Lori Goins Clark

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Lori Goins Clark

Republican Party

Prior offices

Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2

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Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Personal

Profession

Substitute teacher

Lori Goins Clark is a former Republican District 2 member of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools school board in North Carolina. Clark was elected to the office on November 4, 2014. She resigned on August 29, 2019.

Clark advanced against four other Republican candidates in the May 6, 2014 primary, election. Clark and fellow Republicans Dana Caudill Jones, David Bryant Singletary and Jeannie Metcalf faced Democratic candidates Laura Elliott and Deanna Frazier Kaplan in the general election on November 4, 2014. Lori Goins Clark won the general election on November 4, 2014.

Biography

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Clark earned her B.A. in music from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. At the time of the election, she was working as a part-time marketing employee with Chi-fil-A. Clark has also worked as a substitute teacher at district schools since 2010. She has volunteered time with local chapters of Habitat Humanity and Red Cross as well as the PTA at her child's school. Clark and her husband, Dale, have one child who attended district schools.

Elections

2018

See also: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools elections (2018)

General election

General election for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lida Calvert Hayes (R)	17.9	54,592
✔	Submit photo	Leah Crowley (R)	17.3	52,747
✔		Lori Goins Clark (R)	17.2	52,462
✔		Dana Caudill Jones (R)	17.2	52,460
		Marilynn Baker (D)	15.4	47,029
		Rebecca Nussbaum (D)	15.1	46,271

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 305,561 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 (4 seats)

Incumbent Lori Goins Clark, incumbent Lida Calvert Hayes, incumbent Dana Caudill Jones, and Leah Crowley defeated incumbent David Bryant Singletary in the Republican primary for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lori Goins Clark	21.8	6,246
✔		Lida Calvert Hayes	21.3	6,086
✔		Dana Caudill Jones	20.0	5,722
✔	Submit photo	Leah Crowley	18.5	5,308
		David Bryant Singletary	18.4	5,265

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 28,627
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2014

See also: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools elections (2014)

General election

General election for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lida Calvert Hayes (R)	17.9	54,592
✔	Submit photo	Leah Crowley (R)	17.3	52,747
✔		Lori Goins Clark (R)	17.2	52,462
✔		Dana Caudill Jones (R)	17.2	52,460
		Marilynn Baker (D)	15.4	47,029
		Rebecca Nussbaum (D)	15.1	46,271

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 305,561 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 (4 seats)

Incumbent Lori Goins Clark, incumbent Lida Calvert Hayes, incumbent Dana Caudill Jones, and Leah Crowley defeated incumbent David Bryant Singletary in the Republican primary for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lori Goins Clark	21.8	6,246
✔		Lida Calvert Hayes	21.3	6,086
✔		Dana Caudill Jones	20.0	5,722
✔	Submit photo	Leah Crowley	18.5	5,308
		David Bryant Singletary	18.4	5,265

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 28,627
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Results

General

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeannie Metcalf Incumbent	19.6%	47,290
	Republican	Lori Goins Clark	19.3%	46,588
	Republican	Dana Caudill Jones	18%	43,608
	Republican	David Bryant Singletary	16.2%	39,139
	Democratic	Deanna Frazier Kaplan	14%	33,913
	Democratic	Laura Elliott	12.9%	31,204
Total Votes				241,742
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 30, 2014

Primary

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, District 2 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeannie Metcalf	26.1%	12,563
	Republican	Lori Goins Clark	23.3%	11,213
	Republican	Dana Caudill Jones	19.8%	9,532
	Republican	David Bryant Singletary	15.6%	7,505
	Republican	Irene May	15.2%	7,308
Total Votes				48,121
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, " 05/06/2014 OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS - FORSYTH," May 13, 2014

Funding

Clark has reported $600.00 in contributions and $0.00 in expenditures to the Forsyth County Board of Elections, leaving her campaign with $600.00 on hand as of April 30, 2014.

Endorsements

Clark earned the endorsement of the Winston-Salem Journal for the primary and general elections.

2010

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Jeannie Metcalf	21.2%	43,279
	Nonpartisan	Donny Lambeth	19.9%	40,681
	Nonpartisan	Elisabeth Motsinger	16.3%	33,215
	Nonpartisan	Robert Barr	16.2%	32,996
	Nonpartisan	Lori Goins Clark	16.1%	32,922
	Nonpartisan	Nancy P. Sherill	9.8%	20,056
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.4%	915
Total Votes				204,064
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Results," November 19, 2010

Campaign themes

2014

Clark listed her themes for the 2014 campaign on her campaign's Facebook page:

“	So that you who read this will know my heart, several things I VALUE in education are: LOCAL CONTROL as much as possible - and concerning curriculum (that our children understand our country's exceptional foundation and that we reconsider Common Core), arts and languages in elementary school curriculum (and that they remain an elective option in middle and high school curriculum) COMMUNITY and parental INVOLVEMENT and CONNECTIONS in the schools identified as “failing” - with early emphasis on personal and family responsibility (using existing, locally-chosen character education curriculum and beginning in Kindergarten) and linking these schools and at-risk students with nearby churches/mentors/businesses to give direction, encourage responsibility, shepherd vocational development and foster respect for teachers. CHOICE - our choice assignment plan is a proven model and I would continue to keep it that way - giving parents as many options at all levels (elementary, middle and high) as possible. Parents should choose schools for their children. Those who can are more likely to be involved, and involved parents are KEY to a school's success and its children! TEACHERS - we need to revive the value of education and our teachers! We ask them to "show growth" in every single child they teach, and yet our families are broken to the point that we fail in preparing them to learn. This, I believe - the breakdown of the fabric of society - the family, is the root of most societal issues we face today. Teachers are to teach and yet, we expect them to be family and be disciplinarians to our children, as well. They simply cannot. They are under-appreciated and underpaid, and I believe we can do better for them in those areas - at the state and the local level.	”
—Lori Goins Clark's campaign Facebook page, (2014)

Recent news

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See also

• Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, North Carolina
• Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools elections (2014)

External links

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• Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
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