Minnie Forte-Brown
Minnie Forte-Brown was a member of the Durham Public Schools school board in North Carolina, representing District A. Forte-Brown left office on July 6, 2020.
Forte-Brown ran for re-election to the Durham Public Schools school board to represent District A in North Carolina. Forte-Brown won in the general election on March 15, 2016.
Biography
Forte-Brown graduated from Hillside High School and earned a bachelor's degree in speech and English from Saint Augustine’s College and a master’s degree in speech pathology and audiology from North Carolina Central University. She served as a member of the North Carolina School Board Association Board of Directors and was a former member of the board of directors for the National School Board Association. She worked as a communications specialist and master teacher in the Department of English and Mass Communications at North Carolina Central University.[1]
Elections
2016
- See also: Durham Public Schools elections (2016)
Three of the seven seats on the Durham Public Schools school board were up for general election on March 15, 2016. The race for the at-large seat saw two newcomers file for it: Frederick Ravin III and Steve Unruhe. Unruhe secured the at-large seat. District A incumbent Minnie Forte-Brown and newcomer candidate for District B Xavier Cason ran unopposed and won. Write-in votes were allowed.[2]
This marked the second consecutive unopposed election for Forte-Brown. The number of candidates for the Durham school board elections had varied over the last four election cycles. From 2010 to 2016, the district saw five unopposed races and four races with two candidates each; the other five races held during this period saw three or more candidates.
Results
| Durham Public Schools, District A General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Minnie Forte-Brown Incumbent (unopposed) |
97.72% | 26,041 |
| Write-in votes | 2.28% | 608 |
| Total Votes (100) | 26,649 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official Primary Election Results - Onslow," accessed June 15, 2016 | ||
Funding
Forte-Brown reported no contributions or expenditures to the Durham County Board of Elections as of March 22, 2016.
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.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Durham Public Schools, "About the Board of Education," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ Durham County, North Carolina, "Candidate filing," accessed January 20, 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 Durham Public Schools Elections | |
| Election date: | March 15, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Frederick Ravin III • Steve Unruhe District A: Incumbent, Minnie Forte-Brown District B: Xavier Cason |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
