Henrico County Public Schools elections (2014)

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2014 Henrico County Public 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
Virginia Henrico County Public Schools Henrico County, Virginia ballot measures Local ballot measures, Virginia

One seat on the Henrico County Public Schools School Board was up for special election on November 4, 2014.

Two newcomers, Michelle Ogburn and Surya Dhakar, competed for the Three Chopt District seat vacated by former board member Diana Winston. Ogburn defeated Dhakar to win the seat and to complete its unexpired one-year term.

About the district

See also: Henrico County Public Schools, Virginia

Henrico County Public Schools is located in Henrico County, Virginia.

Henrico County Public Schools is located in Henrico County, Virginia. Henrico County was home to 318,611 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Henrico County Public Schools was the sixth-largest school district in Virginia and served 49,654 students.

Demographics

Henrico County outperformed the rest of Virginia in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 39.7 percent of Henrico County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 35.2 percent for Virginia as a whole. The median household income in Henrico County was $61,048 compared to $63,907 for the state of Virginia. The poverty rate in Henrico County was 10.7 percent compared to 11.3 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Henrico County (%)	Virginia (%)
White	59.8	70.8
Black or African American	30.0	19.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.4	0.5
Asian	7.6	6.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	2.2	2.7
Hispanic or Latino	5.3	8.6

Presidential Voting Pattern, Henrico County
Year	Democratic Vote (%)	Republican Vote (%)
2012	55.2	43.4
2008	55.7	43.5
2004	53.8	45.6
2000	55.0	42.6

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

The Henrico School Board consists of five members elected by specific geographic districts to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the special election was held on November 4, 2014. One seat was up for election in 2014.

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period, which ended on June 10, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 14, 2014.

Elections

2014

Candidates

Three Chopt District

• Surya Dhakar
  • Graduate, the Old Dominion University and the Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Dentist

• Michelle Ogburn
  • Graduate, Longwood College
  • Retired educator

Election results

Henrico County Public Schools, Three Chopt District Special Election, 1-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Michelle Ogburn	62.6%	11,538
	Nonpartisan	Surya Dhakar	36.8%	6,782
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.6%	110
Total Votes				18,430
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "November 4, 2014-General-Election Results," accessed January 29, 2015

Endorsements

Surya Dhakar received endorsements from 7th U.S. Congressional District candidate David Brat (R), State Sen. Steve Martin (R-11), State Rep. Peter Farrell (R-56), State Rep. Rob Bell (R-58), State Rep. John O'Bannon (R-73) and former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore (R). He listed additional endorsements on his campaign website.

Michelle Ogburn received endorsements from the Henrico Political Action Committee for Education, the Richmond Times-Dispatch and former Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore (R). She listed additional endorsements on her campaign website.

Campaign finance

Candidates reported a total of $39,320.23 in contributions and $32,492.73 in expenditures during the election, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
Surya Dhakar	$24,685.51	$18,189.00	$6,496.51
Michelle Ogburn	$14,634.72	$14,303.73	$330.99

Past elections

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

2011 Henrico County Public Schools, Brookland District General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Beverly Cocke 47.6% 4,626      Nonpartisan Darrell Jenkins 36% 3,496      Nonpartisan Herbert Dunford 16.1% 1,560      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 32 Total Votes 9,714 Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed January 29, 2015 Henrico County Public Schools, Fairfield District General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Lamont Bagby 99.3% 9,869      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.7% 68 Total Votes 9,937 Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed January 29, 2015 Henrico County Public Schools, Three Chopt District General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Diana Winston 98.6% 8,112      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.4% 114 Total Votes 8,226 Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed January 29, 2015 Henrico County Public Schools, Tuckahoe District General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Lisa Marshall 98.6% 10,772      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.4% 158 Total Votes 10,930 Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed January 29, 2015 Henrico County Public Schools, Varina District General Election, 4-year term, 2011 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan John W. Montgomery 96.4% 10,386      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 3.6% 383 Total Votes 10,769 Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed January 29, 2015

Key deadlines

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

Deadline	Event
June 10, 2014	Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
October 14, 2014	Last day to register to vote in the general election
October 28, 2014	Last day to apply for an absentee ballot by mail
November 1, 2014	Last day to apply for an absentee ballot in person
November 4, 2014	Election Day

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Virginia elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with general elections for U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat. It also shared the ballot with other county and municipal elections.

Recent news

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Henrico County Public Schools News Feed

See also

• Virginia
• Henrico County Public Schools, Virginia
• Virginia school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Henrico County, Virginia ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Virginia

External links

Suggest a link

• Henrico County Public Schools
• Virginia Department of Elections