Troup County School System elections (2014)

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2014 Troup County School System Elections

General Election date:
May 20, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
Georgia
Troup County School System
Troup County, Georgia ballot measures
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Three seats on the Troup County Board of Education were up for general election on May 20, 2014. District 7 incumbent Alfred McNair won re-election against challenger Eric Cedek Davenport. Board members Allen Simpson and Ted Alford won re-election without opposition to Districts 1 and 4, respectively.

About the district

See also: Troup County School System, Georgia
Troup County School System is located in Troup County, Georgia

Troup County School System is located in Troup County, Georgia. The county seat of Troup County is LaGrange. Troup County is home to 69,053 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[1] Troup County School System was the 30th-largest school district in Georgia, serving 12,751 students during the 2011-2012 school year.[2]

Demographics

Troup County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Georgia in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 19.7 percent of Troup County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 27.8 percent for Georgia as a whole. The median household income in Troup County was $40,246 compared to $49,604 for the state of Georgia. The poverty rate in Troup County was 22.1 percent compared to 17.4 percent for the entire state.[1]

Racial Demographics, 2012[1]
Race Troup County (%) Georgia (%)
White 62.0 62.8
Black or African American 34.4 31.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.5
Asian 1.7 3.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 1.4 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 3.5 9.2

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 Troup County Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Each member is elected to a specific geographic district. There was no primary election and the general election was held on May 20, 2014. Three seats were up for election in 2014 and four seats will be up for election in 2016.[3]

Candidates began to file affidavits of candidacy on March 3, 2014. The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was March 7, 2014.[4]

Elections

2014

Candidates

District 1

District 4

District 7

Election results

Troup County School System, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngAllen Simpson Incumbent 100% 386
Total Votes 386
Source: Tiffany Rouse, "Email communication with Local Election Official Liason John Hallman," March 5, 2015


Troup County School System, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngTed Alford Incumbent 100% 1,395
Total Votes 1,395
Source: Tiffany Rouse, "Email communication with Local Election Official Liason John Hallman," March 5, 2015


Troup County School System, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngAlfred McNair Incumbent 52.8% 290
     Nonpartisan Eric Cedek Davenport 47.2% 259
Total Votes 549
Source: Tiffany Rouse, "Email communication with Local Election Official Liason John Hallman," March 5, 2015

Endorsements

No candidates received official endorsements in this election.

Campaign finance

No candidates reported contributions or expenditures to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission as of May 19, 2014.

Past elections

Troup County does not maintain public archives of past election results as of May 19, 2014.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Troup County School System election in 2014:[4]

Deadline Event
March 3, 2014 First day to file nominating petitions
March 7, 2014 Last day to file nominating petitions
April 21, 2014 Last day to register to vote in the general election
April 28, 2014 Advance voting begins
May 20, 2014 Primary election
July 22, 2014 Runoff election (if needed)

Additional elections on the ballot

The school board election shared the ballot with county, state and national primary elections on May 20, 2014. Residents of Troup County voted in races for magistrate judge and two seats on the county commission. The primary ballot included races for Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia State Senate. There were also state executive elections including races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. The May 20, 2014, election also selected candidates for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.[5]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Troup + County + Schools + Georgia"

See also

External links

Footnotes