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====Endorsements====
====Endorsements====
Gray received no official endorsements for his campaign {{Greener | start=11/3/2015 9:00pm CDT | before=as of October 21, 2015. | after=during the election.}}
Gray received no official endorsements for his campaign {{Greener | start=11/3/2015 9:00pm CDT | before=as of October 21, 2015. | after=during the election.}}
==About the district==
::''See also: [[Cleveland County Schools, North Carolina]]''
[[File:Cleveland County.png|200px|thumb|left||link=Cleveland County Schools, North Carolina| Cleveland County Schools is located in Cleveland County, N.C.]] Cleveland County Schools is located in western [[North Carolina]] in [[Cleveland County, North Carolina|Cleveland County]]. The county seat is Shelby. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county was home to an estimated 97,076 residents in 2014.<ref name=Census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37045.html ''United States Census Bureau,'' "Cleveland County, North Carolina," accessed June 22, 2015"]</ref> In the 2012-2013 school year, the Cleveland County school district was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|25th-largest school district]] in [[North Carolina]] and served 15,951 students.<ref name=enrollment>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=1&details=1&InstName=Cleveland+County+Schools&DistrictType=1&DistrictType=2&DistrictType=3&DistrictType=4&DistrictType=5&DistrictType=6&DistrictType=7&NumOfStudentsRange=more&NumOfSchoolsRange=more&ID2=3700900 ''National Center for Education Statistics,'' "Cleveland County Schools," accessed June 22, 2015]</ref>
===Demographics===
Cleveland 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 16.3 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.3 percent for North Carolina as a whole. The median household income in the county was $38,989, compared to $46,334 for the state. The poverty rate for the county was 19.3 percent, compared to 17.5 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/>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Cleveland County (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | North Carolina (%)
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| White || 76.5  || 71.7
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| Black or African American || 20.7 || 22.0
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.3 || 1.6
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| Asian || 0.9 || 2.6
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || Z || 0.1
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| Two or More Races || 1.5 || 2.0
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| Hispanic or Latino || 3.1 || 8.9
|}
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern, Cleveland County<ref>[http://www.ncsbe.gov/ncsbe/Election-Results ''North Carolina State Board of Elections,'' "Election Results," accessed June 29, 2015]</ref>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Year
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Democratic Vote (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Republican Vote (%)
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| 2012 || 39.8|| 59.5
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| 2008 || 39.6 || 59.5
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| 2004 || 61.4 || 38.3
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| 2000 || 41.0 || 58.0
|}
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==Recent news==
==Recent news==

Revision as of 22:03, 10 July 2025

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William Gray was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Cleveland County Board of Education in North Carolina. He was defeated in the general election on November 3, 2015.[1][2]


Biography

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Gray is a retired miner.[3]

Elections

2015

See also: Cleveland County Schools elections (2015)

Five of the nine seats on the Cleveland County Schools school board were up for at-large general election on November 3, 2015.

Incumbents Roger Harris, Richard Hooker Jr., and Shearra B. Miller won re-election to their seats. The other two seats on the ballot were won by Jo Boggs and Jeff Jones. Harris, Hooker, Miller, Boggs, and Jones defeated George Falls, Yvette D. Grant, William Gray, Darius Griffin, Hal Hastings, L. E. Henson, Nikki Ledford, Ray Lockhart, Howard Mcleod, Howard Thompson Jr., Robert Queen, and incumbent Jerry D. Hoyle.[4][2][5]

Results

Cleveland County Schools, At-Large, 4-year Term, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jo Boggs 13.7% 4,869
Green check mark transparent.png Roger Harris Incumbent 10.1% 3,598
Green check mark transparent.png Shearra B. Miller Incumbent 9.9% 3,530
Green check mark transparent.png Richard Hooker Jr. Incumbent 8.7% 3,079
Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Jones 8.3% 2,944
Robert Queen 7.9% 2,797
Jerry D. Hoyle Incumbent 7.8% 2,791
Darius Griffin 7.6% 2,718
George Falls 6.9% 2,462
Yvette D. Grant 5.3% 1,891
Ray Lockhart 5.1% 1,801
Hal Hastings 3.1% 1,090
Nikki Ledford 2.4% 845
Howard Mcleod 1.2% 410
William Gray (North Carolina) 0.8% 272
Howard Thompson Jr. 0.7% 245
L. E. Henson 0.4% 154
Write-in votes 0.27% 96
Total Votes (100% of precincts reporting) 35,592
Source: North Carolina Secretary of State, "11/03/2015 Official Municipal Election Results," accessed November 10, 2015

Funding

Gray reported no contributions or expenditures to the North Carolina State Board of Elections as of October 26, 2015.[6]

Endorsements

Gray received no official endorsements for his campaign during the election.

Recent news

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See also

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