Tim Thornton
Tim Thornton was a candidate for District C representative on the Montgomery County Public Schools school board in Virginia. Thornton was defeated in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2017
Three of the seven seats on the Montgomery County Public Schools school board in Virginia were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. In their bids for re-election to the District A and D seats, incumbents Gunin Kiran and Jamie Bond ran unopposed. In the race for the open District C seat, Dana Partin defeated Tim Thornton.[1]
Results
| Montgomery County Public Schools, District C General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Dana Partin |
55.65% | 2,030 |
| Tim Thornton | 43.97% | 1,604 |
| Write-in votes | 0.38% | 14 |
| Total Votes | 3,648 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 November General," accessed November 21, 2017 | ||
Funding
Thornton reported $5,001.47 in contributions and $4,457.65 in expenditures to the Virginia Department of Elections, which left his campaign with $543.82 on hand in the election.[2]
Endorsements
Thornton was endorsed by the Montgomery County Education Association PAC and Montgomery County District C Supervisor Gary Creed.[3]
Thornton was also endorsed by members of the community. Click here for a list of his supporters.
Campaign themes
2017
Thornton highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:
| “ | My name is Tim Thornton and I’m running for District C’s seat on Montgomery County’s School Board because I know what education is worth. I know how education – and the lack of it – can change lives. I know what education is worth because my grandfather had to leave school after the third grade. His father died, so Granddaddy had to go to work on the farm. I know what education is worth because my father got his GED while serving in the Navy. I know because I’m the first person in my family to graduate from college and – a few months from now – my daughter will be the first to start working on a Ph.D.
I’ve seen how our schools shine and how they fall short. My daughter got an education here – sometimes because of our schools and sometimes in spite of them – that helped her graduate from the University of Virginia in three years, earn a master’s degree and become a teacher herself. My son, who has Down syndrome, finished his last program associated with Montgomery County’s schools in May. Because of what he’s learned and who he’s met in those programs, he’ll begin working part time this August at T/TAC – the Training and Technical Assistance Center at Virginia Tech whose mission is to give young students with disabilities better educational opportunities and more educational success. I graduated from Shawsville High School, attending classes in the same building where my parents met when it was called Alleghany District High School – the same building where my daughter and my son studied after it became Shawsville Middle School – a building constructed during the Great Depression by the WPA. It’s great to preserve and renovate and use historic buildings — but sometimes we need new ones, too. We need to plan and prepare to pay for that work. Most of all, we need to be sure what goes on in those buildings prepares our children for life – for success – in the world outside those schools. I’m Tim Thornton and I’m asking you to vote for me because I know what education is worth. I’ve experienced it. I want to make sure all our children know that, too.[4] |
” |
| —Tim Thornton (2017)[5] | ||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Connie M. Viar Montgomery County Director of Elections & General Registrar," June 14, 2017
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports: Search Committees," accessed January 17, 2018
- ↑ The Roanoke Times, "Partin, Thornton square off in Montgomery County School Board race," October 15, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Tim Thornton Montgomery County School Board, "Why I am running," accessed October 16, 2017
| Montgomery County Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Montgomery County, Virginia | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District A: • Incumbent, Gunin Kiran District C: • Dana Partin • Tim Thornton District D: • Incumbent, Jamie Bond |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
