Spartanburg School District 2 elections (2017)
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Five of the ten seats on the Spartanburg School District 2 school board in South Carolina were up for general election on November 7, 2017. Board incumbents Jack Mabry, Craig Sims, and Connie Smith and challengers Jason Seay and Connie Banks won election. They defeated newcomer Mike Morin in the general election.[1][2]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Spartanburg School District 2 school board is composed of ten members serving four-year, staggered terms. All ten members represent the district at large. Elections for the board are held in odd-numbered years in November. Nine members are elected by the entire district, and one member is elected by the residents of Cherokee County who reside within the boundaries of the school district.
In order to get on the ballot for a South Carolina school board election, candidates had to be 18 years old, residents of the county and/or district at the time of the election, and registered to vote. The filing deadline for this school board election was July 15, 2017.[3]
To vote in South Carolina, one must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of South Carolina, and at least 18 years old by the time of the next election. Citizens may register to vote in person at a county board of voter registration or by downloading and completing a form and mailing, faxing, or emailing it to a county voter registration office. The deadline to register to vote in this election was October 7, 2017.[4]
- See also: Voting in South Carolina and Voter identification laws by state
Candidates and results
At-Large
Results
| Spartanburg School District 2, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jason Seay |
19.36% | 3,093 |
| Jack Mabry Incumbent |
19.03% | 3,040 |
| Connie Banks |
16.83% | 2,689 |
| Craig Sims Incumbent |
16.66% | 2,661 |
| Connie Smith Incumbent |
15.35% | 2,452 |
| Mike Morin | 12.77% | 2,040 |
| Total Votes | 15,975 | |
| Source: Fox Carolina, "Local Election Results," accessed November 7, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Candidates
Jack Mabry 
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Additional elections on the ballot
This 2017 school board election in South Carolina shared the ballot with elections for the Spartanburg city council.[5]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for this South Carolina school board election in 2017:[6]
| Deadline | Event |
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| July 15, 2017 | Candidate filing deadline |
| November 7, 2017 | Election day |
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Campaign finance
School board candidates in South Carolina must file a Statement of Economic Interests at the same time as filing for office. If a candidate spends or receives $500 or more, he or she is required to file an initial certified campaign report within 10 days of the receipts or expenditures.[7]
Past elections
To see results from past elections in Spartanburg School District 2, click here.
What was at stake?
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About the district
Spartanburg County School District 2 is located in Spartanburg County, which is in northwestern South Carolina. The seat of county government is Spartanburg. Spartanburg County was home to an estimated 301,463 residents between 2010 and 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[8] The district was the 24th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 10,098 students.[9]
Demographics
Spartanburg County underperformed in comparison to South Carolina as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 22.7 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had obtained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 25.8 percent of all state residents. The median household income in the county was $43,907, while it was $45,483 for the entire state. County residents lived below the poverty level at a rate of 15.0 percent, while that rate was 16.6 percent for all state residents.[8]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[8] | ||
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| Race | Spartanburg County (%) | South Carolina (%) |
| White | 74.4 | 68.5 |
| Black or African American | 21.0 | 27.5 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Asian | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6.6 | 5.5 |
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.
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See also
| Spartanburg School District 2 | South Carolina | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Henry Laye, Spartanburg County Director of Registration and Elections," July 24, 2017
- ↑ Fox Carolina, "Local Election Results," November 7, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Votes, "Candidate Qualifications," accessed August 2, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "South Carolina Voter Registration Information," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ City of Spartanburg, "City Council," accessed August 4, 2017
- ↑ Spartanburg County, "Voter Registration and Elections," accessed August 1, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Ethics Commission, "Campaign Practices Law and Penalties," accessed August 8, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 United States Census Bureau, "Spartanburg County," accessed August 3, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Spartanburg School District 2 elections in 2017 | |
| Spartanburg County, South Carolina | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large: Incumbent, Jack Mabry • Incumbent, Craig Sims • Incumbent, Connie Smith • Connie Banks • Mike Morin • Jason Seay |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
