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Linda Young
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Prior offices
Clark County School District Board of Trustees District C

Education

Bachelor's

University of Dayton

Graduate

University of Dayton

Ph.D

Northern Arizona University

Personal
Profession
Educator

Linda Young was a member of the Clark County School District Board of Trustees in Nevada, representing District C. Young assumed office in 2008. Young left office on January 4, 2021.

Young ran for re-election to the Clark County School District Board of Trustees to represent District C in Nevada. Young won in the general election on June 14, 2016.

Biography

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Young worked in the Clark County School District for over 32 years before her retirement. She worked as a teacher, school psychologist, coordinator of special programs, high school dean, assistant principal, principal, and director of a district diversity program. Young obtained bachelor's degrees in Spanish, speech, and English and a master's degree in school psychology from the University of Dayton. She went on to earn a doctorate degree in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University.[1]

Elections

2016

See also: Clark County School District elections (2016)

Four of the seven seats on the Clark County School District school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on June 14, 2016, for Districts A, B, and C. The District E seat was only on the general election ballot. All four incumbents ran for re-election, and three of them won re-election.[2]

In District A, incumbent Deanna Wright defeated Richard Vaughan after defeating James Gartside, Patricia Krajcech, Mallory Levins, and Shawn Mueller in the primary election. Incumbent Christine Garvey won re-election to the District B seat after obtaining more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary election and defeating challengers Carol McKenzie and Jeffrey Eggman. Evan James originally filed to run for the District B seat, but withdrew from the race before the primary election. Linda Young also won re-election to her seat in the primary election by defeating Antonio Bowen, Russell Davis, Adam Johnson, Walter Jones III, and Mark Melton and garnering more than 50 percent of the vote for the District C seat. District E had the least amount of competition in the race, with challenger Lola Brooks defeating incumbent Margaret Patrice Tew for the seat in the general election. Matthew Tramp withdrew from the District E race, keeping the contest off the primary ballot.[3]

Results

Clark County School District,
District C Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Linda Young Incumbent 51.74% 8,073
Adam Johnson 19.85% 3,098
Antonio Bowen 9.36% 1,461
Russell Davis 7.57% 1,182
Mark Melton 6.65% 1,038
Walter Jones III 4.82% 752
Total Votes 15,604
Source: Clark County, Nevada, "Elections Department," accessed July 4, 2016

Funding

Young reported $21,402.57 in contributions and $24,498.94 in expenditures to the Nevada Secretary of State, which left her campaign with $3,096.37 in debt as of November 2, 2016.[4]

Endorsements

Young received an official endorsement from the Clark County Black Caucus.[5]

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