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Vereta Lee
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Prior offices
East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 2

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

High school

St. Helena Parish School System

Bachelor's

Southern University

Graduate

Southern University

Personal
Profession
Educator
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Vereta Lee (Democratic Party) was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System in Louisiana, representing District 2. Lee assumed office in 2006. Lee left office in 2018.

Lee (Democratic Party) ran for election to the East Baton Rouge Parish School System to represent District 2 in Louisiana. Lee lost in the primary on November 8, 2022.

Biography

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Lee was born in Amite, Louisiana, and raised in Greensburg, Louisiana. She was educated in the St. Helena Parish School System. She earned a bachelor's and master's degree in elementary education from Southern University in Baton Rouge. She also holds certificates in supervision and administration, guidance counseling and technology. She has a second master's degree in mental health counseling.[1]

Prior to becoming a school board member, Lee worked as an elementary and middle school teacher in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System.[1]

Lee's family includes her parents, Mayola and Mearn Tanner, nine siblings, her three children and sixteen grandchildren.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: East Baton Rouge Parish School System, Louisiana, elections (2022)


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 2

Incumbent Dadrius Lanus won election outright against Vereta Lee in the primary for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 2 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Dadrius Lanus (D)
 
65.7
 
6,515
Image of Vereta Lee
Vereta Lee (D)
 
34.3
 
3,400

Total votes: 9,915
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2020

See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2020)


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for East Baton Rouge Parish Constable - Justice Court Ward 2 District 3

Andrea Hamilton won election outright against Vereta Lee in the primary for East Baton Rouge Parish Constable - Justice Court Ward 2 District 3 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Andrea Hamilton (D)
 
58.6
 
6,602
Image of Vereta Lee
Vereta Lee (D)
 
41.4
 
4,672

Total votes: 11,274
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2019

See also: Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education election, 2019


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 8

Preston Castille won election outright against Vereta Lee, Chakesha Webb Scott, and Jonathan Loveall in the primary for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 8 on October 12, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Preston Castille
Preston Castille (D)
 
52.1
 
71,616
Image of Vereta Lee
Vereta Lee (D)
 
18.0
 
24,739
Chakesha Webb Scott (D)
 
16.1
 
22,214
Image of Jonathan Loveall
Jonathan Loveall (D)
 
13.8
 
18,999

Total votes: 137,568
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2018

See also: East Baton Rouge Parish School System elections (2018)


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

General election

General election for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 2

Dadrius Lanus defeated incumbent Vereta Lee in the general election for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 2 on December 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Dadrius Lanus (D)
 
61.0
 
3,616
Image of Vereta Lee
Vereta Lee (D)
 
39.0
 
2,313

Total votes: 5,929
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 2

Dadrius Lanus and incumbent Vereta Lee defeated Joycelyn Hall in the primary for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Dadrius Lanus (D)
 
46.7
 
5,403
Image of Vereta Lee
Vereta Lee (D)
 
32.2
 
3,718
Image of Joycelyn Hall
Joycelyn Hall (D)
 
21.1
 
2,439

Total votes: 11,560
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2016

See also: Louisiana state legislative special elections, 2016

A special election for the position of Louisiana House of Representatives District 29 was called for April 9. A runoff election took place on May 14. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 9.[2]

Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

The seat was vacant following Ronnie Edwards's (D) death on February 24, 2016.[3]

Tyra Banks Sterling (D), Edmond Jordan (D), Vereta Lee (D), Albert White (D) and Victor Woods Jr. (D) faced off in the special election.[4] Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Jordan and Lee met in a runoff election, which Jordan won.[5][6]

Louisiana House of Representatives, District 29, Special Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngEdmond Jordan (advanced to the runoff) 31.2% 1,088
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngVereta Lee (advanced to the runoff) 24.3% 848
     Democratic Victor Woods Jr. 21.8% 758
     Democratic Tyra Banks Sterling 14.8% 517
     Democratic Albert White 7.8% 273
Total Votes 3,484
Louisiana House of Representatives, District 29, Special Runoff Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngEdmond Jordan 59.6% 2,019
     Democratic Vereta Lee 40.4% 1,368
Total Votes 3,387

2015

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2015

Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[7]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Democrats Daniel Banguel, Ronnie Edwards, Edmond Jordan and Vereta Lee faced off in the October 24 blanket primary. Edwards and Jordan advanced to the November 21 runoff, where Edwards won election.[8][9]

Louisiana House of Representatives, District 29 Primary Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRonnie Edwards 36.1% 3,733
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngEdmond Jordan 28.7% 2,966
     Democratic Vereta Lee 25.1% 2,593
     Democratic Daniel Banguel 10.2% 1,054
Total Votes 10,346
Louisiana House of Representatives, District 29 Runoff Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRonnie Edwards 59.1% 6,887
     Democratic Edmond Jordan 40.9% 4,768
Total Votes 11,655

2014

See also: East Baton Rouge Parish School System elections (2014)

Nine seats on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board were up for election in 2014. Three of the seats advanced to a general election on December 6, 2014, as no candidate earned 50 percent plus one of the primary election votes in Districts 1, 5 and 8.

Prior to this election, the school board was comprised of 11 members. However, in July 2014, the board voted to accept a redistricting plan that reduced the number of board members to nine. The 2014 election was the first election for the new district boundaries. Due to the redrawing of district boundaries, some incumbents ran in new districts and against one another. District 1 incumbent David Tatman (R) was the only incumbent to have no challengers file against him, and he was automatically elected to the District 9 seat.[10]

Mary Lynch (I), incumbent for the former District 11, ran for re-election to the District 1 seat against newcomers Mark Bellue (R) and Jennifer Andrews (D). Andrews and Bellue advanced to a general election. District 5 incumbent Evelyn Ware-Jackson (D) faced District 9 incumbent Jerry Arbour (R), as well as Patty Merrick (D) and W.T. Winfield (D). Ware-Jackson and Arbour advanced to a general election.[11]

The remaining races did not include redistricted incumbents. District 2 incumbent Vereta Lee (D) ran to retain the same seat against challenger Daniel Banguel (D). Rachel Allmon (D) also filed to run in District 2, but later withdrew from the race. Tarvald Smith (D), the District 4 incumbent, sought re-election against Robert Maxie Sr. (D). Anthony Nelson (D) challenged District 7 incumbent Barbara Freiberg (R). District 8 incumbent Connie Bernard (R) faced multiple challengers as Christopher Bailey (R), Charles "Obie" O'Brien (R) and Joan Wallyn (R) all ran to unseat her. Bernard and Bailey advanced to a general election.[11]

Eugene Weatherspoon (D) withdrew from the race in District 3 against incumbent Kenyetta Nelson-Smith (D), allowing her to be automatically re-elected. Tiffany Perkins (R) and District 10 incumbent Jill Dyason (R) both filed to run for the District 6 seat. However, a court ruling found that Perkins did not legally reside within the boundaries of District 6 and could not run for the seat. This left Dyason unopposed and automatically elected to her new seat.[11][12]

Results

East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 2 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngVereta Lee Incumbent 65.5% 7,672
     Democratic Daniel Banguel 34.5% 4,040
Total Votes 11,712
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 6, 2014

2010

East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 2 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngVereta Lee Incumbent 58% 2,650
     Democratic Michael J. Self 42% 1,922
Total Votes 4,572
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed September 3, 2014

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2022

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2020

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2019

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