Rockingham County Schools elections (2014)

2014 Rockingham County Schools Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
North Carolina Rockingham County Schools Rockingham County, North Carolina ballot measures Local ballot measures, North Carolina

Five seats on the Rockingham County Schools school board were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Incumbents Hal Griffin, Lorie Booth McKinney, Ron Price and Steve C. Smith faced challengers Miriam Pinnix Aikens, Don Anderson, Bill Best, Louis Dew, Tony Doom, Emily Rudisill Hayduk, Virginia M. Hoover, David King, Allison Huffman Ormond, Eric H. Smith, John Smith, Lynn T. Tuttle, Ken White and Ophelia Wright.

Ron Price, Lorie Booth McKinney, Lynn T. Tuttle, Virginia M. Hoover and Ophelia Wright won election to the at-large seats.

About the district

See also: Rockingham County Schools, North Carolina

Rockingham County Schools is located in Rockingham County, North Carolina

Rockingham County Schools is located in Rockingham County, North Carolina. The county seat of Rockingham County is Wentworth. Rockingham County is home to 91,878 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Rockingham County Schools was the 27th-largest school district in North Carolina and served 13,893 students.

Demographics

Rockingham County underperformed in comparison to the rest of North Carolina in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 13.0 percent of Rockingham County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.8 percent for North Carolina as a whole. The median household income in Rockingham County was $38,004 compared to $46,450 for the state of North Carolina. The poverty rate in Rockingham County was 17.0 percent compared to 16.8 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Rockingham County (%)	North Carolina (%)
White	78.2	71.7
Black or African American	18.2	22.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.5	1.6
Asian	0.6	2.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	1.7	2.0
Hispanic or Latino	5.9	8.9

Rockingham County Party Affiliation, 2014
Party	Registered Voters	% of Total
Republican	19,303	32.5
Democratic	26,105	44.1
Libertarian	164	0.3
Unaffiliated	13,662	23.1

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Voter and candidate information

The Rockingham school board consists of eleven members elected to four-year terms. Six members are elected by geographic electoral districts and five members are elected at-large. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Five seats were on the ballot in 2014.

The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was July 18, 2014.

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

• Hal Griffin
  • Incumbent
• Lorie Booth McKinney
  • Incumbent
• Ron Price
  • Incumbent
• Steve C. Smith
  • Incumbent
• Miriam Pinnix Aikens
• Don Anderson
• Bill Best
• Louis Dew

• Tony Doom
• Emily Rudisill Hayduk
• Virginia M. Hoover
• David King
• Allison Huffman Ormond
• Eric H. Smith
• John Smith
• Lynn T. Tuttle
• Ken White
• Ophelia Wright

Election results

Rockingham County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Ron Price Incumbent	9.5%	9,932
	Nonpartisan	Lynn T. Tuttle	8.1%	8,536
	Nonpartisan	Virginia M. Hoover	7.9%	8,277
	Nonpartisan	Ophelia Wright	7.7%	8,089
	Nonpartisan	Lorie Booth McKinney Incumbent	7.5%	7,888
	Nonpartisan	Allison Huffman Ormond	6.9%	7,248
	Nonpartisan	Hal Griffin Incumbent	6.9%	7,228
	Nonpartisan	David King	6.8%	7,139
	Nonpartisan	Steve C. Smith Incumbent	6.7%	7,028
	Nonpartisan	Miriam Pinnix Aikens	6.3%	6,561
	Nonpartisan	Emily Rudisill Hayduk	5.3%	5,565
	Nonpartisan	John Smith	3.9%	4,048
	Nonpartisan	Tony Doom	3.5%	3,708
	Nonpartisan	Don Anderson	3.3%	3,454
	Nonpartisan	Ken White	2.9%	3,085
	Nonpartisan	Bill Best	2.5%	2,598
	Nonpartisan	Louis Dew	2.1%	2,218
	Nonpartisan	Eric H. Smith	1.8%	1,931
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.3%	281
Total Votes				104,814
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 31, 2014

Endorsements

No candidate received any official endorsements in this election.

Campaign finance

No candidates filed a campaign finance report with the Rockingham County Board of Elections.

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2012 Rockingham County Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Amanda Joann Bell 94.9% 3,945      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 5.1% 210 Total Votes 4,155 Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014 Rockingham County Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Josh Austen 36.1% 1,751      Nonpartisan Penny M. Owens 34% 1,652      Nonpartisan Amy Walker Robertson 29.1% 1,412      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.8% 41 Total Votes 4,856 Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014 Rockingham County Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Nell Rose 65.5% 4,416      Nonpartisan Norris J. Aikens 33.3% 2,249      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.2% 81 Total Votes 6,746 Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014 Rockingham County Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Wayne Kirkman 50.6% 2,882      Nonpartisan Tim Robertson 47.7% 2,716      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.8% 100 Total Votes 5,698 Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014 Rockingham County Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Elaine Via McCollum 97.5% 5,123      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 2.5% 134 Total Votes 5,257 Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014 Rockingham County Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Bob Wyatt 55.4% 2,984      Nonpartisan Virginia M. Hoover 24.7% 1,332      Nonpartisan Janette Good 19.4% 1,048 Total Votes 5,389 Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014 2010 Rockingham County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Leonard Pryor 13.1% 11,232      Nonpartisan Lorie Booth McKinney 12.5% 10,761      Nonpartisan Ron Price 11.9% 10,255      Nonpartisan Steve C. Smith 10.4% 8,968      Nonpartisan Hal Griffin 10.2% 8,752      Nonpartisan Robert Lamberth 8.9% 7,682      Nonpartisan Corey Brannock 8.5% 7,300      Nonpartisan Robert (Bob) Drum 8.3% 7,135      Nonpartisan John G. (Skip) Smith 8.6% 7,384      Nonpartisan Rob Robbins 7.3% 6,295      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 301 Total Votes 86,065 Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Rockingham County Schools election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
July 7, 2014	Candidate filing begins
July 18, 2014	Candidate filing ends
September 5, 2014	First day to request an absentee ballot by mail
October 10, 2014	Voter registration ends
October 23, 2014	One-stop early voting begins
October 28, 2014	Last day to request an absentee ballot by mail
November 1, 2014	One-stop early voting ends
November 4, 2014	Election day

Additional elections on the ballot

In addition to the school board election, residents of Rockingham County voted in races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina State Senate, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina District Attorney, Board of Commissioners, Register of Deeds, Sheriff, Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor, Clerk of Superior Court, North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice and North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge.

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See also

• North Carolina
• Rockingham County Schools, North Carolina
• North Carolina school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Rockingham County, North Carolina ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, North Carolina

External links

Suggest a link

• Rockingham County Schools
• Rockingham County Board of Elections
• North Carolina State Board of Elections