Karen Harvey

Karen Harvey was a candidate for the District 3 seat on the St. Johns County School Board in Florida. She was defeated by incumbent William "Bill" Mignon in the general election on August 26, 2014.

Elections

2014

See also: St. Johns County School District elections (2014)

The August 26, 2014, general election in St. Johns County featured three seats up for election. Incumbent Beverly Slough defeated challenger Kelly Lorbeer for the District 1 seat. District 3 incumbent William "Bill" Mignon also won re-election, defeating challengers Karen Harvey and Ralph D. Klein. In the District 4 race, Kelly Dawn Barrera defeated fellow candidate Nicholas M. Graham.

Results

St. Johns County School District, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	William "Bill" Mignon Incumbent	51.1%	3,041
	Nonpartisan	Karen Harvey	33.7%	2,002
	Nonpartisan	Ralph D. Klein	15.2%	906
Total Votes				5,949
Source: St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections, "Primary Election Official Results," accessed June 11, 2015

About the district

See also: St. Johns County School District, Florida

St. Johns County School District is located in St. Johns County, Florida

St. Johns County School District is based in St. Augustine, the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida. St. Johns County is home to 209,647 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau. St. Johns County School District was the 24th-largest school district in Florida, serving 31,580 students during the 2011-2012 school year.

Demographics

St. Johns County outperformed the rest of Florida in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 40.7 percent of St. Johns County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.2 percent for Florida as a whole. The median household income in St. Johns County was $64,346 compared to $47,309 for the state of Florida. The poverty rate in St. Johns County was 9.8 percent compared to 15.6 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	St. Johns County (%)	Florida (%)
White	89.7	78.1
Black or African American	5.7	16.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.3	0.5
Asian	2.5	2.7
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	1.7	1.9
Hispanic or Latino	5.8	23.6

Party registration, 2014
Party	Number of registered voters
Republican	82,243
Democratic	38,273
Other	36,484
Total	157,000

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.

Recent news

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See also

• St. Johns County School District, Florida
• St. Johns County School District elections (2014)

External links

Suggest a link

• St. Johns County School District

Additional reading

• The Report Card, "Karen Harvey: Candidate for St. Johns County Florida School Board," July 29, 2014