Robert Maxie Sr.
Robert Maxie was a candidate for District 4 representative on the East Baton Rouge School Board in Louisiana. The general election was held on March 5, 2016. Maxie was defeated by Dawn Collins for the District 4 seat.[1]
Maxie previously ran as a Democratic candidate for District 4 representative on the East Baton Rouge Parish school board and was defeated in the general election November 4, 2014.
Biography
Maxie attended Belaire High and graduated from Capitol High School in 1997. He went on to serve for 15 years in the United States Navy. Following his service, he attended the Naval School of Health Science and earned a certification in substance abuse counseling in 2006.
Professionally, Maxie works as the director of marketing for the talk show "Keeping It Real." He also works for Door of Hope Ministries and as a counselor for Heartsease Family Church.[2]
He has received various medals and commendations for his military service including an Army commendation medal, a Navy commendation medal, an anti-terrorism expeditionary medal, three Navy achievement medals and four good conduct medals
His family includes his wife, six children and one grandchild.[2]
Elections
2016
One of the nine seats on the East Baton Rouge Parish School System school board was up for general election on March 5, 2016. The school board is partisan and members are elected by district. This race was a special election to fill a vacancy in District 4. Newcomers Dawn Collins and Robert Maxie Sr. ran for the seat up for election. Collins defeated Maxie for the seat.[1]
Results
| East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 4 Special Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Dawn Collins |
79.31% | 4,373 | |
| Democratic | Robert Maxie Sr. | 20.69% | 1,141 | |
| Total Votes (100) | 5,514 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed March 21, 2016 | ||||
Funding
Maxie reported $14,482.50 in contributions and $4,033.65 in expenditures to the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, which left his campaign with $10,448.85 on hand during the election.[3]
Endorsements
Maxie received an endorsement from FuturePac during the election.[4]
2014
Nine seats on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board were up for election in 2014. Three of the seats advanced to a general election on December 6, 2014, as no candidate earned 50 percent plus one of the primary election votes in Districts 1, 5 and 8.
Prior to this election, the school board was comprised of 11 members. However, in July 2014, the board voted to accept a redistricting plan that reduced the number of board members to nine. The 2014 election was the first election for the new district boundaries. Due to the redrawing of district boundaries, some incumbents ran in new districts and against one another. District 1 incumbent David Tatman (R) was the only incumbent to have no challengers file against him, and he was automatically elected to the District 9 seat.[5]
Mary Lynch (I), incumbent for the former District 11, ran for re-election to the District 1 seat against newcomers Mark Bellue (R) and Jennifer Andrews (D). Andrews and Bellue advanced to a general election. District 5 incumbent Evelyn Ware-Jackson (D) faced District 9 incumbent Jerry Arbour (R), as well as Patty Merrick (D) and W.T. Winfield (D). Ware-Jackson and Arbour advanced to a general election.[1]
The remaining races did not include redistricted incumbents. District 2 incumbent Vereta Lee (D) ran to retain the same seat against challenger Daniel Banguel (D). Rachel Allmon (D) also filed to run in District 2, but later withdrew from the race. Tarvald Smith (D), the District 4 incumbent, sought re-election against Robert Maxie Sr. (D). Anthony Nelson (D) challenged District 7 incumbent Barbara Freiberg (R). District 8 incumbent Connie Bernard (R) faced multiple challengers as Christopher Bailey (R), Charles "Obie" O'Brien (R) and Joan Wallyn (R) all ran to unseat her. Bernard and Bailey advanced to a general election.[1]
Eugene Weatherspoon (D) withdrew from the race in District 3 against incumbent Kenyetta Nelson-Smith (D), allowing her to be automatically re-elected. Tiffany Perkins (R) and District 10 incumbent Jill Dyason (R) both filed to run for the District 6 seat. However, a court ruling found that Perkins did not legally reside within the boundaries of District 6 and could not run for the seat. This left Dyason unopposed and automatically elected to her new seat.[1][6]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tarvald Smith Incumbent |
60% | 6,292 | |
| Democratic | Robert Maxie Sr. | 40% | 4,190 | |
| Total Votes | 10,482 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 6, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2016
Maxie submitted the following statement to Ballotpedia:
| “ | It is time that parents get involved in their child's education and hold the teachers, the schools and the students accountability [sic]. This is the only way we fix our schools.[7] | ” |
| —Robert Maxie Sr. (2016)[2] | ||
2014
Maxie submitted the following statement to Ballotpedia:
| “ | I believe in Common Core, as long as our teacher can still use their creativity to teach Baton Rouge kids.[7] | ” |
| —Robert Maxie Sr. (2014)[8] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- East Baton Rouge Parish School System, Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish School System elections (2014)
- East Baton Rouge Parish School System elections (2016)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed January 14, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on January 27, 2016
- ↑ Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "Louisiana Campaign Finance Reports," accessed March 21, 2016
- ↑ FuturePac, "Endorsements," accessed February 26, 2016]
- ↑ The Advocate, "EBR School Board agrees to downsize to 9 members," July 25, 2014
- ↑ The Advocate, "Judge rules School Board candidate not a resident of district," September 10, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on October 7, 2014
| 2016 East Baton Rouge Parish School System Elections | |
| East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana | |
| Election date: | March 5, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Dawn Collins • Robert Maxie Sr. |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
