Prince George's County Public Schools elections (2018)
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 16
- Early voting: Oct. 25 - Nov. 1
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Only during early voting period
- Voter ID: No ID required generally
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Four seats on the Prince George's County Public Schools school board in Maryland were up for general election on November 6, 2018. Joshua Thomas defeated incumbent Lupi Grady in District 2. Newcomer Pamela Boozer-Strother won the open District 3 seat. Belinda Queen defeated incumbent Carolyn Boston in District 6, while incumbent Sonya Williams won re-election to District 9.
Prince George’s County Public Schools chief executive officer Kevin Maxwell announced he was stepping down from that role in May 2018, leaving the school board to approve of the next CEO appointed by the county executive.[1]
Parents expressed concern with the transparency of the school board, distribution of resources, state of facilities, and alleged grade fixing.[1][2]
Because more than two candidates filed to run for each school board seat, primary elections were held on June 26, 2018.
- In her bid for re-election to the District 2 seat, incumbent Lupi Grady and challenger Joshua Thomas advanced to the general election. They defeated candidate Rob Anthony in the primary election.
- The open District 3 primary race included Catherine Bennett Nwosu, Irene Holtzman, Juwan Blocker, and Pamela Boozer-Strother. Blocker and Boozer-Strother advanced to the general election.
- District 6 incumbent Carolyn Boston and challenger Belinda Queen defeated candidates Anthony Triplin, Ava Annette Richardson, Caleb Camara, David Shelton, and Pat Fletcher in the primary election to advance to the general election.
- In District 9, incumbent Sonya Williams and challenger Arun Puracken faced off in the general election after defeating Matt Green and Don Massey in the primary election.[3][4]
Elections
Candidates and results
District 2
General election
General election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 2
Joshua Thomas defeated incumbent Lupi Grady in the general election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joshua Thomas (Nonpartisan)  | 56.4 | 13,145 |
 | Lupi Grady (Nonpartisan) | 43.3 | 10,086 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 78 | ||
| Total votes: 23,309 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 2
Incumbent Lupi Grady and Joshua Thomas defeated Rob Anthony in the primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 2 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lupi Grady (Nonpartisan) | 49.4 | 4,246 |
| ✔ | | Joshua Thomas (Nonpartisan) | 34.0 | 2,921 |
| Rob Anthony (Nonpartisan) | 16.6 | 1,423 | ||
| Total votes: 8,590 | |||
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District 3
General election
General election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 3
Pamela Boozer-Strother defeated Juwan Blocker in the general election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pamela Boozer-Strother (Nonpartisan) | 56.1 | 10,417 |
| Juwan Blocker (Nonpartisan) | 43.4 | 8,063 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 88 | ||
| Total votes: 18,568 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 3
Pamela Boozer-Strother and Juwan Blocker defeated Catherine Bennett Nwosu and Irene Holtzman in the primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 3 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pamela Boozer-Strother (Nonpartisan) | 47.3 | 3,663 |
| ✔ | Juwan Blocker (Nonpartisan) | 25.3 | 1,959 | |
 | Catherine Bennett Nwosu (Nonpartisan) | 14.9 | 1,152 | |
| Irene Holtzman (Nonpartisan) | 12.4 | 963 | ||
| Total votes: 7,737 | |||
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District 6
General election
General election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 6
Belinda Queen defeated incumbent Carolyn Boston in the general election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Belinda Queen (Nonpartisan) | 53.5 | 19,302 | |
 | Carolyn Boston (Nonpartisan) | 46.0 | 16,592 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 168 | ||
| Total votes: 36,062 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 6
The following candidates ran in the primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 6 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carolyn Boston (Nonpartisan) | 29.5 | 4,896 |
| ✔ | Belinda Queen (Nonpartisan) | 24.8 | 4,119 | |
 | Anthony Triplin (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 2,459 | |
 | Pat Fletcher (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 2,302 | |
 | Ava Annette Richardson (Nonpartisan) | 7.4 | 1,234 | |
| David Shelton (Nonpartisan) | 4.9 | 814 | ||
| Caleb Camara (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 762 | ||
| Total votes: 16,586 | |||
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District 9
General election
General election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9
Incumbent Sonya Williams defeated Arun Puracken in the general election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sonya Williams (Nonpartisan) | 65.7 | 27,610 |
 | Arun Puracken (Nonpartisan) | 33.5 | 14,078 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 326 | ||
| Total votes: 42,014 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9
Incumbent Sonya Williams and Arun Puracken defeated Don Massey and Matt Green in the primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sonya Williams (Nonpartisan) | 54.3 | 11,019 |
| ✔ | | Arun Puracken (Nonpartisan) | 28.4 | 5,768 |
| Don Massey (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 1,822 | ||
| Matt Green (Nonpartisan) | 8.2 | 1,673 | ||
| Total votes: 20,282 | |||
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Endorsements
District 2 candidate Joshua Thomas received an endorsement from the Prince George's County Educators Association.[5]
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About the district
Prince George's County Public Schools is located in Maryland. The district was the second-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 127,576 students.[6]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
There are no Pivot Counties in Maryland. 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.
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Maryland with 60.3 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 33.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1789 and 2016, Maryland voted Democratic 52 percent of the time and Republican 21 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Maryland voted Democratic all five times.[7]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WTOP, "Voters to decide on 4 seats on Prince George’s Co. school board," June 4, 2018
- ↑ WTOP, "Md. governor calls on Prince George’s Co. executive to fire schools CEO," February 28, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpricelist - ↑ Prince George County Board of Elections, "Unofficial 2018 Gubernatorial Primary Election Results," accessed June 27, 2018
- ↑ Joshua M. Thomas for Board of Education District 2, "Joshua M. Thomas," accessed September 13, 2018
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ 270towin.com, "Maryland," accessed June 22, 2017
| Prince George's County Public Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Prince George's County, Maryland | |
| Election date: | Primary Election: June 26, 2018 • General Election: November 6, 2018 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Incumbent, Lupi Grady • Rob Anthony • Joshua Thomas District 3: • Juwan Blocker • Pamela Boozer-Strother • Irene Holtzman • Catherine Bennett Nwosu District 6: • Incumbent, Carolyn Boston • Caleb Camara • Pat Fletcher • Belinda Queen • Ava Annette Richardson • David Shelton • Anthony Triplin District 9: • Incumbent, Sonya Williams • Matt Green • Don Massey • Arun Puracken |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
