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Shelby County Schools elections

Filing deadline
April 2, 2020
General election date
August 6, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
109,591 students

Five seats on the Shelby County Schools school board in Tennessee were up for general election on August 6, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was April 2, 2020.[1]

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Tennessee modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures and voter identification rules for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Individuals "with a special vulnerability to COVID-19" and "caretakers for individuals with a special vulnerability to COVID-19" were deemed to meet the existing statutory criteria for absentee voting eligibility. A law requiring first-time voters to vote in person was temporarily suspended.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Elections

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District 2

General election

General election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 2

Incumbent Althea Greene won election in the general election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 2 on August 6, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Althea Greene (Nonpartisan)
 
98.7
 
6,603
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
84

Total votes: 6,687
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District 3

General election

General election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 3

Incumbent Stephanie Love defeated Jesse Kirk Jeff and Aaron Youngblood in the general election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 3 on August 6, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Stephanie Love
Stephanie Love (Nonpartisan)
 
65.2
 
4,964
Image of Jesse Kirk Jeff
Jesse Kirk Jeff (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
22.8
 
1,738
Aaron Youngblood (Nonpartisan)
 
11.7
 
889
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
24

Total votes: 7,615
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District 4

General election

General election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 4

Incumbent Kevin Woods defeated Tamarques Porter, Kristy Sullivan, and Clyde Wayne Pinkston in the general election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 4 on August 6, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Woods
Kevin Woods (Nonpartisan)
 
59.7
 
7,482
Image of Tamarques Porter
Tamarques Porter (Nonpartisan)
 
21.1
 
2,645
Kristy Sullivan (Nonpartisan)
 
15.9
 
1,996
Clyde Wayne Pinkston (Nonpartisan)
 
3.1
 
383
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
22

Total votes: 12,528
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

District 5

General election

General election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 5

Sheleah Harris defeated incumbent Scott McCormick, April Ghueder, Paul Evelyn Allen, and Mauricio Calvo in the general election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 5 on August 6, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sheleah Harris
Sheleah Harris (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
48.5
 
6,417
Image of Scott McCormick
Scott McCormick (Nonpartisan)
 
31.8
 
4,201
Image of April Ghueder
April Ghueder (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
10.4
 
1,378
Paul Evelyn Allen (Nonpartisan)
 
5.9
 
784
Image of Mauricio Calvo
Mauricio Calvo (Nonpartisan)
 
3.1
 
405
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
40

Total votes: 13,225
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District 7

General election

General election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 7

Incumbent Miska Clay-Bibbs defeated Trevor Johnson Banks in the general election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 7 on August 6, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Miska Clay-Bibbs
Miska Clay-Bibbs (Nonpartisan)
 
61.4
 
3,925
Trevor Johnson Banks (Nonpartisan)
 
38.2
 
2,443
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
23

Total votes: 6,391
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About the district

See also: Shelby County Schools, Tennessee

Shelby County Schools is located in Shelby County, Tennessee. The district served 109,591 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[2]

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 95 Tennessee counties—1 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Hardeman County, Tennessee 7.92% 5.91% 6.18%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Tennessee with 60.7 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.7 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Tennessee cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Tennessee supported Democratic candidates for president and Republican candidates equally. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Tennessee. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns show the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns show the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 20 out of 99 state House districts in Tennessee with an average margin of victory of 50.7 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 22 out of 99 state House districts in Tennessee with an average margin of victory of 46.5 points. Clinton won one district controlled by a Republican heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 79 out of 99 state House districts in Tennessee with an average margin of victory of 36.8 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 77 out of 99 state House districts in Tennessee with an average margin of victory of 43.8 points. Trump won four districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also

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