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Orange County Public Schools elections (2018)

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Orange County Public Schools elections

Primary election date
August 28, 2018
General election date
November 6, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
196,951 students

Six seats on the Orange County Public Schools school board in Florida were up for general election on November 6, 2018. A primary election was held on August 28, 2018. The seats for board chair, District 1, District 2, and District 3 were for four-year terms. Special elections were held for District 6 and District 7 to fill the remainder of a two-year term.

Candidates and results

Chair

Teresa Jacobs won election outright against Nancy Robbinson, Matthew Fitzpatrick, and Robert Allen Prater in the primary for Orange County Public Schools school board Chair on August 28, 2018.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Public Schools school board Chair

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Teresa Jacobs
Teresa Jacobs (Nonpartisan)
 
52.2
 
95,451
Image of Nancy Robbinson
Nancy Robbinson (Nonpartisan)
 
25.8
 
47,178
Image of Matthew Fitzpatrick
Matthew Fitzpatrick (Nonpartisan)
 
16.7
 
30,548
Robert Allen Prater (Nonpartisan)
 
5.3
 
9,757

Total votes: 182,934
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District 1

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Public Schools school board District 1

Angie Gallo won election outright against Heather Traynham and Terry Rooth in the primary for Orange County Public Schools school board District 1 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Angie Gallo (Nonpartisan)
 
50.0
 
11,825
Heather Traynham (Nonpartisan)
 
31.2
 
7,381
Terry Rooth (Nonpartisan)
 
18.7
 
4,424

Total votes: 23,630
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District 2

General election

General election for Orange County Public Schools school board District 2

Johanna López defeated David Grimm in the general election for Orange County Public Schools school board District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Johanna López
Johanna López (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
60.8
 
40,104
Image of David Grimm
David Grimm (Nonpartisan)
 
39.2
 
25,885

Total votes: 65,989
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Public Schools school board District 2

The following candidates ran in the primary for Orange County Public Schools school board District 2 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Johanna López
Johanna López (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
34.4
 
8,957
Image of David Grimm
David Grimm (Nonpartisan)
 
20.6
 
5,370
Sara Au (Nonpartisan)
 
19.8
 
5,159
Image of Chadwick Hardee
Chadwick Hardee (Nonpartisan)
 
10.4
 
2,710
Jacqueline Centeno (Nonpartisan)
 
9.9
 
2,588
Eric Martin (Nonpartisan)
 
4.8
 
1,252

Total votes: 26,036
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District 3

Incumbent Linda Kobert won election outright against Michael Daniels in the primary for Orange County Public Schools school board District 3 on August 28, 2018.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Public Schools school board District 3

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Linda Kobert
Linda Kobert (Nonpartisan)
 
67.5
 
15,547
Image of Michael Daniels
Michael Daniels (Nonpartisan)
 
32.5
 
7,489

Total votes: 23,036
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District 6 (special election)

The general election was canceled in this district after the primary election winner received more than 50 percent of the vote.

Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for Orange County Public Schools school board District 6

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karen Castor Dentel
Karen Castor Dentel (Nonpartisan)
 
51.9
 
15,168
Patricia Fox (Nonpartisan)
 
35.1
 
10,250
Charlene Roberts Norato (Nonpartisan)
 
13.0
 
3,784

Total votes: 29,202
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District 7 (special election)

General election

Special general election for Orange County Public Schools school board District 7

Melissa Mitchell Byrd defeated Eric Schwalbach in the special general election for Orange County Public Schools school board District 7 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Melissa Mitchell Byrd (Nonpartisan)
 
63.2
 
39,195
Image of Eric Schwalbach
Eric Schwalbach (Nonpartisan)
 
36.8
 
22,815

Total votes: 62,010
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Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for Orange County Public Schools school board District 7

Melissa Mitchell Byrd and Eric Schwalbach defeated Chan-Denise Budhoo and Jeffery Lynn Richardson in the special primary for Orange County Public Schools school board District 7 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Melissa Mitchell Byrd (Nonpartisan)
 
45.3
 
12,443
Image of Eric Schwalbach
Eric Schwalbach (Nonpartisan)
 
23.0
 
6,305
Chan-Denise Budhoo (Nonpartisan)
 
22.6
 
6,192
Jeffery Lynn Richardson (Nonpartisan)
 
9.1
 
2,509

Total votes: 27,449
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Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Florida elections, 2018

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About the district

See also: Orange County Public Schools, Florida

Orange County Public Schools is located in Florida. The district was the fourth-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 191,648 students.[3]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Four of 67 Florida counties—6 percent—are Pivot Counties. 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.

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
Jefferson County, Florida 5.06% 1.75% 3.66%
Monroe County, Florida 6.82% 0.44% 4.90%
Pinellas County, Florida 1.11% 5.65% 8.25%
St. Lucie County, Florida 2.40% 7.86% 12.12%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Florida with 49 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 47.8 percent. Florida was considered a key battleground state in the 2016 general election. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Florida voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time. Florida went to the Republicans in 2000, 2004, and 2016, and it went to the Democrats in 2008 and 2012.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Florida. 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 55 out of 120 state House districts in Florida with an average margin of victory of 29.1 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 54 out of 120 state House districts in Florida with an average margin of victory of 30.3 points. Clinton won 14 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 65 out of 120 state House districts in Florida with an average margin of victory of 17.7 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 66 out of 120 state House districts in Florida with an average margin of victory of 21.1 points. Trump won two districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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See also

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