Steve Crump
Steve Crump (unaffiliated) ran in a special election to the East Baton Rouge Parish School System to represent District 8 in Louisiana. He lost in the special primary on March 23, 2024.
Crump completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Steve Crump was born in Bloomington, Illinois. Crump's career experience includes working as a minister. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Illinois State University, Normal in 1970, a graduate degree from the University of Chicago in 1976, and a graduate degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School in 1978.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: East Baton Rouge Parish School System, Louisiana, elections (2024)
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
Special nonpartisan primary for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 8
Emily Soulé won election outright against Steve Crump in the special primary for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 8 on March 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Emily Soulé (R) | 54.8 | 2,872 | |
Steve Crump (Unaffiliated) ![]() | 45.2 | 2,373 | ||
| Total votes: 5,245 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Crump in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Steve Crump completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Crump's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- *Crump is unbought now and will be unbought in the future. Crump is No Party affiliated.
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- *Crump, a bridge-builder in the community, comes with an open mind to hiring a permanent superintendent to lead the next chapters of our school system.
- *Crump is an educator, a secondary-ed teacher, who will pay attention to postponed teacher pay in our school system.
Applying transparent accountability standards for evaluating both traditional and charter schools,
When I'm asked about religious faith, I often refer to my hero and friend, Sister Helen Prejean. "If I were to be a Catholic, I'd want to be one like Sister Helen Prejean."
And for those who enjoy the humanness of a school setting, I recommend Abbot Elementary on ABC each Wednesday evening.
Having said that, I have a strong orientation to public education. Teaching was regarded by my parents as an honorable profession and thus, all of their children went to a state teacher college (Illinois State University) and all of us became teachers. All of us went on to earn graduate degrees. One brother actually became a superintendent of schools. Horace Mann, the Father of Public Education in America, is still my hero. He spent much of his life promoting universal, co-ed, and tax supported education. Not until after his death, did Massachusetts in 1852 pass legislation for free and compulsory education for children. I still believe in public education in what it can achieve but we must combat the real opponent in the current school board race, cynicism.
+I'm independently minded.
Being able thoughtfully to address colleagues on the board and the public at large.
- Able to act with civility with those who disagree.
- Having some work experience in a public school.
This spiritual suggests that an important race is not
I'd prefer not to impose my own style, but learn myself about strategies that are currently working.
I want to know how principals and teachers assess the impact of restrictions on cell phone use in the schools. Are restrictions working?
I'd prefer not to impose my own style, but learn myself about strategies that are currently working.
Anecdotally, I heard from elementary teachers that virtual education was not very effective especially with elementary children.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 8 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 17, 2024

