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Tallie Gainer III
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Tallie Gainer III was a candidate for the District 4 seat on the Leon County Schools school board in Florida. Gainer III was defeated in the by-district primary election on August 30, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Leon County Schools elections (2016)

Two of the five seats on the Leon County Schools school board were up for at-large primary election on August 30, 2016. Two newcomers filed for the District 2 seat: Rosanne Wood and Roger Pinholster. Wood won the seat outright when she received more than 50 percent of the votes cast. In District 4, incumbent Dee Dee Rasmussen also won re-election outright. She defeated challengers Tallie Gainer III and Patrick Cannon.[1][2]

Results

Leon County Schools,
District 4 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dee Dee Rasmussen Incumbent 73.54% 11,061
Patrick Cannon 18.61% 2,799
Tallie Gainer III 7.85% 1,181
Total Votes 15,041
Source: Leon County Supervisor of Elections, "2016 Primary Election," accessed December 14, 2016

Funding

Gainer reported $3,445.00 in contributions and $2,798.70 in expenditures to the Leon County Supervisor of Elections, which left him with $646.30 cash on hand as of August 22, 2016.[3]

About the district

See also: Leon County Schools, Florida
Leon County Schools is located in the county of the same name in the panhandle of Florida.

Leon County Schools serves the county of the same name in the panhandle of Florida. The city of Tallahassee is the seat of county government. The county was home to an estimated 286,272 residents between 2010 and 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] The district was the 23rd-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 33,747 students.[5]

Demographics

Leon County outperformed Florida as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 44.3 percent of county residents aged 25 and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 26.8 percent statewide. The median household income for the county was $46,620 compared to $47,212 for the state. County residents lived below poverty level at a rate of 23.3 percent, while that rate was 16.5 percent for state residents.[4]

Racial Demographics, 2015[4]
Race Leon County (%) Florida (%)
White 62.4 77.7
Black or African American 31.6 16.8
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.5
Asian 3.4 2.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 2.2 2.0
Hispanic or Latino 6.2 24.5

Presidential Voting Pattern,
Leon County[6]
Year Democratic votes Republican votes Other votes
2012 90,881 55,805 47
2008 91,747 55,705 0
2004 83,873 51,615 0
2000 61,427 39,062 0

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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