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Todd Sutton
Todd Sutton was an at-large member of the Johnston County Schools Board of Education in North Carolina. Sutton assumed office in 2017. Sutton left office on December 13, 2022.
Sutton ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Johnston County Schools Board of Education in North Carolina. Sutton won in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Sutton initially ran for the board in the primary election on March 15, 2016, which he won, but lost the general election on November 8, 2016. He was later unanimously appointed to the board to fill the vacancy left by Larry Strickland.[1]
Elections
General election
General election for Johnston County Schools Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Johnston County Schools Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Theresa Sessoms (Nonpartisan) | 20.2 | 30,756 |
| ✔ |  | Todd Sutton (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 26,209 |
| ✔ |  | Tracie Zukowski (Nonpartisan) | 17.1 | 26,008 |
 | Dorothy Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 15.6 | 23,699 | |
| Jason Barbour (Nonpartisan) | 15.1 | 22,967 | ||
 | Butler Hall (Nonpartisan) | 6.2 | 9,461 | |
| John Radford Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 4.2 | 6,449 | ||
| Jimmy Clapp Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 5,851 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 844 | ||
| Total votes: 152,244 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2016
- See also: Johnston County Schools elections (2016)
Four of the seven seats on the Johnston County Schools school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. The seats of Donna White, Keith Branch, Peggy Smith, and Mike Wooten were up for election. Incumbents Smith and Wooten filed for re-election and were joined by nine candidates in the primary race for the seats on March 15, 2016: Dale Bender, John Taylor Brantley, Teresa Grant, Summer Hamrick, Jeffrey Jennings, Ronald Johnson, Crystal Kimpson Roberts, Todd Sutton, and Chip Swartz. Eight of the 11 candidates won and advanced to the general. Both incumbents Wooten and Smith were victorious and were joined on the general ballot by Jennings, Grant, Johnson, Sutton, Hamrick, and Roberts. Johnson, Grant, Smith, and Wooten won the general election.[2][3]
Funding
The Johnston County Board of Elections had not published campaign finance reports on its website as of November 3, 2016.[4]
School board candidates in North Carolina were required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:
(1) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and
(2) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and
(3) Did not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[5]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[6]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Johnstonian News, "Kenly’s Todd Sutton takes oath onto JC School Board," January 11, 2017
- ↑ Johnston County Board of Elections, "2016 Primary Filing Candidates," accessed January 22, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Johnston," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Johnston County, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed November 3, 2016
- ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Chapter 163: Elections And Election Laws, Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Reporting Schedules," accessed October 11, 2016
| 2016 Johnston County Schools Elections | |
| Election date: | Primary: March 15, 2016 General: November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Peggy Smith • Incumbent, Mike Wooten • Dale Bender • John Taylor Brantley • Teresa Grant • Summer Hamrick • Jeffrey Jennings • Ronald Johnson • Crystal Kimpson Roberts • Todd Sutton • Chip Swartz |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
| Johnston County Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Johnston County, North Carolina | |
| Election date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
