Nancy Vaeth Highsmith

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Nancy Vaeth Highsmith
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Nancy Vaeth Highsmith was a candidate for District 2 representative on the Calvert County Board of Education in Maryland. Highsmith ran for the seat in the primary election on April 26, 2016. Highsmith lost to Tracy McGuire in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]

Biography

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Highsmith started her educational career as a social studies teacher at Northern High School in 1980. She proceeded to work as a vice principal and principal at the high school level. Highsmith was the district's interim superintendent during the 2013-2014 school year. She has also served as the president of the Calvert Community Foundation.[2]

Elections

2016

See also: Calvert County Public Schools elections (2016)

Three of the five seats on the Calvert County Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on April 26, 2016, with the top two vote recipients in each district advancing to the general election. Challengers Stephen Jones Jr. and Dawn Balinski advanced to the District 1 general election by defeating incumbent James Piatt. Balinski defeated Jones in the election. The District 2 race featured incumbent Tracy McGuire and challenger Nancy Vaeth Highsmith after Casey Smith was defeated in the primary. McGuire won re-election against Highsmith. In District 3, incumbent Kelly McConkey defeated challenger Erin Knowles. McConkey and Knowles defeated Monica Lee Silbas in the primary.[1]

Results

Calvert County Public Schools,
District 2 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Tracy McGuire Incumbent 49.95% 19,267
Nancy Vaeth Highsmith 49.63% 19,141
Write-in votes 0.42% 163
Total Votes 38,571
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential General Election Results," accessed December 14, 2016
Calvert County Public Schools,
District 2 Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Tracy McGuire Incumbent 37.01% 6,262
Green check mark transparent.png Nancy Vaeth Highsmith 36.36% 6,151
Casey Smith 26.63% 4,505
Total Votes 16,918
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Unofficial 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Calvert County," accessed April 26, 2016

Funding

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2016
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Candidates for public office in Maryland had until March 22, 2016, to submit their first contributions and expenditure report of the primary campaign. The final campaign finance deadline of the 2016 campaign was November 22, 2016.[3] State law allows candidates to file Affidavits of Limited Contributions and Expenditures (ALCE) if their campaigns did not accept $1,000 in contributions or spend $1,000 in a particular reporting period.[4]

October 28 filing

Candidates received a total of $935.00 and spent a total of $928.85 as of October 30, 2016, according to the Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System.[5]

District 1
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Stephen Jones Jr. $400.00 $413.69 -$13.69
Dawn Balinski ALCE ALCE ALCE
District 2
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Tracy McGuire (incumbent) ALCE ALCE ALCE
Nancy Vaeth Highsmith $0.00 $14.00 $1,204.01
District 3
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Kelly McConkey (incumbent) $0.00 $0.00 $6,560.56
Erin Knowles $535.00 $501.16 $33.84

March 22 filing

Candidates received a total of $3,395.00 and spent a total of $1,492.15 as of April 19, 2016, according to the Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System.[6]

District 1
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
James Piatt (incumbent) ALCE ALCE ALCE
Stephen Jones Jr. ALCE ALCE ALCE
Dawn Balinski ALCE ALCE ALCE
District 2
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Tracy McGuire (incumbent) ALCE ALCE ALCE
Nancy Vaeth Highsmith $1,000.00 $905.99 $94.01
Casey Smith $2,395.00 $586.16 $1,808.84
District 3
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Kelly McConkey (incumbent) ALCE ALCE ALCE
Erin Knowles ALCE ALCE ALCE
Monica Lee Silbas ALCE ALCE ALCE

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