Tuscaloosa County School System elections (2016)

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Tuscaloosa County School System Elections

Primary election date:
March 1, 2016
General election date:
November 8, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
17,860 students

Two of the seven seats on the Tuscaloosa County School System school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on March 1, 2016.

District 5 incumbent Charles Orr (R) and District 6 incumbent Joe Boteler (R) filed for re-election. Orr was appointed to the board after the primary to replace Mark Nelson (R), while Boteler faced challenger Randy Smalley (R) in the primary. Smalley defeated Boteler to win the District 6 Republican nomination. Orr and Smalley won re-election without opposition in the general election.[1]

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The Tuscaloosa County Board of Education consists of seven members elected by district to six-year terms. Two seats were up for election in 2014. Prospective board candidates were required to file with county party officials by November 6, 2015.[2]

The district's policy manual lists the following qualifications for board members:

  • The individual must be a qualified elector of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama;
  • The individual shall not be employed by the Tuscaloosa County School System;
  • The individual must be of good moral character;
  • The individual must have at least a high school education;
  • A candidate for election as a member of the Board shall be a resident of the district which he or he seeks to represent for at least one (1) year immediately preceding the deadline date for qualifying as a candidate, and shall reside in that district during the entire term of office;
  • The individual is not serving on the governing board of a private elementary or secondary educational institution;
  • The individual is not on the National Sex Offender Registry or the state sex offender registry;
  • The individual has not been convicted of a felony; and,
  • The individual must have no direct or indirect financial or contractual interest in Tuscaloosa County Board of Education business matters

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—Tuscaloosa County School System (2013), [4]

Candidates and results

District 5

Tuscaloosa County School System,
District 5 General Election, 6-Year Term, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charles Orr Incumbent (unopposed)


Charles Orr Republican Party Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Incumbent

District 6

Results

Tuscaloosa County School System,
District 6 General Election, 6-Year Term, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Randy Smalley  (unopposed)


Tuscaloosa County School System,
District 6 Republican Primary Election, 6-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Randy Smalley 52.03% 1,424
Joe Boteler Incumbent 47.97% 1,313
Total Votes 2,737
Source: WBRC, "Alabama Election Results," accessed March 1, 2016


Randy Smalley Republican Party Green check mark transparent.png

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Defeated in the primary

Joe Boteler Republican Party

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  • Incumbent
  • Bachelor's degree, U.S. Naval Academy
  • Partner in construction company
  • Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Alabama elections, 2016

Alabama's general election ballot featured races for U.S. president, U.S. House, state judicial seats, county courts, and county school boards.

The primary election for Tuscaloosa County's school board shared the ballot with the state's presidential primary, and races for state and county courts.[5]

To read about additional races on the ballot, review the documents below. You can navigate the documents by zooming in or out with the + and - buttons and using the horizontal and vertical scrollbars on each document.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for Alabama school board elections in 2016:[2]

Deadline Event
November 6, 2015 Candidate filing deadline
March 1, 2016 Primary election
November 8, 2016 General election

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Campaign finance

No contributions or expenditures were reported prior to the general election, according to the Alabama Secretary of State.[6]

Past elections

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About the district

See also: Tuscaloosa County School System, Alabama
Tuscaloosa County School System is located in Tuscaloosa County, Ala.

Tuscaloosa County School System is located in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The seat of county government is Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa County was home to 202,212 residents in 2014, according to the United States Census Bureau.[7] The district was the ninth-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 17,860 students.[8]

Demographics

Tuscaloosa County outperformed the state of Alabama in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 27.0 percent of Tuscaloosa County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 22.6 percent for Alabama as a whole. The median household income in Tuscaloosa County was $45,408, compared to $43,253 for the state of Alabama. The poverty rate in Tuscaloosa County was 18.9 percent, compared to 18.6 percent for the entire state.[7]

Racial Demographics, 2014[7]
Race Tuscaloosa County (%) Alabama (%)
White 66.0 69.7
Black or African American 31.0 26.7
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.7
Asian 1.5 1.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 1.1 1.5
Hispanic or Latino 3.3 4.1

Presidential Voting Pattern, Tuscaloosa County[9]
Year Republican Vote Democratic Vote
2012 45,748 32,048
2008 45,405 32,796
2004 42,877 26,447
2000 34,003 24,614

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.

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See also

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