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Velvet Riggins
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Velvet Riggins is the District 3 representative on the Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia. Riggins won re-election in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
Elections
2016
Four of the seven seats on the Dougherty County Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on May 24, 2016. Geraldine West Hudley defeated Susie Ealum in the Democratic at-large primary. Hudley, District 1 incumbent Robert Youngblood (D), District 3 incumbent Velvet Riggins (D), and District 5 incumbent James Bush (D) won without opposition in the general election.[1]
Results
| Dougherty County School System, District 3 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Velvet Riggins Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 3,629 | |
| Total Votes | 3,629 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election November 8, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016 | ||||
| Dougherty County School System, District 3 Democratic Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Velvet Riggins Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 924 |
| Total Votes | 924 | |
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016 | ||
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Footnotes
| 2016 Dougherty County School System Elections | |
| Dougherty County, Georgia | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Geraldine West Hudley (D) • Susie Ealum (D) District 1: Robert Youngblood (D) |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
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