Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Virginia, elections (2020)
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Five seats on the Virginia Beach City Public Schools school board in Virginia were up for general election on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was June 9, 2020.[1]
Election procedure changes in 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.
Virginia modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: Drop-boxes to return absentee and mail-in ballots were used for the general election. The witness requirement for absentee voting was suspended, and all absentee and mail-in ballots had prepaid return postage.
- Voter registration: The state's voter registration deadline was extended from October 13, 2020, to October 15, 2020.[2]
- Candidate filing procedures: Petition signature requirements for unaffiliated and minor-party candidates for federal office in Virginia were reduced as follows: 2,500 signatures for presidential candidates; 3,500 signatures for U.S. Senate candidates; and 350 signatures for U.S. House candidates. The filing deadline for unaffiliated and minor-party congressional candidates was extended to August 1.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Elections
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At-large
General election
General election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, At-large (2 seats)
Incumbent Beverly Anderson and incumbent Victoria Manning defeated Matthias Telkamp, Lauren Logan, and Jeffrey Feld in the general election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, At-large on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Beverly Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 31.1 | 94,666 |
| ✔ |  | Victoria Manning (Nonpartisan) | 29.2 | 89,094 |
 | Matthias Telkamp (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 45,201 | |
| Lauren Logan (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 36,870 | ||
 | Jeffrey Feld (Nonpartisan) | 11.9 | 36,279 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 2,488 | ||
| Total votes: 304,598 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Justin Burns (Nonpartisan)
Centerville
General election
General election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 1 - Centerville
Incumbent Trenace Riggs defeated Luis Cortes III in the general election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 1 - Centerville on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Trenace Riggs (Nonpartisan) | 54.3 | 101,374 |
| Luis Cortes III (Nonpartisan) | 45.4 | 84,793 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 682 | ||
| Total votes: 186,849 | |||
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Kempsville
General election
General election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 2 - Kempsville
Jennifer Franklin defeated incumbent Dan Edwards in the general election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 2 - Kempsville on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jennifer Franklin (Nonpartisan) | 54.1 | 102,432 | |
 | Dan Edwards (Nonpartisan) | 45.6 | 86,417 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 640 | ||
| Total votes: 189,489 | |||
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Rose Hall
General election
General election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 3 - Rose Hall
Incumbent Jessica Owens defeated Joanna Moran in the general election for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, District 3 - Rose Hall on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jessica Owens (Nonpartisan) | 55.9 | 104,602 |
 | Joanna Moran (Nonpartisan) | 43.7 | 81,732 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 757 | ||
| Total votes: 187,091 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Virginia elections, 2020
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About the district
Virginia Beach City Public Schools is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The district served 68,986 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[3]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Five of 133 Virginia counties—3.8 percent—are Pivot Counties. 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.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Buckingham County, Virginia | 11.28% | 2.43% | 0.87% | ||||
| Caroline County, Virginia | 5.02% | 8.24% | 11.97% | ||||
| Essex County, Virginia | 2.14% | 7.30% | 10.35% | ||||
| Nelson County, Virginia | 5.59% | 2.72% | 9.15% | ||||
| Westmoreland County, Virginia | 7.14% | 6.95% | 10.24% | ||||
Note: Although it is highlighted in the map above, the city of Chesapeake is not considered a county and not included in our calculations as such.
In the 2016 presidential election, Virginia was a battleground state. Hillary Clinton (D) won Virginia with 49.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 44.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic three times (2008, 2012, and 2016) and Republican two times (2000 and 2004).
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "How to Run for Local Office," accessed March 23, 2020
- ↑ This change was not due to COVID-19. This deadline was extended after the state's voter registration website crashed.
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Data," accessed January 28, 2020
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