Tara Adams
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Tara Adams was a candidate for Fairfield District representative on the Henrico County School Board in Virginia. She was defeated in the general election on November 3, 2015.[1]
Elections
2015
Opposition
The Henrico County School Board is a five-member board elected by district to serve four-year terms. All five seats were up for election on November 3, 2015. Newcomers Tara Adams, Roscoe Cooper III and Marcus Martin competed for the Fairfield District seat vacated by incumbent Lamont Bagby. Cooper won the open seat. In the Varina District, board member John Montgomery Jr. defeated a challenge from Ralph Hodge. Brookland District incumbent Beverly Cocke, Three Chopt District incumbent Michelle Ogburn and Tuckahoe District incumbent Lisa Marshall ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats.
Results
| Henrico County School Board, Fairfield District, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Roscoe Cooper III |
44.4% | 5,095 |
| Tara Adams | 44.0% | 5,052 |
| Marcus Martin | 8.9% | 1,016 |
| Write-in votes | 2.68% | 307 |
| Total Votes | 11,470 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 4, 2015 | ||
Funding
Adams reported $9,938.50 in contributions and $7,509.29 in expenditures to the Virginia State Board of Elections, which left her campaign with $2,429.21 on hand as of October 28, 2015.[2]
Endorsements
Adams did not receive any official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2015
Candidate website
Adams' campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:
| “ |
Excellence
Empowerment
Equity
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” |
| —Tara Adams (2015), [4] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Henrico County Public Schools, Virginia
- Henrico County Public Schools elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Candidates," September 9, 2015
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Tara Adams for School Board, "Core Values," accessed October 28, 2015
