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Rob Walter (North Carolina)
Rob Walter (Republican Party) is an at-large member of the Cabarrus County Schools school board in North Carolina. He assumed office in 2012. His current term ends in 2028.
Walter (Republican Party) ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Cabarrus County Schools school board in North Carolina. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Walter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Rob Walter earned a high school diploma from Winter Park High School and a bachelor's degree from the University of Central Florida in 1992. His career experience includes working as a project manager. As of his 2024 campaign, Walter was a North Carolina Hunt State Policy Fellow.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Cabarrus County Schools, North Carolina, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Melanie Freeman (R) | 14.7 | 53,248 | |
| ✔ |  | Greg Mills (R)  | 14.0 | 50,544 |
| ✔ | Catherine Bonds Moore (R) | 13.6 | 49,137 | |
| ✔ |  | Rob Walter (R) | 13.6 | 49,053 |
 | Keshia Sandidge (D) | 11.4 | 41,224 | |
 | Mishell Williams (D) | 11.2 | 40,464 | |
 | Namu Kachroo (D) | 11.2 | 40,310 | |
 | Rob Cerulo (D) | 10.3 | 37,046 | |
| Total votes: 361,026 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Keshia Sandidge, Rob Cerulo, Namu Kachroo, and Mishell Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Mills | 21.5 | 13,448 |
| ✔ | Melanie Freeman | 19.7 | 12,346 | |
| ✔ | Catherine Bonds Moore | 19.0 | 11,910 | |
| ✔ | | Rob Walter | 18.2 | 11,405 |
| Bubba Hartsell | 11.2 | 6,985 | ||
| Amanda Wortman | 10.4 | 6,544 | ||
| Total votes: 62,638 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Walter in this election.
2016
- See also: Cabarrus County Schools elections (2016)
Four of the seven seats on the Cabarrus County Schools school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. The seats of David Harrison, Jeff Phillips, Barry Shoemaker, and Rob Walter were up for election. All four incumbents filed for re-election and were joined by four challengers in the race: Thomas Clark, Cindy Fertenbaugh, Jeffrey King, and Keisha Villatoro. Shoemaker, Fertenbaugh, Walter, and Harrison won the seats.[2][3]
Results
| Cabarrus County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Barry Shoemaker Incumbent |
16.50% | 38,336 |
| Cindy Fertenbaugh |
15.43% | 35,852 |
| Rob Walter Incumbent |
14.97% | 34,762 |
| David Harrison Incumbent |
12.91% | 29,985 |
| Thomas Clark | 12.46% | 28,947 |
| Jeff Phillips Incumbent | 12.02% | 27,916 |
| Keisha Villatoro | 8.42% | 19,557 |
| Jeffrey King | 6.60% | 15,319 |
| Write-in votes | 0.69% | 1,606 |
| Total Votes (100) | 232,280 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results-Cabarrus," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||
Funding
Walter did not file a campaign finance report with the Cabarrus County Board of Elections as of November 1, 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]
Endorsements
Walter was endorsed by the Cabarrus County Republican Party.[7]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rob Walter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Walter's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm Rob Walter, running for reelection on the Cabarrus County Board of Education. I'm completing my third term (12 years) on the board and I've got strong track record for being prepared, asking questions, and always focusing on what is best for students in our district. I'm a resident of Concord, work full-time for the City of Concord Aviation Department at the Concord-Padgett Regional Airport. My wife Amie and I have one student that graduated from Cabarrus County Schools in 2020 and another that will graduate in 2025.
Community values, input, and engagement are critical part of having a successful school system and I welcome that engagement.
- Experience. I've served on the Cabarrus County School Board for past 12 years, which is the most of any current board members. That experience is valuable in understanding the history and background of past decisions, board policies, and the role and operation of the school board, county commission, and the State of North Carolina.
- I'm a parent of a student in Cabarrus County Schools and bring that perspective to the board first. I believe board decisions, rules, and policies should be understandable and our processes transparent.
- Student success. We all have a role to play in student success at Cabarrus County Schools. Individualized education, Career pathways, school safety, community partnerships, quality leadership, great teachers and staff, and a strategic plan and school improvement process to keep us focused and accountable.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Cabarrus County Schools school board At-large |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2024
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email conversation with Carol Soles," January 21, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Cabarrus," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Cabarrus County, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed November 1, 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
- ↑ Facebook, "2016 Cabarrus County Republican Candidates," October 11, 2016
