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==About the district==
::''See also: [[Flint City School District, Michigan]]''
[[File:Map of Michigan highlighting Genesee County.svg|150px|thumb|left|link=Flint City School District, Michigan|Flint City School District is located in Genesee County, Michigan.]]
Flint City School District is located in [[Genesee County, Michigan]]. The county seat is [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]]. Genesee County is home to 415,376 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.<ref name=census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26/26049.html ''United States Census Bureau'', "Genesee County, Michigan," accessed July 24, 2014]</ref> In the 2011-2012 school year, Flint City School District was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|19th-largest school district]] in [[Michigan school districts|Michigan]] and served 10,114 students.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/tableGenerator.aspx ''National Center for Education Statistics,'' "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014]</ref>
===Demographics===
Genesee County underperformed compared to the rest of Michigan in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 19.0 percent of Genesee County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 25.5 percent for Michigan as a whole. The median household income for Genesee County was $42,730 compared to $48,471 for the state of Michigan. The percentage of people below poverty level for Genesee County was 19.9 percent while it was 16.3 percent for the state of Michigan.<ref name=census/>
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2013<ref name=census/>
|-
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Genesee County (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Michigan (%)
|-
| White || 75.2 || 80.1
|-
| Black or African American || 20.8 || 14.3
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.6 || 0.7
|-
| Asian || 1.0 || 2.7
|-
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander || 0.0 || 0.0
|-
| Two or more races || 2.5 || 2.2
|-
| Hispanic or Latino || 3.2 || 4.7
|}
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern, Genesee County<ref>[http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8722---,00.html ''Secretary of State - Department of State,'' "Previous Election Information," accessed August 1, 2014]</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
|-
| 2012 || 128,978 || 71,808
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| 2008 || 143,927 || 72,451
|-
| 2004 || 128,334 || 83,870
|-
| 2000 || 119,833 || 66,641
|}
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{{School census}}
==Recent news==
==Recent news==
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This section links to a Google news search for the term "'''Leon + El-Alamin + Flint + City + School + District'''"

Revision as of 15:22, 8 May 2024


Leon A. El-Alamin was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Flint Board of Education in Michigan. The seat was up for general election on November 4, 2014. Leon A. El-Alamin lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Elections

2014

See also: Flint City School District elections (2014)

The election in Flint featured three at-large seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Betty Ramsdell and Blake Strozier and challenger Kenyetta V. Dotson defeated Leon A. El-Alamin, Aron Gerics, Alexis A. Love, DeWaun Robinson, Joseph W. Whiteside and Kirk Whitmore Sr. for the seats. Whitmore informally withdrew from the race in September 2014, but since the withdrawal deadline had already passed on July 25, 2014, he still appeared on the ballot.[1] Board member David Davenport did not file for re-election.

Results

Flint City School District, At-Large General Election, 6-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKenyetta V. Dotson 20.8% 9,177
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBlake Strozier Incumbent 16.6% 7,308
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBetty Ramsdell Incumbent 15% 6,587
     Nonpartisan Alexis A. Love 11.7% 5,156
     Nonpartisan DeWaun Robinson 9.4% 4,123
     Nonpartisan Leon A. El-Alamin 8.5% 3,740
     Nonpartisan Kirk Whitmore Sr. 7.3% 3,205
     Nonpartisan Joseph W. Whiteside 6.8% 2,973
     Nonpartisan Aron Gerics 3.4% 1,502
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.6% 251
Total Votes 44,022
Source: Genesee County Election Division, "Summary Report," accessed December 29, 2014

Funding

El-Alamin did not report any contributions or expenditures during the election, according to the Genesee County Election Division.[2]

Endorsements

El-Alamin did not receive any official endorsements during the election.

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Leon + El-Alamin + Flint + City + School + District"

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Mlive, "List of candidates for Flint school board whittled to 8 as Kirk Whitmore Sr. steps down," September 8, 2014
  2. ↑ Genesee County Election Division, "Genesee County," accessed October 24, 2014
2014 Flint City School District Elections
Genesee County, Michigan
Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:At-large: • Incumbent, Betty Ramsdell • Incumbent, Blake Strozier • Kenyetta V. Dotson • Leon A. El-Alamin • Aron Gerics • Alexis A. Love • DeWaun Robinson • Joseph W. Whiteside • Kirk Whitmore Sr.
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