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====Endorsements====
====Endorsements====
'''Beach''' did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
'''Beach''' did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
==About the district==
:: ''See also: [[Tulsa Public Schools, Oklahoma]]''
[[File:Map of Oklahoma highlighting Tulsa County.svg|200px|thumb|left|link=Tulsa Public Schools, Oklahoma|Tulsa Public Schools is located in Tulsa County, Oklahoma]] Tulsa Public Schools is located in [[Tulsa County, Oklahoma]]. The county seat of Tulsa County is Tulsa. According to the United States Census Bureau, Tulsa County is home to 613,816 residents.<ref name=Census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40/40143.html ''United States Census Bureau,'' "Tulsa County, Oklahoma," accessed January 15, 2014]</ref> Tulsa Public Schools was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|second-largest school district]] in [[Oklahoma]], serving 41,501 students during the 2010-11 school year.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/tableGenerator.aspx ''National Center for Education Statistics,'' "ELSI Table Generator," accessed January 15, 2014]</ref>
===Demographics===
Tulsa County outperformed in comparison to the rest of Oklahoma in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 29.5% of Tulsa County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a Bachelor's degree compared to 23.2% for Oklahoma as a whole. The median household income in Tulsa County was $47,845 compared to $44,891 for the state of Oklahoma. The poverty rate in Tulsa County was 15.4% compared to 16.6% for the entire state.<ref name=Census/>
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2012<ref name=Census/>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Tulsa County (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Oklahoma (%)
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| White || 74.2 || 75.5
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| Black or African American || 10.9 || 7.6
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 6.5 || 9.0
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| Asian || 2.5 || 1.9
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0.1 || 0.2
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| Two or More Races || 5.7 || 5.8
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| Hispanic or Latino || 11.4 || 9.3
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Party Affiliation, 2013<ref>[http://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/reg_0113.pdf ''Oklahoma,'' "MESA - Current Registration Statistics by County," accessed January 15, 2014]</ref>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Registered Voters
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | % of Total
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| Democratic || 129,137 || 37.13
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| Republican || 175,008 || 50.33
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| Independent || 43,625 || 12.54
|}
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==Recent news==
==Recent news==

Revision as of 19:59, 1 August 2023

Gene Beach
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Education

Bachelor's

Tulsa University, Oral Roberts University and Tulsa Community College

Personal
Profession
Business and accounting


Gene Beach was a candidate for the District 7 seat on the Tulsa school board in Oklahoma. He lost to Suzanne Schreiber on February 11, 2014. District 7 includes Carnegie, Grimes, Grissom, Patrick Henry, Key, Marshall, Thoreau Demonstration Academy and Memorial High School.[1]

Biography

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Beach was born in Muskogee and raised in Tulsa. He attended Tulsa University, Oral Roberts University and Tulsa Community College in pursuit of his career in business administration and accounting. He also attended seminary and co-developed a curriculum course in family and social counseling. Beach has served on a number of boards and committees for business, community and social endeavors and is a participant in civic and political issues. He recently served as part of a feasibility study for improving all of Tulsa's city parks. Currently, he offers freelance services in accounting, graphics design, editing and business solutions. Beach and his wife, Geri, have two children and five grandchildren.[2]

Elections

2014

See also: Tulsa Public Schools elections (2014)

Gene Beach challenged fellow newcomer Suzanne Schreiber for the District 7 seat in the general election on February 11, 2014.

Results

Tulsa Public Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSuzanne Schreiber 76.6% 749
     Nonpartisan Gene Beach 23.4% 229
Total Votes 978
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board, "Annual School Election — February 11, 2014," accessed April 9, 2014

Funding

Beach did not report any campaign contributions or expenditures to the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.[3]

Endorsements

Beach did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Gene + Beach+ Tulsa + Public + Schools"

Gene Beach News Feed

See also

External links


Footnotes

  1. ↑ Tulsa Public Schools, "Board of Education Members," accessed January 16, 2014
  2. ↑ Facebook, '"Gene Beach for School Board," accessed January 17, 2014
  3. ↑ Oklahoma, "Candidate Information," accessed January 16, 2014
2014 Tulsa Public Schools Elections
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Election date:February 11, 2014
Candidates:District 4: • Bobbie Gray-Elliott • Shawna Keller • William D. Bickerstaff
District 7: • Suzanne Schreiber • Gene Beach
Important information:What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot
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