Robert Edward Battles Sr.

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Robert Edward Battles Sr.

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Mobile County Public School System District 4

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Personal

Profession

Director, the Africatown Welcome Center

Robert Edward Battles Sr. is a former Democratic District 4 representative on the Mobile County school board in Alabama. He served on the board from 2014 to 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Mobile County Public Schools, Alabama, elections (2020)

Robert Edward Battles Sr. did not file to run for re-election.

2014

See also: Mobile County Public Schools elections (2014)

Robert Edward Battles Sr. defeated Tracie Roberson for the District 4 seat in the Democratic primary election on June 3, 2014. He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.

Results

General

Mobile County Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 6-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Robert Edward Battles Sr.	100%	11,002
Total Votes				11,002
Source: Mobile County Probate Court, "General, Constitutional Amendment and Special Election November 4, 2014," November 13, 2014

Primary

Mobile County Public Schools, District 4 Primary Election, 6-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Robert Edward Battles Sr.	58.2%	2,617
	Democratic	Tracie Roberson Incumbent	41.8%	1,876
Total Votes				4,493
Source: Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Kim Tillman, Mobile County Elections Coordinator," January 6, 2015

Campaign themes

Battles explained his themes for the 2014 campaign in a video by AL.com:

Battles' campaign themes for 2014.

See also

• Mobile County Public Schools, Alabama
• Mobile County Public Schools elections (2014)

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