Ricky Jenkins
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Ricky Jenkins is the District 7 representative on the Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools school board in North Carolina. Jenkins won re-election in the general election on November 8, 2016. Jenkins won election to the board for a two-year term in the general election on November 4, 2014.
Biography
Jenkins has been in the N.C. Department of Public Safety’s local division for 25 years. He supervises Nash, Edgecombe, Pitt and Wilson counties. He has three children who attend district schools.[1]
Elections
2016
Six of the 11 seats on the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools school board were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. District 1 incumbent Doneva Chavis-Battle, District 3 incumbent Franklin Lamm, District 5 incumbent William Sharpe, District 7 incumbent Ricky Jenkins, District 10 incumbent Evelyn Bulluck, and District 11 incumbent Ann Edge were all unopposed in their bids for re-election and won the seats. There was no primary.[2][3]
Results
| Nash Rocky-Mount Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ricky Jenkins Incumbent (unopposed) |
97.63% | 4,034 |
| Write-in votes | 2.37% | 98 |
| Total Votes (100) | 4,132 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results-Nash," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
Jenkins did not report any contributions or expenditures to the Nash County Board of Elections as of November 4, 2016.[4]
School board candidates in North Carolina were required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:
(1) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and
(2) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and
(3) Did not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[5]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[6]
2014
Six seats on the Nash-Rocky Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. All six incumbents sought re-election. In District 2, incumbent Jon Hardy ran against newcomers Linwood Weeks, Jeff Williams and Wendy Wilson. Incumbent Brenda Brown was unopposed in District 4. Tiffany Delano, Wayne Doll and Steve Williams challenged incumbent Bonnie Baker Batts for the District 6 seat. Incumbent Reginald Silver faced Steve Bulluck for the District 8 seat. In District 9, incumbent Robert Bynum ran against challenger LaShawnda Washington. Incumbent Michael David Grover, Ricky Jenkins and Latasha B. Sledge competed for a two-year term in the District 7 seat.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Ricky Jenkins |
36.6% | 1,219 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael David Grover, II Incumbent | 31.1% | 1,035 | |
| Nonpartisan | Latasha B. Sledge | 31% | 1,032 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.4% | 47 | |
| Total Votes | 3,333 | |||
| Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 30, 2014 | ||||
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See also
- Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools, North Carolina
- Nash-Rocky Mount Schools elections (2016)
- Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Rocky Mount Telegraph, "Two challenge District 7 school board member," October 25, 2014
- ↑ Nash County, "List of Candidates on the Ballot in November," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Nash," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Nash County, "Local Campaign Finance Documents," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Chapter 163: Elections And Election Laws, Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Reporting Schedules," accessed October 11, 2016
