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Muscogee County School District, Georgia, elections (2021)

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Muscogee County School District elections

Filing deadline
April 8, 2021
General election date
June 15, 2021
Enrollment ('17-'18)
31,763 students

One seat on the Muscogee County School District school board in Georgia was up for special election on June 15, 2021. The filing deadline for this election was April 8, 2021.[1]

The special election became necessary after Mike Edmondson died in February 2021.[2]

Elections

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District 2

General election

Special general election for Muscogee County School District school board District 2

Nickie Tillery defeated John Steed in the special general election for Muscogee County School District school board District 2 on June 15, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Nickie Tillery (Nonpartisan)
 
67.2
 
902
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John Steed (Nonpartisan)
 
32.5
 
436
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
5

Total votes: 1,343
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About the district

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The Muscogee County School District is located in Muscogee County, Georgia. The district served 31,763 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[3]

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Five of 159 Georgia counties—3.14 percent—are pivot counties. These 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.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Baker County, Georgia 8.68% 0.57% 1.07%
Dooly County, Georgia 2.05% 6.98% 3.53%
Peach County, Georgia 2.91% 7.48% 6.75%
Quitman County, Georgia 10.92% 9.04% 7.90%
Twiggs County, Georgia 1.58% 8.64% 6.97%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Georgia with 50.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 45.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Georgia voted Democratic 63.33 percent of the time and Republican 36.67 percent of the time. Georgia voted Republican in every presidential election from 2000 to 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Georgia. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[4][5]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 64 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 45.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 74 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 42.3 points. Clinton won 14 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 116 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 36.6 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 106 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 36.8 points. Trump won four districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also

Muscogee County School District Georgia School Boards
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