Portsmouth Public Schools elections (2014)

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2014 Portsmouth Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
Virginia Portsmouth Public Schools Local ballot measures, Virginia

Five seats on the Portsmouth Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. All of the seats that were up for re-election were at-large seats.

Of the five seats, four were for a full term, and one seat was for an unexpired term. Three incumbents, Joseph A. Fleming, Claude C. Parent Jr. and Linda D. Ridenour, faced off against six challengers to retain their seats for another full term. Incumbent Mark Whitaker did not file for re-election. Appointed board member Laural Armstrong competed against challenger Sarah Duncan Hinds for an unexpired two-year term that resulted from the death of member Elizabeth Daniels, who died in April 2014.

Fleming, Whitaker, Parent and Patillo were elected to a full at-large term. Hinds won election to the unexpired seat.

About the district

See also: Portsmouth Public Schools, Virginia

Portsmouth Public Schools is located in Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth Public Schools is located in Portsmouth, Virginia. Portsmouth was home to 95,535 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Portsmouth Public Schools was the 16th-largest school district in Virginia and served 15,261 students.

Demographics

Portsmouth underperformed in comparison to the rest of Virginia in terms of higher education achievement and median household income in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 19.0 percent of Portsmouth residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 34.7 percent for Virginia as a whole. The median household income in Portsmouth was $46,269 compared to $63,636 for the state of Virginia. The poverty rate in Portsmouth was 17.5 percent compared to 11.1 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Portsmouth (%)	Virginia (%)
White	41.6	68.6
Black or African American	53.3	19.4
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.4	0.4
Asian	1.1	5.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	2.6	2.9
Hispanic or Latino	3.1	7.9

Presidential Voting Pattern
Year	Democratic Vote (%)	Republican Vote (%)
2012	70.8	27.8
2008	69.3	30.3
2004	61.0	38.5
2000	62.9	35.6

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.

Voter and candidate information

The Portsmouth School Board consists of nine at-large members that serve staggered four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Five seats were up for election in 2014, including one election for an unexpired term.

The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in this election was August 15, 2014.

At-large (full term)

• C.J. Bodnar
• Lynn F. Briley
• Kintrell M. Devin
• Joseph A. Fleming
  • Incumbent
• Laura MacIntyre
• Claude C. Parent Jr.
  • Incumbent
• Cardell C. Patillo Jr.
• Linda D. Ridenour
  • Incumbent
• Ingrid P. Whitaker

At-large (unexpired term)

• Laural Armstrong
  • Incumbent, appointed in June 2014
• Sarah Duncan Hinds

Election results

Portsmouth Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Joseph A. Fleming Incumbent	15.9%	11,530
	Nonpartisan	Ingrid P. Whitaker	13.7%	9,915
	Nonpartisan	Claude C. Parent Jr. Incumbent	13.5%	9,787
	Nonpartisan	Cardell C. Patillo Jr.	12.9%	9,367
	Nonpartisan	Lynn F. Briley	12.8%	9,240
	Nonpartisan	Linda D. Ridenour Incumbent	12%	8,689
	Nonpartisan	Laura MacIntyre	9.6%	6,955
	Nonpartisan	C.J. Bodnar	5%	3,644
	Nonpartisan	Kintrell M. Devin	4.1%	2,964
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.4%	299
Total Votes				72,390
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "Official Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014

Portsmouth Public Schools, At-Large Special Election, 2-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Sarah Duncan Hinds	55%	12,021
	Nonpartisan	Laural Armstrong Incumbent	44.4%	9,718
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.6%	127
Total Votes				21,866
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "Official Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014

Endorsements

Incumbents Claude C. Parent Jr., Linda D. Ridenour, Joseph A. Fleming and Laural Armstrong, in addition to newcomer Cardell C. Patillo Jr., were endorsed in an October 20, 2014, editorial by the staff at The Virginian-Pilot.

Campaign finance

Candidates received a total of $12,645.68 and spent a total of $9,340.23, according to the Virginia State Board of Elections.

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Laural Armstrong	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
C.J. Bodnar	$300.00	$0.00	$300.00
Lynn F. Briley	$6,736.21	$3,730.76	$3,005.45
Kintrell M. Devin	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Sarah Duncan Hinds	$5,609.47	$5,609.47	$0.00
Joseph A. Fleming	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Laura MacIntyre	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Claude C. Parent Jr.	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Cardell C. Patillo Jr.	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Linda D. Ridenour	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Ingrid P. Whitaker	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2012 Portsmouth Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Independent Elizabeth Daniels 19.7% 25,067      Independent Costella B. Williams 16.8% 21,378      Independent James E. Bridgeford 16% 20,338      Independent B. Keith Nance, Sr. 13.8% 17,501      Independent Ted J. Lamb 12.8% 16,241      Independent Edward P. "Ned" McCabe 11.8% 14,929      Independent June A. C. Mouran 8.6% 10,923      Independent Write-in votes 0.4% 567 Total Votes 126,944 Source: Virginia State Board of Elections, "November 6, 2012 General and Special Elections," accessed October 24, 2014 Portsmouth Public Schools, At-Large Special Election, 2-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Independent Joseph A. Fleming 61.8% 24,304      Independent Bonnie Walton 37.6% 14,778      Independent Write-in votes 0.6% 218 Total Votes 39,300 Source: Virginia State Board of Elections, "November 6, 2012 General and Special Elections," accessed October 24, 2014 2010 Portsmouth Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Independent Ernest L. Reid, Jr. 20.9% 5,821      Independent Mark M. Whitaker 20.8% 5,804      Independent James M. Hewitt IV 19.8% 5,503      Independent Claude C. Parent Jr. 19.6% 5,453      Independent Linda D. Ridenour 18.6% 5,181      Independent Write-in votes 0.3% 81      Independent 0% 0      Independent 0% 0 Total Votes 27,843 Source: Virginia State Board of Elections, "May 4, 2010 City Elections Official Results," accessed October 24, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates are key deadlines for the Portsmouth Public Schools election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
August 15, 2014	Filing deadline for candidates
October 14, 2014	Voter registration deadline
November 4, 2014	General election

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Virginia elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with general elections for U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat. It also shared the ballot with other county and municipal elections.

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See also

• Virginia
• Portsmouth Public Schools, Virginia
• Virginia school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Local ballot measures, Virginia

External links

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• Portsmouth Public Schools
• City of Portsmouth
• Virginia Department of Elections