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'''William "Bill" McCarty''' was an [[independent]] District 9 representative on the [[St. Mary Parish Schools, Louisiana|St. Mary Parish School Board]] in [[Louisiana]]. He was first elected to the office on September 30, 2006. He most recently won re-election against [[Jeff Trimm]] (I) in the general election on [[St. Mary Parish Schools elections (2014)|November 4, 2014]].
'''William "Bill" McCarty''' was an [[independent]] District 9 representative on the [[St. Mary Parish Schools, Louisiana|St. Mary Parish School Board]] in [[Louisiana]]. He was first elected to the office on September 30, 2006. He most recently won re-election against [[Jeff Trimm]] (I) in the general election on [[St. Mary Parish Schools elections (2014)|November 4, 2014]].


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===2010===
===2010===
McCarty was re-elected without opposition in 2010.
McCarty was re-elected without opposition in 2010.
==About the district==
::''See also: [[St. Mary Parish Schools, Louisiana]]
[[File:St_Mary_Parish_Louisiana.png|200px|thumb|left|link=St. Mary Parish Schools, Louisiana|St. Mary Parish Schools is located in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.]]St. Mary Parish Schools lies in southern [[Louisiana]] in [[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana|St. Mary Parish]]. The seat of parish government is [[Franklin, Louisiana|Franklin]]. St. Mary Parish was home to approximately 53,543 residents according to 2013 estimates by the United States Census Bureau.  In the 2011-2012 school year, St. Mary Parish was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|21st-largest school district]] in Louisiana and served 9,439 students.<ref name=Census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22101.html ''United States Census Bureau'', "St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Quick Facts," accessed September 3, 2014]</ref>
===Demographics===
St. Mary Parish underperformed compared to the rest of Louisiana in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 10.7 percent of St. Mary 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 $40,738 compared to $44,673 statewide. The poverty rate in the parish was 20.3 percent compared to 18.7 percent for the entire state.<ref name=Census/>
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! 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. Mary Parish (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Louisiana (%)
|-
| White || 61.8|| 63.5
|-
| Black or African American || 32.7|| 32.4
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 1.9 || 0.8
|-
| Asian || 1.7|| 1.7
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander ||0.1 || 0.1
|-
| Two or More Races || 1.8 || 1.5
|-
| Hispanic or Latino || 6.2 || 4.7
|}
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{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="background:none; text-align: center;"
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern, St. Mary 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 || 9,450 || 13,885
|-
| 2008 || 9,345 || 13,183
|-
| 2004 || 9,547 || 12,877
|-
| 2000 || 9,851 || 11,325
|-
|}
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Prior offices:
St. Mary Parish Schools, District IX

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 4, 2014


William "Bill" McCarty was an independent District 9 representative on the St. Mary Parish School Board in Louisiana. He was first elected to the office on September 30, 2006. He most recently won re-election against Jeff Trimm (I) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

Elections

2014

See also: St. Mary Parish Schools elections (2014)

All eleven seats on the St. Mary Parish School Board were up for election in 2014. Only the District 9 seat saw a contest. Jeff Trimm (I) challenged incumbent William "Bill" McCarty (I).

The remaining seats were filled by unopposed candidates at the close of the qualifying period on August 22, 2014. District 3 incumbent Edward Payton Jr. (D) and District 4 incumbent Murphy Pontiff (D) did not seek re-election to the board. Newcomers Kenneth E. Alfred (R) and Pearl Barnes Rack (D) were elected without opposition to the District 3 and 4 seats, respectively. The remaining eight seats were retained by the following unopposed incumbents: Joseph C. Foulcard Jr. (D) in District 1, Mary "Shannette" Lockley (D) in District 2, Ginger S. Griffin (R) in District 5, Marilyn LaSalle (D) in District 6, Wayne J. Deslatte (I) in District 7, Michael "Mike" E. Taylor (D) in District 8, Anthony Streva (I) in District 10 and Roland Herman Verret (D) in District 11.[1]

Results

St. Mary Parish Schools, District 9 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Independent Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam "Bill" McCarty Incumbent 50.2% 706
     Independent Jeff Trimm 49.8% 700
Total Votes 1,406
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed December 5, 2014

Funding

As of October 30, 2014, McCarty reported $2,500.00 in contributions and $1,108.28 in expenditures to the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, which left his campaign with $1,391.72 on hand.[2]

Endorsements

McCarty did not receive any official endorsements in this election.

2010

McCarty was re-elected without opposition in 2010.

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "William + McCarty + St. + Mary + Parish + Schools + Louisiana"

See also

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