Richmond City Public Schools, Virginia, elections (2020)

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2024 → ← 2018
Richmond Public Schools elections
Filing deadline
June 9, 2020
General election date
November 3, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
24,763 students

All nine seats on the Richmond Public Schools school board in Virginia were up for by-district general election on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was June 9, 2020.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 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.

Virginia modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: Drop-boxes to return absentee and mail-in ballots were used for the general election. The witness requirement for absentee voting was suspended, and all absentee and mail-in ballots had prepaid return postage.
• Voter registration: The state's voter registration deadline was extended from October 13, 2020, to October 15, 2020.
• Candidate filing procedures: Petition signature requirements for unaffiliated and minor-party candidates for federal office in Virginia were reduced as follows: 2,500 signatures for presidential candidates; 3,500 signatures for U.S. Senate candidates; and 350 signatures for U.S. House candidates. The filing deadline for unaffiliated and minor-party congressional candidates was extended to August 1.

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Elections

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Candidates and results

District 1

General election

General election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 1

Incumbent Elizabeth Doerr won election in the general election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elizabeth Doerr (Nonpartisan)	97.6	12,964
		Other/Write-in votes	2.4	312

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,276
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District 2

General election

General election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 2

Mariah White defeated incumbent James Scott Barlow in the general election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mariah White (Nonpartisan)	58.0	7,454
		James Scott Barlow (Nonpartisan)	41.1	5,282
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	111

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,847
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District 3

General election

General election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 3

Incumbent Kenya Gibson defeated Sabrina Gross in the general election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenya Gibson (Nonpartisan)	62.1	6,426
	Submit photo	Sabrina Gross (Nonpartisan)	37.3	3,858
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	64

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,348
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District 4

General election

General election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 4

Incumbent Jonathan Young defeated Deanna Fierro in the general election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jonathan Young (Nonpartisan)	56.8	8,219
		Deanna Fierro (Nonpartisan)	42.8	6,188
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	67

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,474
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District 5

General election

General election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 5

Stephanie Rizzi defeated Decardra Jackson, David Jones, and Jennifer Aghomo in the general election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Rizzi (Nonpartisan)	54.3	6,390
	Submit photo	Decardra Jackson (Nonpartisan)	28.1	3,305
	Submit photo	David Jones (Nonpartisan)	9.9	1,164
	Submit photo	Jennifer Aghomo (Nonpartisan)	7.0	818
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	89

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,766
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District 6

General election

General election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 6

Shonda Harris-Muhammed defeated Timika Vincent and Lynette Plummer in the general election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shonda Harris-Muhammed (Nonpartisan)	39.9	4,009
	Submit photo	Timika Vincent (Nonpartisan)	35.9	3,612
	Submit photo	Lynette Plummer (Nonpartisan)	23.7	2,380
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	54

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,055
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Deon Wright (Nonpartisan)

District 7

General election

General election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 7

Incumbent Cheryl Burke won election in the general election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Cheryl Burke (Nonpartisan)	97.9	11,383
		Other/Write-in votes	2.1	245

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,628
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District 8

General election

General election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 8

Incumbent Dawn Page defeated Dana Allen in the general election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 8 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dawn Page (Nonpartisan)	64.8	5,212
	Submit photo	Dana Allen (Nonpartisan)	34.8	2,799
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	31

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,042
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District 9

General election

General election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 9

Nicole Jones won election in the general election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 9 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Nicole Jones (Nonpartisan)	98.7	6,986
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	93

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,079
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Linda Owen (Nonpartisan)

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About the district

See also: Richmond Public Schools, Virginia

Richmond Public Schools is located in eastern Virginia in Richmond. Richmond is an independent city and therefore does not belong to a county. The district served 24,763 students during the 2017-2018 school year.

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
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

Richmond Public Schools	Virginia	School Boards
Richmond Public Schools elections (2018) List of school districts in Virginia	Virginia school board elections, 2020 Public education in Virginia Local ballot measures, Virginia	School board elections, 2020 School board elections, 2019 School board election data analysis, 2020 School board election data analysis, 2019

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