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Tulsa Public Schools elections

Filing deadline
December 4, 2019
Primary date
February 11, 2020
General election date
June 30, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
37,433 students

Two seats on the Tulsa Public Schools school board in Oklahoma were up for general election on June 30, 2020. A primary was scheduled for February 11, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was December 4, 2019.

The general election was originally scheduled to take place on April 7, 2020, but was moved amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Oklahoma modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Voters casting absentee ballots could submit copies of their identification in lieu of fulfilling the notarization requirement in the event of a state of emergency occurring within 45 days of an election. Individuals experiencing symptoms indicative of COVID-19, and individuals classified as vulnerable to infection, could cast an absentee ballot under the 'physical incapacitation' eligibility criterion.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Elections

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Candidates and results

District 5

General election

General election for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 5

John T. Croisant defeated Shane Saunders in the general election for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 5 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
John T. Croisant (Nonpartisan)
 
52.4
 
6,097
Shane Saunders (Nonpartisan)
 
47.6
 
5,530

Total votes: 11,627
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 5

John T. Croisant and Shane Saunders defeated Scott Pendleton, Kelsey Royce, and Ben Croff (Unofficially withdrew) in the primary for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 5 on February 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
John T. Croisant (Nonpartisan)
 
43.8
 
1,065
Shane Saunders (Nonpartisan)
 
26.1
 
633
Scott Pendleton (Nonpartisan)
 
16.5
 
401
Kelsey Royce (Nonpartisan)
 
12.9
 
313
Ben Croff (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew)
 
0.7
 
17

Total votes: 2,429
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District 6

General election

General election for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 6

Jerry Griffin defeated incumbent Ruth Ann Fate in the general election for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 6 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jerry Griffin (Nonpartisan)
 
50.2
 
3,302
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Ruth Ann Fate (Nonpartisan)
 
49.8
 
3,272

Total votes: 6,574
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 6

Jerry Griffin and incumbent Ruth Ann Fate defeated Stephen Remington in the primary for Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education District 6 on February 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jerry Griffin (Nonpartisan)
 
36.8
 
377
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Ruth Ann Fate (Nonpartisan)
 
32.7
 
335
Stephen Remington (Nonpartisan)
 
30.5
 
312

Total votes: 1,024
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About the district

See also: Tulsa Public Schools, Oklahoma

Tulsa Public Schools is located in Tulsa and Oklahoma counties in Oklahoma. The district served 37,433 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[2]

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.


See also

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