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Tulsa Public Schools, Oklahoma, elections (2019)

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Tulsa Public Schools elections

Primary date
February 12, 2019
General election date
April 2, 2019
Enrollment ('16-'17)
38,625 students

Two seats on the Tulsa Public Schools school board in Oklahoma were up for election in 2019. The general election for the Number 1 seat was held on April 2, 2019. A primary for that seat was scheduled for February 12, 2019. A special election to fill the unexpired term of the Number 2 seat on the board was held at the same time as the primary. The filing deadline for these seats was December 5, 2018.[1]

Stacey Woolley won election in the general election for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 1.

Jania Wester won election in the special general election for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 2.

Elections

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Candidates and results

Number 1

General election

General election for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 1

Stacey Woolley defeated Nicole Nixon in the general election for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 1 on April 2, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Stacey Woolley
Stacey Woolley (Nonpartisan)
 
68.1
 
552
Image of Nicole Nixon
Nicole Nixon (Nonpartisan)
 
31.9
 
259

Total votes: 811
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 1

The following candidates ran in the primary for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 1 on February 12, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nicole Nixon
Nicole Nixon (Nonpartisan)
 
24.7
 
191
Image of Stacey Woolley
Stacey Woolley (Nonpartisan)
 
19.4
 
150
DeAnna Cooper (Nonpartisan)
 
19.3
 
149
Scott Carter (Nonpartisan)
 
13.5
 
104
Niki Grauberger (Nonpartisan)
 
10.9
 
84
Brenda Barre (Nonpartisan)
 
7.6
 
59
Kyle Wagner (Nonpartisan)
 
3.4
 
26
Chris Freedom (Nonpartisan)
 
1.3
 
10

Total votes: 773
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Number 2 (unexpired term)

General election

Special general election for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 2

Jania Wester defeated Gary Copper in the special general election for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 2 on February 12, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jania Wester
Jania Wester (Nonpartisan)
 
75.4
 
282
Gary Copper (Nonpartisan)
 
24.6
 
92

Total votes: 374
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About the district

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Tulsa Public Schools is located in Tulsa County and Oklahoma County. The district served 38,625 students during the 2016-2017 school year.[2]

State profile

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Partisan data

The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019

Presidential voting pattern

  • Oklahoma voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Congressional delegation

State executives

State legislature

Oklahoma Party Control: 1992-2024
Five years of Democratic trifectas  •  Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
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Oklahoma quick stats

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Demographic data for Oklahoma
 OklahomaU.S.
Total population:3,907,414316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):68,5953,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:73.1%73.6%
Black/African American:7.2%12.6%
Asian:1.9%5.1%
Native American:7.3%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.1%0.2%
Two or more:7.8%3%
Hispanic/Latino:9.6%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:86.9%86.7%
College graduation rate:24.1%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$46,879$53,889
Persons below poverty level:19.7%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
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**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.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Oklahoma. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Oklahoma with 65.3 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 28.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1904 and 2016, Oklahoma voted for the winning presidential candidate 72.4 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Oklahoma supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 65.5 to 34.5 percent. The state favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Oklahoma. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 8 out of 101 state House districts in Oklahoma with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 11 out of 101 state House districts in Oklahoma with an average margin of victory of 27.7 points. Clinton won one district controlled by a Republican heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 93 out of 101 state House districts in Oklahoma with an average margin of victory of 37.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 90 out of 101 state House districts in Oklahoma with an average margin of victory of 42.2 points. Trump won 18 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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