Nadine Marsh-Carter
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Nadine Marsh-Carter was the District 7 representative on the Richmond Public Schools school board in Virginia. Marsh-Carter won the seat in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016. She resigned from the board on September 5, 2017, following the death of her husband.[1]
Biography
Marsh-Carter's work experience included serving as the president of the Children's Home Society of Virginia, the executive director of the nonprofit Volunteer Families, and an attorney with Hill, Tucker & Marsh Law Firm. She volunteered with Church Hill Activities & Tutoring, Richmond Court Appointed Special Advocates, Learning Point, and Stop Child Abuse Now. She served on the board of the Virginia Premier Health Plan, the National Network for Youth Policy Council, the Mid-Atlantic Network for Youth, and the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation. Marsh-Carter was appointed by the governor of Virginia as a trustee of the Family and Children's Trust Fund of Virginia and selected to be a Hull Fellow in Philanthropy by the Southeastern Council of Foundations. She became a member of the Virginia State Bar and the Old Dominion Bar Association. She obtained a bachelor's degree and a juris doctor from the University of Richmond.[2]
Elections
2016
- See also: Richmond Public Schools elections (2016)
A total of 22 candidates ran for the nine seats that were up for election, including incumbents J.E. Dawson Boyer (District 1), Jeff Bourne (District 3), Mamie Taylor (District 5), and Shonda Harris-Muhammed (District 6). District 9 incumbent Tichi Pinkney Eppes filed to run in the election but was seven signatures short of qualifying for candidacy.
In District 1, Boyer lost his bid for re-election to Elizabeth Doerr. In District 2, James Scott Barlow defeated Mariah White. Bourne was the only incumbent to win re-election by defeating challengers Jesse Perry and Kevin Starlings in District 3. Newcomer Jonathan Young overtook Barrett Hardiman, Irvine Reaves, and Sean Smith for the open District 4 seat. Taylor lost her seat to Patrick Sapini in District 5. Felicia Dionne Cosby defeated Harris-Muhammed for the District 6 seat. In District 7, Nadine Marsh-Carter defeated Kirsten Gray and Rick Tatnall. Dawn Page won the District 8 seat by defeating Tia Redd and Christopher Woody. Newcomer Linda Owen ran unopposed and won the District 9 seat after Pinkney Eppes was disqualified from the race.[3]
Results
| Richmond Public Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Nadine Marsh-Carter |
57.18% | 6,102 |
| Kirsten Gray | 35.14% | 3,750 |
| Rick Tatnall | 6.91% | 737 |
| Write-in votes | 0.77% | 82 |
| Total Votes | 10,671 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2016 November General Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Marsh-Carter reported $4,600.00 in contributions and $2,529.44 in expenditures to the Virginia Department of Elections, which left her campaign with $2,070.56 on hand as of October 17, 2016.[4]
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Richmond Free Press, "School Board member resigns," September 7, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Nadine Marsh-Carter," accessed October 27, 2016
- ↑ Richmond Times-Dispatch, "58 file to run for Richmond City Council, School Board," June 15, 2016
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 18, 2016
