Mobile County Public Schools, Alabama, elections (2020)

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Mobile County Public Schools elections
Filing deadline
November 8, 2019
Primary date
March 3, 2020
Primary runoff date
July 14, 2020
General election date
November 3, 2020
Runoff election date
July 14, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
55,272 students

Two seats on the Mobile County Public Schools school board in Alabama were up for general election on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for March 3, 2020. A Democratic Party primary runoff was scheduled for July 14, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was November 8, 2019.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Alabama modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: Any qualified voter could cast an absentee ballot in the general election.
• Candidate filing procedures: The petition deadline for unaffiliated presidential candidates was extended to August 20, 2020.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

District 3

General election

General election for Mobile County Public School System District 3

Incumbent Reginald Crenshaw won election in the general election for Mobile County Public School System District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Reginald Crenshaw (D)	100.0	25,033

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,033
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mobile County Public School System District 3

Incumbent Reginald Crenshaw defeated Douglas July in the Democratic primary for Mobile County Public School System District 3 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Reginald Crenshaw	52.1	6,264
	Submit photo	Douglas July	47.9	5,758

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,022
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District 4

General election

General election for Mobile County Public School System District 4

Sherry Dillihay-McDade defeated Jeffery Ray Jones in the general election for Mobile County Public School System District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Sherry Dillihay-McDade (D)	69.7	20,199
	Submit photo	Jeffery Ray Jones (R)	30.3	8,781

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,980
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Mobile County Public School System District 4

Sherry Dillihay-McDade defeated Ty Burden in the Democratic primary runoff for Mobile County Public School System District 4 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Sherry Dillihay-McDade	60.5	3,395
	Submit photo	Ty Burden	39.5	2,218

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,613
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mobile County Public School System District 4

Sherry Dillihay-McDade and Ty Burden advanced to a runoff. They defeated Stanley Draine in the Democratic primary for Mobile County Public School System District 4 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Sherry Dillihay-McDade	45.8	4,302
✔	Submit photo	Ty Burden	40.7	3,824
	Submit photo	Stanley Draine	13.5	1,267

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,393
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Jeffery Ray Jones advanced from the Republican primary for Mobile County Public School System District 4.

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See also: Alabama elections, 2020

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About the district

See also: Mobile County Public Schools, Alabama

Mobile County Public Schools is located in Mobile County, Alabama. The district served 55,272 students during the 2017-2018 school year.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states. No counties in Alabama are Pivot Counties.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Alabama with 62.1 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Alabama voted Democratic 53.33 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Alabama voted Republican all five times.

See also

Mobile County Public Schools	Alabama	School Boards
Mobile County Public Schools elections (2018) List of school districts in Alabama	Alabama school board elections, 2020 Public education in Alabama Local ballot measures, Alabama	School board elections, 2020 School board elections, 2019 School board election data analysis, 2020 School board election data analysis, 2019

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