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Laura Kelly
Image of Laura Kelly
Prior offices
Berkeley County School District school board, District 3

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 3, 2020

Contact

Laura Kelly was a member of the Berkeley County School District school board in South Carolina, representing District 3. Kelly assumed office in 2016. Kelly left office on November 10, 2020.

Kelly ran for re-election to the Berkeley County School District school board to represent District 3 in South Carolina. Kelly lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Kelly won the seat in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016.

Elections

2020

See also: Berkeley County School District, South Carolina, elections (2020)

General election

General election for Berkeley County School District school board, District 3

Crystal Wigfall defeated incumbent Laura Kelly, Elaine Barnett, and Sean McCawley in the general election for Berkeley County School District school board, District 3 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Crystal Wigfall (Nonpartisan)
 
32.7
 
2,678
Image of Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly (Nonpartisan)
 
30.9
 
2,527
Elaine Barnett (Nonpartisan)
 
22.2
 
1,818
Sean McCawley (Nonpartisan)
 
13.4
 
1,093
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
70

Total votes: 8,186
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2016

See also: Berkeley County School District elections (2016)

Five of the nine seats on the Berkeley County School District school board were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. Newcomer Michael Ramsey ran unopposed for the open District 1 seat and won the spot on the board. In District 3, newcomers Tim Davis and Laura Kelly competed for the open seat. Kelly won election to the board. District 5 saw two more newcomers filed for the open seat: Brian Adams and David Barrow, with Adams winning the seat. District 7 incumbent Julius Barnes filed for re-election and challenger Kelly Spann Jr. successfully ousted the incumbent. Finally, in District 9, incumbent Jim Hayes filed for an additional term but lost his seat to newcomer Ann Conder.[1][2]

Results

Berkeley County School District,
District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Laura Kelly 56.83% 3,053
Tim Davis 42.26% 2,270
Write-in votes 0.91% 49
Total Votes (100) 5,372
Source: South Carolina Election Commission, "Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016

Funding

Kelly reported $3,859.00 in contributions and $1,997.11 in expenditures to the South Carolina State Ethics Commission, leaving her campaign with $1,861.89 cash on hand as of October 27, 2016.[3]

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2016
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The following are the guidelines provided by the South Carolina State Ethics Commission for campaign finance reporting:[4]

Initial report: School board candidates were required to file this report within 10 days of spending or receiving the first $500 of campaign funds. A subsequent report was not required until additional funds were raised.

Pre-election report: This report had to be filed by all candidates, whether or not there was any financial campaign activity. The report had to be filed no later than 15 days, and no earlier than 20 days, prior to the general election. The pre-election report was due on October 24, 2016.

Quarterly report: All candidates with contributions on hand were required to file this report. It was required of all candidates once they had begun to file, whether or not there was financial activity. The fourth quarter campaign finance report was due on October 10, 2016.

Final report: This was due after the campaign account was closed.

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

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See also


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