Orange County Public Schools elections (2016)

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Orange County Public Schools Elections
Primary election date:
August 30, 2016
General election date:
November 8, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
187,092 students

One of the eight seats on the Orange County Public Schools school board was up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbent Christine Moore filed for re-election and faced three newcomers in primary election for the District 7 seat on August 30, 2016: Isadora Dean, Matthew Fitzpatrick, and Laura Rounds. None of the candidates won more than 50 percent of the vote, so the top two vote-getters—Moore and Fitzpatrick—advanced to the general. Moore won another term on the board in the general election. Two other seats also appeared on the primary ballot. District 4 incumbent Pam Gould filed for re-election and defeated newcomer Michele Wilmot, and District 5 incumbent Kathleen Gordon also filed for re-election and was victorious over newcomer Mike Scott. The seat of District 6 incumbent Nancy Robbinson was originally set to be on the primary ballot, but when the county's filing deadline passed and no challengers filed, the election for her seat was canceled and she was automatically re-elected.

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Florida school board elections function differently than elections of this kind in most states. Primary elections for Florida school boards were held on August 30, 2016, though primaries are functionally general elections. A general election was held on November 8, 2016, between the top two vote recipients in any race where no candidate receives the majority of votes. Unopposed elections were canceled and did not appear on the ballot. Special elections were held in conjunction with some general elections to fill vacancies.

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The Orange County Public Schools school board consists of eight members elected to four-year terms. Seven members are elected by district and the eighth member is elected at large and serves as board chair. There was a primary election on August 30, 2016, and a general election was scheduled for November 8, 2016.

The filing deadline for school board candidates was June 24, 2016. The county's elections office hosted early voting for the primary election at various locations from August 20, 2016, to August 27, 2016. The early voting window for the general election ran from October 29, 2016, to November 5, 2016. Voters had to register by August 1, 2016, to vote in the primary election and by October 11, 2016, to vote in the general election.

District 4

Results

Orange County Public Schools, District 4 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Pam Gould Incumbent	59.01%	10,133
Michele Wilmot	40.99%	7,040
Total Votes		17,173
Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "2016 Primary Election Official Results" accessed November 30, 2016

Candidates

Pam Gould		Michele Wilmot
	Incumbent Senior vice president of Island One Resorts		Teacher

District 5

Results

Orange County Public Schools, District 5 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kathleen Gordon Incumbent	65.72%	8,957
Mike Scott	34.28%	4,672
Total Votes		13,629
Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "2016 Primary Election Official Results" accessed November 30, 2016

Candidates

Kathleen Gordon		Mike Scott
	Incumbent Former teacher		Works as a youth mentor and counselor Former member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps

District 6

Results

Incumbent Nancy Robbinson was the only candidate to file for this seat and was automatically re-elected.

Orange County Public Schools, District 6 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate
Nancy Robbinson Incumbent (unopposed)

Candidates

Nancy Robbinson
	Incumbent

District 7

General results

Orange County Public Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Christine Moore Incumbent	55.67%	34,642
Matthew Fitzpatrick	44.33%	27,589
Total Votes (100)		62,231
Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016

Primary results

Orange County Public Schools, District 7 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Christine Moore Incumbent	45.43%	8,537
Matthew Fitzpatrick	24.88%	4,675
Isadora Dean	22.32%	4,194
Laura Rounds	7.38%	1,387
Total Votes		18,793
Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "2016 Primary Election Official Results" accessed November 30, 2016

Candidates

Christine Moore		Matthew Fitzpatrick
	Incumbent		Assistant Director at Orange Technical College

Defeated in primary

Laura Rounds		Isadora Dean
	AVID District Coordinator Former member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve		Former Orange County district teacher

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Florida elections, 2016

The following federal and state offices shared the primary, general, or both election dates with school board elections:

• President
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House
• State Senate
• State House
• State Attorney
• Public Defender
• State Supreme Court
• District Court of Appeal

One state ballot measure appeared on the primary ballot.
The following local offices shared primary, general, or both election dates with school board elections:

• County Commission
• Clerk of the Courts
• Comptroller
• Sheriff
• Property Appraiser
• Tax Collector
• Supervisor of Elections
• Soil and Water
• Community Development Districts
• Judges
• Precinct Committee

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for this Florida election in 2016:

Deadline	Event
June 24, 2016	Last day to file nominating petitions
August 1, 2016	Primary election voter registration deadline
August 20-27, 2016	Primary election early voting period
August 30, 2016	Primary election day
October 11, 2016	General election voter registration deadline
October 29-November 5, 2016	General election early voting period
November 8, 2016	General election day

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Past elections

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2014 Runoff: Chair Orange County School District, Board Chair Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Bill Sublette Incumbent 96% 218,460      Nonpartisan Gene Vernon Hair (write-in) 4% 9,027 Total Votes 227,487 Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 22, 2014 Runoff: District 3 Orange County School District, District 3 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Linda Kobert 53.3% 18,753      Nonpartisan Regina Hellinger 46.7% 16,450 Total Votes 35,203 Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 22, 2014 General: Chair Bill Sublette did not face any general election challengers. However, Gene Vernon Hair qualified as a write-in candidate in the runoff election. General: District 1 Orange County School District, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Joie Cadle Incumbent 50.2% 7,411      Nonpartisan Joshua A. Katz 49.8% 7,344 Total Votes 14,755 Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 Primary Election Official Results," September 2, 2014 General: District 2 Orange County School District, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Daryl Flynn Incumbent 63.6% 8,900      Nonpartisan Phil Stump 36.4% 5,096 Total Votes 13,996 Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 Primary Election Official Results," September 2, 2014 General: District 3 Orange County School District, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Linda Kobert 44.2% 6,281      Nonpartisan Regina Hellinger 26.3% 3,743      Nonpartisan Chadwick Hardee 17.2% 2,449      Nonpartisan Julio Rocha 12.3% 1,751 Total Votes 14,224 Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 Primary Election Official Results," September 2, 2014 2012 Orange County Public Schools, District 4 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Pam Gould 50.9% 28,519      Nonpartisan Vicky Bell 49.1% 27,467 Total Votes 55,986 Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "Countywide Election Results," accessed July 25, 2014 Orange County Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Kathleen "Kat" Gordon 59.5% 7,517      Nonpartisan Mike Scott 27.5% 3,471      Nonpartisan Mike Smith 13% 1,641 Total Votes 12,629 Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "Countywide Election Results," accessed July 25, 2014 Orange County Public Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Nancy Robbinson 53.7% 10,099      Nonpartisan Patricia Fox 27.5% 5,175      Nonpartisan Sandra Maldonado-Ross 18.8% 3,545 Total Votes 18,819 Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "Countywide Election Results," accessed July 25, 2014 Orange County Public Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Christine Moore 58.8% 8,890      Nonpartisan Joe Johnson 20.8% 3,148      Nonpartisan Linda Martin 20.3% 3,070 Total Votes 15,108 Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "Countywide Election Results," accessed July 25, 2014 2010 Orange County Public Schools, Board Chair General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Bill Sublette 61.5% 71,778      Nonpartisan Leona Rachman 20.1% 23,485      Nonpartisan Homer Hartage 18.4% 21,456 Total Votes 116,719 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "August 24th, Primary Election - Official Results," August 30, 2010 Orange County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Joie Cadle 70% 11,336      Nonpartisan Jacqueline Centeno 30% 4,847 Total Votes 16,183 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "August 24th, Primary Election - Official Results," August 30, 2010 Orange County Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Daryl Flynn 54.1% 9,092      Nonpartisan George Collins 34.4% 5,791      Nonpartisan Valentine C. Okonkwo 11.5% 1,933 Total Votes 16,816 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "August 24th, Primary Election - Official Results," August 30, 2010 2008 Orange County Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Lou Roeder 60.5% 14,704      Nonpartisan Vicky Bell 32.4% 7,876      Nonpartisan Deeba Ahmad 7.2% 1,740 Total Votes 24,320 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2008 Election Results and Book Closing Statistics," accessed August 21, 2014 Orange County Public Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Michael "Mike" Kimbrough 53.8% 12,704      Nonpartisan Christine Moore Curtis 21.9% 5,179      Nonpartisan Laura Keller 13.1% 3,103      Nonpartisan Bert Carrier 11.2% 2,641 Total Votes 23,627 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2008 Election Results and Book Closing Statistics," accessed August 21, 2014 2006 While District 1, 2 and 3 seats were up for election in 2006, Cadle ran unopposed to retain her District 1 seat. Orange County Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2006 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Daryl Flynn 50.2% 5,598      Nonpartisan Christopher T. Kelly 28.1% 3,127      Nonpartisan Franklin Cardona, Jr. 21.7% 2,421 Total Votes 11,146 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2006 Primary Election Results," accessed August 21, 2014 Orange County Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2006 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Rick Roach 55.8% 7,764      Nonpartisan Stefanie Valdes 44.2% 6,146 Total Votes 13,910 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2006 Primary Election Results," accessed August 21, 2014 2002 Runoff election Orange County Public Schools, District 1 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2002 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Joie Cadle 51.4% 15,994      Nonpartisan Barbara Trovillion Rushing 48.6% 15,138 Total Votes 31,132 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2002 General Election Results," accessed August 21, 2014 Orange County Public Schools, District 2 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2002 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Tim Shea 55.8% 17,270      Nonpartisan Ray Lord 44.2% 13,653 Total Votes 30,923 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2002 General Election Results," accessed August 21, 2014 General election Orange County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2002 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Joie Cadle 42.2% 8,207      Nonpartisan Barbara Trovillion Rushing 41.5% 8,076      Nonpartisan Alan M. Friedland 16.3% 3,180 Total Votes 19,463 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2002 Primary Election Results," accessed August 21, 2014 Orange County Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2002 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Tim Shea 47.9% 8,581      Nonpartisan Ray Lord 30.4% 5,435      Nonpartisan James R. Coney 21.7% 3,882 Total Votes 17,898 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2002 Primary Election Results," accessed August 21, 2014 Orange County Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2002 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Judge "Rick" Roach 54.5% 12,100      Nonpartisan Norman Quintero 16.1% 3,581      Nonpartisan Edward "Ed" Musgrave 14.9% 3,304      Nonpartisan William T. "Billy" Comer 14.5% 3,211 Total Votes 22,196 Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2002 Primary Election Results," accessed August 21, 2014

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About the district

See also: Orange County Public Schools, Florida

Orange County Public Schools is located in the county of the same name in east-central Florida.

Orange County Public Schools serves the county of the same name in east-central Florida. The city of Orlando is the county seat. The county was home to an estimated 1,253,001 residents between 2010 and 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau. The district was the fourth-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 187,092 students.

Demographics

Orange County outperformed Florida as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 30.6 percent of county residents aged 25 and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 26.8 percent of state residents. The median household income for the county was $47,556 compared to $47,212 for the entire state. County residents lived below poverty level at a rate of 18.2 percent, compared to 16.5 percent statewide.

Racial Demographics, 2015
Race	Orange County (%)	Florida (%)
White	68.7	77.7
Black or African American	22.3	16.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.6	0.5
Asian	5.6	2.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.2	0.1
Two or More Races	2.6	2.0
Hispanic or Latino	29.8	24.5

Presidential Voting Pattern, Orange County
Year	Democratic votes	Republican votes	Other votes
2012	273,665	188,589	160
2008	273,009	186,832	0
2004	193,354	192,539	0
2000	140,220	134,517	0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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See also

Orange County Public Schools	Florida	School Boards
Orange County Public Schools elections (2014) List of school districts in Florida	Florida school board elections, 2016 Public education in Florida Local ballot measures, Florida	School board elections, 2016 School board elections, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2016 School board election data analysis, 2015

External links

• Orange County Public Schools
• Orange County Supervisor of Elections