Davidson County Schools elections (2014)

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2014 Davidson County Schools Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
North Carolina Davidson County Schools Davidson County, North Carolina ballot measures Local ballot measures, North Carolina

Two seats on the Davidson County Schools school board were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Incumbent Carol Burkhart Crouse faced challengers Jenny Ball, Darren Barnes, Ralph E. Chappell, Dwight D. Cornelison, Brian Feezor, Jeannie Misenhiemer Leonard and Neal N. Motsinger. Feezor and Motsinger won the open seats.

About the district

See also: Davidson County Schools, North Carolina

Davidson County Schools is located in Davidson County, North Carolina

Davidson County Schools is located in Davidson County, North Carolina. The county seat of Davidson County is Lexington. Davidson County had a population of 163,420 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2014. In the 2011-2012 school year, Davidson County Schools was the 19th-largest school district in North Carolina and served 20,338 students.

Demographics

Davidson County underperformed in comparison to the rest of North Carolina in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 17.2 percent of Davidson County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.8 percent for North Carolina as a whole. The median household income in Davidson County was $44,318 compared to $46,450 for the state of North Carolina. The poverty rate in Davidson County was 15.2 percent compared to 16.8 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Davidson County (%)	North Carolina (%)
White	87.1	71.7
Black or African American	9.3	22.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.8	1.6
Asian	1.4	2.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.0	0.1
Two or More Races	1.4	2.0
Hispanic or Latino	6.6	8.9

Davidson County Party Affiliation, 2014
Party	Registered Voters	% of Total
Republican	47,740	46.0
Democratic	30,018	28.9
Libertarian	351	0.3
Unaffiliated	25,654	24.7

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Voter and candidate information

As of the 2014 election, the Davidson school board consisted of five members elected to four-year terms at large. There was no primary election and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Two seats were on the ballot in 2014.

The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was July 25, 2014.

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

• Carol Burkhart Crouse
  • Incumbent
• Jenny Ball
• Darren Barnes
• Ralph E. Chappell
• Dwight D. Cornelison
• Brian Feezor
• Jeannie Misenhiemer Leonard
• Neal N. Motsinger

Election results

Davidson County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Brian Feezor	18%	9,907
	Nonpartisan	Neal N. Motsinger	17.7%	9,729
	Nonpartisan	Carol Burkhart Crouse Incumbent	14.1%	7,743
	Nonpartisan	Jenny Ball	12.1%	6,652
	Nonpartisan	Jeannie Misenhiemer Leonard	10.4%	5,736
	Nonpartisan	Ralph E. Chappell	10.1%	5,564
	Nonpartisan	Dwight D. Cornelison	9.9%	5,463
	Nonpartisan	Darren Barnes	7.3%	4,018
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.2%	135
Total Votes				54,947
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 30, 2014

Endorsements

No candidate received any official endorsements in this election.

Campaign finance

No candidates filed a campaign finance report with the Davidson County Board of Elections.

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2012 Davidson County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Alan Beck 22.3% 27,176      Nonpartisan Phillip Carver 16.4% 20,025      Nonpartisan Vicki Trail 16% 19,480      Nonpartisan Brian Feezor 15.2% 18,578      Nonpartisan Chris Hackett 12.3% 14,964      Nonpartisan J. Chris Witaker 9.7% 11,811      Nonpartisan Chip Vanderzee 7.9% 9,657      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 409 Total Votes 122,100 Source: David County Board of Election, "Past Elections," accessed August 14, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Davidson County Schools election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
June 9, 2014	Candidate filing begins
July 25, 2014	Candidate filing ends
September 5, 2014	First day to request an absentee ballot by mail
October 10, 2014	Voter registration ends
October 23, 2014	One-stop early voting begins
October 28, 2014	Last day to request an absentee ballot by mail
November 1, 2014	One-stop early voting ends
November 4, 2014	Election day

Additional elections on the ballot

In addition to the school board election, residents of Davidson County voted in races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina State Senate, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina District Attorney, Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor, North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice, North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge, Handy Sanitary District Supervisor, City of High Point Mayor and City of High Point City Council.

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Davidson + County + Schools + North + Carolina"

Davidson County Schools News Feed

See also

• North Carolina
• Davidson County Schools, North Carolina
• North Carolina school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Davidson County, North Carolina ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, North Carolina

External links

Suggest a link

• Davidson County Schools
• Davidson County Board of Elections
• North Carolina State Board of Elections