Tyrone Curry Sr.
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Tyrone Curry Sr. is the District 1 representative on the Highline Public Schools Board of Education in Washington. First elected to the board in 2011, Curry won a second term in the general election on November 3, 2015.[1]
Elections
2015
- See also: Highline Public Schools elections (2015)
Four of the five seats on the Highline Public Schools school board were up for by-district election on November 3, 2015. Three seats were up for general election: Districts 1, 4 and 5. One seat, District 3, was up for special election for a two-year unexpired term.
District 1 incumbent Tyrone Curry Sr., District 4 incumbent Bernie Dorsey, and District 5 incumbent Michael Spear won re-election to regular four-year terms. Curry and Dorsey won re-election unopposed. Spear faced challenger John Burdine.[1]
District 3 incumbent Susan Goding announced in February 2015 that she would resign from the board effective March 4, 2015. A member of the board since 2005, she decided to leave the board mid-term to focus on her statewide advocacy regarding math education.[2] The race for her vacated seat featured Joe Van and Miles Partman. Van was appointed to fill the District 3 vacancy until the election; Partman challenged Goding in her most recent re-election campaign in 2013. Van won the remaining two years of Goding's term on the board.[1]
Results
| Highline Public Schools Board of Directors, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Tyrone Curry Sr. Incumbent |
98.4% | 14,288 |
| Write-in votes | 1.64% | 238 |
| Total Votes | 14,526 | |
| Source: King County Elections, "Election Results: General and Special Elections November 4, 2015," November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
Curry reported no contributions or expenditures to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission as of October 30, 2015.[3]
About the district
- See also: Highline Public Schools, Washington
Highline Public Schools is located in King County in northwestern Washington. The county seat is Seattle. King County was home to an estimated 2,044,449 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] In the 2012-2013 school year, Highline Public Schools was the 15th-largest school district in Washington, serving 18,372 students.[5]
Demographics
In 2013, King County outperformed the state of Washington as a whole in terms of higher education achievement, median household income and poverty rate. The United States Census Bureau found that 46.6 percent of county residents aged 25 and older had earned a bachelor's degree or higher, while the rate was 31.9 percent for state residents. The median household income was $71,811 in the county in comparison to $59,478 statewide. The rate of persons living below the poverty line in King County was 11.5 percent compared to 13.4 percent for Washington.[4]
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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.
Recent news
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See also
- Highline Public Schools, Washington
- Highline Public Schools elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 King County Elections, "2015 Official Candidate Filing," accessed May 26, 2015
- ↑ The B-Town Blog, "Longtime member Susan Goding resigns from Highline School Board," February 19, 2015
- ↑ Washington Public Disclosure Commission, "Search the Database: Local Candidates," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "State & County QuickFacts: King County, Washington," accessed January 23, 2015
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ King County Elections, "Election Archive," accessed September 24, 2013
| 2015 Highline Public Schools Elections | |
| King County, Washington | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1 : Incumbent, Tyrone Curry Sr.
District 3 : Incumbent, Joe Van • Miles Partman
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| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
