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'''Melinda Huff Bernard''' was a [[Republican]] District 2 representative on the [[St. Charles Parish Public Schools, Louisiana|St. Charles Parish School Board]] in [[Louisiana]]. She was first elected to the office in 2010. She sought re-election in the [[St. Charles Parish Public Schools elections (2014)|2014 general election]]. As she was unopposed at the close of the qualifying period, Bernard was automatically elected on August 22, 2014.
'''Melinda Huff Bernard''' was a [[Republican]] District 2 representative on the [[St. Charles Parish Public Schools, Louisiana|St. Charles Parish School Board]] in [[Louisiana]]. She was first elected to the office in 2010. She sought re-election in the [[St. Charles Parish Public Schools elections (2014)|2014 general election]]. As she was unopposed at the close of the qualifying period, Bernard was automatically elected on August 22, 2014.


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===2010===
===2010===
Bernard won her first term on the school board after her opponent, Robert "Bobby" Facheux (R), withdrew from the face on August 2, 2010.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/08/luling_resident_elected_to_st.html ''The Times-Picayune'', "Luling resident elected to St. Charles School Board after challenger withdraws from race," August 4, 2010]</ref>
Bernard won her first term on the school board after her opponent, Robert "Bobby" Facheux (R), withdrew from the face on August 2, 2010.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/08/luling_resident_elected_to_st.html ''The Times-Picayune'', "Luling resident elected to St. Charles School Board after challenger withdraws from race," August 4, 2010]</ref>
==About the district==
::''See also: [[St. Charles Parish Public Schools, Louisiana]]
[[File:St_Charles_Parish_Louisiana.png|200px|thumb|left|link=St. Charles Parish Public Schools, Louisiana|St. Charles Parish Public Schools is located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.]]St. Charles Parish Public Schools lies in southeastern [[Louisiana]] in [[St. Charles Parish, Louisiana|St. Charles Parish]]. The seat of parish government is Hahnville. St. Charles Parish was home to approximately 52,617 residents according to 2013 estimates by the United States Census Bureau.  In the 2011-2012 school year, St. Charles Parish was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|19th-largest school district]] in Louisiana and served 9,743 students.<ref name=Census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22089.html ''United States Census Bureau'', "St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, Quick Facts," accessed September 3, 2014]</ref>
===Demographics===
St. Charles Parish slightly underperformed compared to the rest of Louisiana in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 20 percent of St. Charles Parish residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 21.4 percent for Louisiana as a whole. The median household income for the parish was $59,197 compared to $44,673 statewide. The poverty rate in the parish was 12.8 percent compared to 18.7 percent for the entire state.<ref name=Census/>
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{| class="wikitable" style="background:none; text-align: center;"
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2013<ref name=Census/>
|-
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | St. Charles Parish (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Louisiana (%)
|-
| White || 70.7 || 63.5
|-
| Black or African American || 26.4 || 32.4
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.4 || 0.8
|-
| Asian || 1.0|| 1.7
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander ||0.1 || 0.1
|-
| Two or More Races || 1.4 || 1.5
|-
| Hispanic or Latino || 5.7 || 4.7
|}
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern, St. Charles Parish<ref>[http://electionresults.sos.la.gov/graphical/ ''Louisiana Secretary of State'', "Official Results," accessed September 2, 2014]</ref>
|-
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Year
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Democratic Vote
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Republican Vote
|-
| 2012 || 8,896 || 15,937
|-
| 2008 || 8,522 || 16,457
|-
| 2004 || 8,856 || 14,747
|-
| 2000 || 8,918 || 11,981
|-
|}
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==Recent news==
==Recent news==
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Melinda Huff Bernard
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Republican Party
Prior offices:
St. Charles Parish Public Schools, District 2
Years in office: 2010 - 2018
Elections and appointments
Last election
August 22, 2014


Melinda Huff Bernard was a Republican District 2 representative on the St. Charles Parish School Board in Louisiana. She was first elected to the office in 2010. She sought re-election in the 2014 general election. As she was unopposed at the close of the qualifying period, Bernard was automatically elected on August 22, 2014.

Elections

2014

See also: St. Charles Parish Public Schools elections (2014)

All eight seats on St. Charles Parish School Board were up for election in 2014, but only one contested race was on the November 4 ballot. Milton Allemand Jr. challenged District 1 incumbent Ellis Alexander Sr. The remaining seven district seats were retained by their incumbents, all of whom were unopposed at the close of the qualifying period. The unopposed incumbents were Melinda Huff Bernard in District 2, Dennis J. Naquin in District 3, Clarence "Sonny" H. Savoie in District 4, John L. Smith in District 5, John "Jay" Robichaux in District 6, Arthur Aucoin in District 7 and Alex "Al" Suffrin in District 8.[1]

Results

Bernard won re-election to a second term unopposed on August 22, 2014.

Funding

Bernard reported no contributions or expenditures to the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program.[2]

Endorsements

Bernard did not receive any official endorsements in this election.

2010

Bernard won her first term on the school board after her opponent, Robert "Bobby" Facheux (R), withdrew from the face on August 2, 2010.[3]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Melinda + Huff + Bernard + St + Charles + Parish + Public + Schools"

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed September 3, 2014
  2. ↑ Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "Louisiana Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 30, 2014
  3. ↑ The Times-Picayune, "Luling resident elected to St. Charles School Board after challenger withdraws from race," August 4, 2010
2014 St. Charles Parish Public Schools Elections
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:District 1: • Incumbent, Ellis Alexander Sr. • Milton Allemand Jr.

District 2: • Incumbent, Melinda Huff Bernard
District 3: • Incumbent, Dennis J. Naquin
District 4: • Incumbent, Clarence "Sonny" H. Savoie
District 5: • Incumbent, John L. Smith
District 6: • Incumbent, John "Jay" Robichaux
District 7: • Incumbent, Arthur Aucoin

District 8: • Incumbent, Alex "Al" Suffrin
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