Spotsylvania County Public Schools elections (2015)

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2015 Spotsylvania County Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
November 3, 2015
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
Virginia Spotsylvania County Public Schools Spotsylvania County, Virginia ballot measures Local ballot measures, Virginia

Four seats on the Spotsylvania County Public Schools School Board were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The seats of Chancellor District incumbent Dawn Shelley, Courtland District incumbent James Meyer, Livingston District incumbent Ray Lora and Salem District incumbent William Blaine Jr. were up for election.

Board member Blaine defeated a challenge from Shawn Davis. Incumbents Shelley and Meyer ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats. Newcomer Kirk Twigg, who was an unsuccessful candidate in 2011, ran unopposed and won the Livingston District seat vacated by incumbent Ray Lora, who did not file for re-election.

About the district

See also: Spotsylvania County Public Schools, Virginia

Spotsylvania County Public Schools is located in Spotsylvania County, Va.

Spotsylvania County Public Schools is located in northeast Virginia in Spotsylvania County. The county seat of Spotsylvania County is Spotsylvania Courthouse. This county was home to 129,188 residents in 2014, according to estimates by the United States Census Bureau. In the 2012-2013 school year, Spotsylvania County Public Schools was the 11th-largest school district in Virginia and served 23,768 students.

Demographics

Spotsylvania County underperformed compared to the rest of Virginia in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 28.2 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 35.2 percent for Virginia as a whole. The median household income in Spotsylvania County was $78,345, compared to $63,907 for the state of Virginia. The poverty rate was 7.6 percent, compared to 11.3 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2014
Race	Spotsylvania County (%)	Virginia (%)
White	77.3	70.5
Black or African American	16.1	19.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.4	0.5
Asian	2.7	6.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.2	0.1
Two or More Races	3.3	2.8
Hispanic or Latino	8.7	8.9

Presidential Voting Pattern, Spotsylvania County
Year	Democratic Vote (%)	Republican Vote (%)
2012	43.4	54.9
2008	46.0	52.9
2004	36.6	62.8
2000	38.4	59.2

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 Spotsylvania County School Board is a seven-member board elected by district to staggered four-year terms. Seats in Chancellor, Courtland, Livingston and Salem Districts were on the ballot in 2015. The general election was held on November 3, 2015. The next scheduled election for seats in Battlefield, Lee Hill and Berkeley Districts was November 2017. The filing deadline for candidates interested in running for the board was June 9, 2015.

Chancellor District

Dawn Shelley
	Incumbent

Courtland District

James Meyer
	Incumbent

Livingston District

Kirk Twigg

Salem District

William Blaine Jr.		Shawn Davis
	Incumbent

Election results

Spotsylvania County School Board, Chancellor District, General Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Dawn Shelley Incumbent	97.5%	2,548
Write-in votes	2.45%	64
Total Votes		2,612
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General," accessed November 3, 2015

Spotsylvania County School Board, Courtland District, General Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
James Meyer Incumbent	82.9%	2,354
Write-in votes	17.14%	487
Total Votes		2,841
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General," accessed November 3, 2015

Spotsylvania County School Board, Livingston District, General Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kirk Twigg	62.1%	2,341
Write-in votes	37.86%	1,426
Total Votes		3,767
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General," accessed November 3, 2015

Spotsylvania County School Board, Salem District, General Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
William Blaine Jr. Incumbent	56.5%	1,525
Shawn Davis	43.1%	1,164
Write-in votes	0.41%	11
Total Votes		2,700
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General," accessed November 3, 2015

Endorsements

William Blaine Jr. received the endorsement of the Spotsylvania County Democratic Committee.

Campaign finance

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2015

Candidates received a total of $8,392.28 and spent a total of $8,206.45 as of October 26, 2015, according to the Virginia State Board of Elections.

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Chancellor District
Dawn Shelley (incumbent)	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Courtland District
James Meyer (incumbent)	$3,842.28	$3,802.46	$39.82
Livingston District
Kirk Twigg	$990.00	$863.37	$126.63
Salem District
William Blaine Jr. (incumbent)	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Shawn Davis	$3,560.00	$3,540.62	$19.38

Past elections

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

2013 See also: Spotsylvania County Public Schools elections (2013) Spotsylvania County Public Schools, Battlefield District General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Baron Braswell 98.2% 3,914      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.8% 73 Total Votes 3,987 Source: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, "November 2013 General Election Official Results," accessed December 12, 2013 Spotsylvania County Public Schools, Berkeley District General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Erin Grampp 47.9% 2,002      Nonpartisan Mark Marshall 36.5% 1,527      Nonpartisan J. Gilbert Seaux Incumbent 15% 627      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.6% 25 Total Votes 4,181 Source: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, "November 2013 General Election Official Results," accessed December 12, 2013 Spotsylvania County Public Schools, Lee Hill District General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Amanda Blalock Incumbent 97.8% 3,429      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 2.2% 76 Total Votes 3,505 Source: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, "November 2013 General Election Official Results," accessed December 12, 2013 2011 Spotsylvania County Public Schools, Chancellor District General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Dawn Shelley 56.2% 2,130      Nonpartisan Michael V. Cotter 43.7% 1,655      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.2% 6 Total Votes 3,791 Source: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed October 10, 2013 Spotsylvania County Public Schools, Courtland District General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan James Meyer 51.3% 1,721      Nonpartisan Cliff M. Vaughan 48.2% 1,615      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.5% 18 Total Votes 3,354 Source: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed October 10, 2013 Spotsylvania County Public Schools, Livingston District General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Ray Lora 35.3% 1,573      Nonpartisan Kirk Twigg 34.8% 1,552      Nonpartisan David A. Brennan 29.9% 1,332      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.1% 5 Total Votes 4,462 Source: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed October 10, 2013 Spotsylvania County Public Schools, Salem District General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan William Blaine Jr. 98.9% 2,889      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.1% 32 Total Votes 2,921 Source: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed October 10, 2013

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Spotsylvania County Public Schools election in 2015:

Deadline	Event
June 9, 2015	Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
October 13, 2015	Last day to register to vote in the general election
October 27, 2015	Last day to apply for an absentee ballot by mail
October 31, 2015	Last day to apply for an absentee ballot in person
November 3, 2015	Election Day

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Virginia elections, 2015

This election shared the ballot with races for clerk of court, county revenue commissioner, commonwealth's attorney, county board of supervisors, county sheriff, county treasurer and soil and water conservation district.

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See also

Spotsylvania County Public Schools	Virginia	School Boards
Spotsylvania County Public Schools elections (2013) List of school districts in Virginia	Virginia school board elections, 2015 Public education in Virginia Local ballot measures, Virginia	School board elections, 2015 School board elections, 2014 School board election data analysis, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2014

External links

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• Spotsylvania County Public Schools
• Virginia Department of Elections