Prince William County Public Schools elections (2018)
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 22
- Early voting: Oct. 8 - Nov. 5
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Yes
- Voter ID: No
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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The at-large seat for chairman of the Prince William County Public Schools school board in Virginia was up for special election on November 6, 2018.[1] The seat became vacant in when Ryan Sawyers resigned on March 7, 2018.[2] Babur Lateef was appointed in April 2018 to fill the seat until the special election.[3]
Elections
Candidates and results
General election
Special general election for Prince William County Public Schools, Chairman
Incumbent Babur Lateef defeated Alyson Satterwhite and Stanley Bender in the special general election for Prince William County Public Schools, Chairman on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Babur Lateef (Nonpartisan) | 47.7 | 73,247 |
 | Alyson Satterwhite (Nonpartisan) | 41.6 | 63,827 | |
| Stanley Bender (Nonpartisan) | 9.6 | 14,715 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 1,742 | ||
| Total votes: 153,531 | |||
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About the district
The Prince William County Public Schools is located in Virginia. The district served 87,793 students in the 2015-2016 school year.[4]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Five of 133 Virginia counties—3.8 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 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Buckingham County, Virginia | 11.28% | 2.43% | 0.87% | ||||
| Caroline County, Virginia | 5.02% | 8.24% | 11.97% | ||||
| Essex County, Virginia | 2.14% | 7.30% | 10.35% | ||||
| Nelson County, Virginia | 5.59% | 2.72% | 9.15% | ||||
| Westmoreland County, Virginia | 7.14% | 6.95% | 10.24% | ||||
Note: Although it is highlighted in the map above, the city of Chesapeake is not considered a county and not included in our calculations as such.
In the 2016 presidential election, Virginia was a battleground state. Hillary Clinton (D) won Virginia with 49.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 44.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic three times (2008, 2012, and 2016) and Republican two times (2000 and 2004).
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Prince William County, "Sample Ballot," accessed November 2, 2018
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Prince William County School Board chairman resigns," March 7, 2018
- ↑ Prince William Living, "Babur B. Lateef, M.D. Appointed Interim School Board Chairman," accessed May 10, 2018
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Data," accessed January 29, 2018
| Prince William County Public Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Prince William County, Virginia | |
| Election date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
