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Shawon Bernard
Shawon Bernard (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to represent District 2. Bernard lost in the primary on October 12, 2019.
Bernard was a Democratic candidate for District 1 representative on the Orleans Parish School Board in Louisiana. The special election was held on October 24, 2015.[1] The top vote recipient in the election, John A. Brown Sr. (D), did not win a majority of the votes cast in the election, requiring a runoff election to be held on November 21, 2015. Bernard placed second in the special election but lost to Brown in the runoff.
Biography
Bernard is a lifelong resident of New Orleans, La. She graduated from Joseph S. Clark Sr. High School. She earned a B.S. and an M.Ed. from the University of New Orleans, an M.S. from Southern University at New Orleans and a J.D. from the Southern University Law Center. She has worked as a teacher, school administrator and education advocate.[2]
Elections
2019
See also: Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education election, 2019
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 2
Incumbent Kira Orange Jones won election outright against Shawon Bernard and Ashonta Wyatt in the primary for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 2 on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kira Orange Jones (D) | 61.0 | 81,088 |
 | Shawon Bernard (D) | 21.5 | 28,593 | |
 | Ashonta Wyatt (D) | 17.5 | 23,237 | |
| Total votes: 132,918 | |||
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2015
One of the seven seats on the Orleans Parish School Board was up for special election in 2015 due to the resignation of District 1 incumbent Ira Thomas following charges of bribery conspiracy. John A. Brown Sr. (D) was appointed to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held. He faced fellow Democrats Keith Barney and Shawon Bernard in the primary election on October 24, 2015.
Brown and Bernard advanced from the special election to a runoff on November 21, 2015, as no candidate received a majority of the votes cast. Brown won the runoff and the remainder of the unexpired term.[3]
Results
| Orleans Parish School Board, District 1 Special Runoff Election, 1-year unexpired term, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  John A. Brown Sr. Incumbent |
56.9% | 7,321 | |
| Democratic | Shawon Bernard | 43.1% | 5,536 | |
| Total Votes | 12,857 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Results," accessed November 21, 2015 These election results are not official and will be updated when certified results are available. You can submit certified results by contacting us. | ||||
| Orleans Parish School Board, District 1 Special Election, 1-year unexpired term, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | John A. Brown Sr. Incumbent |
37.7% | 3,792 | |
| Democratic | Shawon Bernard |
31.3% | 3,151 | |
| Democratic | Keith Barney | 31% | 3,122 | |
| Total Votes | 10,065 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 21, 2015 | ||||
Endorsements
Bernard was endorsed by the following:[4]
- Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO
- Independent Women's Organization (IWO)
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Shawon Bernard did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Returning public school governance to the Orleans Parish School Board from the Recovery School District was a central campaign theme for Bernard.[2] On the matter, she stated, "All public schools should be governed by the locally elected school board." She also highlighted neighborhood schools, saying, "Every student should attend the school closest to his/her home. An opted out option should be provided to parents for real choice," and, "Every school should provide high quality education to all studeents [sic]."[5]
See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Orleans Parish School Board
- Campaign website
- Facebook page
- Twitter page
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcandidates - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shawon Bernard, "About," accessed October 7, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Frequently Asked Questions After an Election," accessed October 24, 2015
- ↑ Shawon Bernard, "Endorsements," accessed October 7, 2015
- ↑ Shawon Bernard, "Campaign Issues," accessed October 7, 2015
| 2015 Orleans Parish School Board Special Election | |
| Orleans Parish, Louisiana | |
| Election date: | October 24, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1:  Incumbent, John Brown Sr. Keith Barney Shawon Bernard |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
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