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Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana, elections (2020)
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Seven seats on the Orleans Parish School Board in Louisiana were up for general election on December 5, 2020. A primary was scheduled for November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was July 24, 2020.
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
Louisiana modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: The absentee ballot application used in the general election included COVID-19 specific reasons for requesting an absentee ballot.
- Candidate filing procedures: The candidate qualifying deadline was extended to July 24, 2020. The deadline by which a ballot-qualified party must notify the state of its presidential nominee was extended from August 18, 2020, to August 25, 2020.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Elections
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District 1
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 1
Incumbent John A. Brown Sr. won election outright against Patrice Sentino in the primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John A. Brown Sr. (D) | 52.0 | 10,751 |
Patrice Sentino (D)  | 48.0 | 9,915 | ||
| Total votes: 20,666 | |||
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District 2
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
General election for Orleans Parish School Board District 2
Incumbent Ethan Ashley defeated Chanel Payne in the general election for Orleans Parish School Board District 2 on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ethan Ashley (D) | 54.8 | 5,223 |
| Chanel Payne (D) | 45.2 | 4,311 | ||
| Total votes: 9,534 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 2
Incumbent Ethan Ashley and Chanel Payne defeated Eric Jones, Asya Howlette, and Aldine Lockett in the primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ethan Ashley (D) | 35.7 | 7,645 |
| ✔ | Chanel Payne (D) | 27.1 | 5,803 | |
| Eric Jones (D) | 16.0 | 3,430 | ||
| Asya Howlette (D) | 12.8 | 2,749 | ||
| Aldine Lockett (D) | 8.3 | 1,786 | ||
| Total votes: 21,413 | |||
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District 3
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 3
Olin Parker won election outright against Philip Brickman in the primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Olin Parker (D) | 63.6 | 13,946 |
| Philip Brickman (R) | 36.4 | 7,987 | ||
| Total votes: 21,933 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kevin Griffin (D)
District 4
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
General election for Orleans Parish School Board District 4
Jancarlo Romero defeated incumbent Leslie Ellison in the general election for Orleans Parish School Board District 4 on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jancarlo Romero (D) | 55.4 | 4,783 |
 | Leslie Ellison (D) | 44.6 | 3,854 | |
| Total votes: 8,637 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 4
Incumbent Leslie Ellison and Jancarlo Romero defeated Winston Whitten Jr. in the primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Leslie Ellison (D) | 49.9 | 8,799 |
| ✔ | | Jancarlo Romero (D) | 25.3 | 4,471 |
| Winston Whitten Jr. (D) | 24.8 | 4,370 | ||
| Total votes: 17,640 | |||
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District 5
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
General election for Orleans Parish School Board District 5
Katherine Baudouin defeated Antoinette Williams in the general election for Orleans Parish School Board District 5 on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Katherine Baudouin (D) | 54.0 | 5,462 | |
| Antoinette Williams (D) | 46.0 | 4,649 | ||
| Total votes: 10,111 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 5
Katherine Baudouin and Antoinette Williams defeated incumbent Grisela Jackson in the primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Katherine Baudouin (D) | 41.3 | 8,309 | |
| ✔ | Antoinette Williams (D) | 37.6 | 7,568 | |
 | Grisela Jackson (D) | 21.1 | 4,249 | |
| Total votes: 20,126 | |||
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District 6
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
General election for Orleans Parish School Board District 6
Carlos Zervigon defeated Erica Martinez in the general election for Orleans Parish School Board District 6 on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carlos Zervigon (D) | 61.0 | 5,506 | |
 | Erica Martinez (D) | 39.0 | 3,520 | |
| Total votes: 9,026 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 6
Carlos Zervigon and Erica Martinez defeated David Alvarez in the primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carlos Zervigon (D) | 42.3 | 8,174 | |
| ✔ | | Erica Martinez (D) | 29.5 | 5,703 |
 | David Alvarez (D) | 28.2 | 5,462 | |
| Total votes: 19,339 | |||
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District 7
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
General election for Orleans Parish School Board District 7
Incumbent Nolan Marshall Jr. defeated Kayonna Armstrong in the general election for Orleans Parish School Board District 7 on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nolan Marshall Jr. (D) | 57.3 | 4,953 |
 | Kayonna Armstrong (D) | 42.7 | 3,690 | |
| Total votes: 8,643 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 7
Incumbent Nolan Marshall Jr. and Kayonna Armstrong defeated Jamar Wilson in the primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nolan Marshall Jr. (D) | 44.1 | 7,415 |
| ✔ | | Kayonna Armstrong (D) | 42.0 | 7,064 |
| Jamar Wilson (D) | 13.8 | 2,324 | ||
| Total votes: 16,803 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rene Gettridge (D)
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Louisiana elections, 2020
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About the district
- See also: Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana
The Orleans Parish School Board is located in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The district served 4,952 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[1]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
There are no Pivot Counties in Louisiana. 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.
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