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Mike Anderson is an at-large representative on the Lexington School District One school board in South Carolina. Anderson won the seat in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Lexington School District One elections (2016)

Four of the seven seats on the Lexington School District One school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Board incumbents Jean Haggard, Brent Powers, and Cynthia Smith filed for re-election and faced challengers Mike Anderson, Grady Harmon, and Anne Green. Smith won re-election and was joined in her victory by Green, Harmon, and Anderson. There was no primary.[1][2]

Results

Lexington School District One,
At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Cynthia Smith Incumbent 17.59% 22,992
Green check mark transparent.png Anne Green 17.37% 22,715
Green check mark transparent.png Grady Harmon 16.57% 21,668
Green check mark transparent.png Mike Anderson 16.17% 21,144
Brent Powers Incumbent 15.93% 20,821
Jean Haggard Incumbent 15.88% 20,761
Write-in votes 0.49% 643
Total Votes (100) 130,744
Source: South Carolina Election Commission, "Official Results," accessed December 1, 2016

Funding

Anderson did not report any contributions or expenditures to the South Carolina State Ethics Commission as of October 28, 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.

About the district

See also: Lexington School District One, South Carolina
Lexington School District One is located in Lexington County, South Carolina.

Lexington School District One is located in Lexington County, South Carolina. The city of the same name serves as the seat of county government. Lexington County was home to 281,833 residents between 2010 and 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] The district was the ninth-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 24,210 students.[6]

Demographics

Lexington County outperformed South Carolina as a whole in terms of higher education attainment between 2010 and 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 28.7 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 25.3 percent for state residents. The median household income in the county was $54,170, compared to $45,033 for the state. County residents lived below the poverty level at a rate of 13.8 percent, while that rate was 16.6 percent for state residents[5]

Racial Demographics, 2015[5]
Race Lexington County (%) South Carolina (%)
White 80.4 68.4
Black or African American 15.3 27.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5 0.5
Asian 1.9 1.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 1.8 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 5.8 5.5

Presidential Voting Pattern, Lexington County[7]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 34,148 76,662
2008 33,303 74,960
2004 25,393 67,132
2000 22,830 58,095

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.


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