin Stoddard. Calwile succeeded in ousting the incumbent from the board. Area 27 incumbent Crystal O'Connor filed for an additional term on the board and won it, as she was unopposed in her bid. There was no primary.[3][4]
Results
| Greenville County School District, Area 25 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Michelle Calwile |
47.33% | 3,293 |
| Kenneth Baxter Sr. Incumbent | 36.81% | 2,561 |
| Justin Stoddard | 14.89% | 1,036 |
| Write-in votes | 0.98% | 68 |
| Total Votes (100) | 6,958 | |
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission, "Official Results," accessed December 1, 2016 | ||
Funding
Baxter reported $2,520.52 in contributions and $2,079.03 in expenditures to the South Carolina State Ethics Commission, leaving his campaign with $441.49 cash on hand as of October 28, 2016.[5]
The following are the guidelines provided by the South Carolina State Ethics Commission for campaign finance reporting:[6]
Initial report: School board candidates were required to file this report within 10 days of spending or receiving the first $500 of campaign funds. A subsequent report was not required until additional funds were raised.
Pre-election report: This report had to be filed by all candidates, whether or not there was any financial campaign activity. The report had to be filed no later than 15 days, and no earlier than 20 days, prior to the general election. The pre-election report was due on October 24, 2016.
Quarterly report: All candidates with contributions on hand were required to file this report. It was required of all candidates once they had begun to file, whether or not there was financial activity. The fourth quarter campaign finance report was due on October 10, 2016.
Final report: This was due after the campaign account was closed.
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See also
- Greenville County School District, South Carolina
- Greenville County School District elections (2016)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Greenville County School District, "Kenneth Baxter," accessed October 28, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Listing for the 11/8/2016 Statewide General Election," accessed August 18, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Ethics Commission, "Individual Reports," accessed October 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Ethics Commission, "Campaign Practices," accessed October 6, 2016
