Rick Tatnall
Rick Tatnall was a candidate for the District 7 seat on the Richmond Public Schools school board in Virginia. Tatnall was defeated in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016.
Elections
2016
- See also: Richmond Public Schools elections (2016)
A total of 22 candidates ran for the nine seats that were up for election, including incumbents J.E. Dawson Boyer (District 1), Jeff Bourne (District 3), Mamie Taylor (District 5), and Shonda Harris-Muhammed (District 6). District 9 incumbent Tichi Pinkney Eppes filed to run in the election but was seven signatures short of qualifying for candidacy.
In District 1, Boyer lost his bid for re-election to Elizabeth Doerr. In District 2, James Scott Barlow defeated Mariah White. Bourne was the only incumbent to win re-election by defeating challengers Jesse Perry and Kevin Starlings in District 3. Newcomer Jonathan Young overtook Barrett Hardiman, Irvine Reaves, and Sean Smith for the open District 4 seat. Taylor lost her seat to Patrick Sapini in District 5. Felicia Dionne Cosby defeated Harris-Muhammed for the District 6 seat. In District 7, Nadine Marsh-Carter defeated Kirsten Gray and Rick Tatnall. Dawn Page won the District 8 seat by defeating Tia Redd and Christopher Woody. Newcomer Linda Owen ran unopposed and won the District 9 seat after Pinkney Eppes was disqualified from the race.[1]
Results
| Richmond Public Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Nadine Marsh-Carter |
57.18% | 6,102 |
| Kirsten Gray | 35.14% | 3,750 |
| Rick Tatnall | 6.91% | 737 |
| Write-in votes | 0.77% | 82 |
| Total Votes | 10,671 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2016 November General Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Tatnall reported no contributions or expenditures to the Virginia Department of Elections as of October 17, 2016.[2]
About the district
- See also: Richmond Public Schools, Virginia
Richmond Public Schools is located in eastern Virginia in Richmond. Richmond is an independent city and therefore does not belong to a county. This city was home to 220,289 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] The district was the 12th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 23,775 students.[4]
Demographics
Richmond underperformed compared to Virginia as a whole in terms of higher education achievement in the years 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 35.4 percent of city residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 35.8 percent of all state residents. The median household income in Richmond was $41,331, compared to $64,792 statewide. The poverty rate was 25.5 percent in the city, while it was 11.8 percent for the entire state.[3]
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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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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Richmond Times-Dispatch, "58 file to run for Richmond City Council, School Board," June 15, 2016
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 18, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "Quickfacts:Richmond (city), Virginia," accessed July 5, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 9, 2015
