James McLuckie
James McLuckie was a candidate for the District 3 seat on the Wake County Public School System school board in North Carolina in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016. After a circuit court ruled that the redistricting of voting districts in Wake County was unconstitutional, the candidates who originally filed in the race were automatically disqualified and had to file under the old set of voting districts. McLuckie did not file during the second candidate filing window, and so was disqualified from the race.
Elections
2016
When state legislation created new school board district boundaries for the Wake County Public School System, a group of voters disputed the change in court.
- See also: Issues in the election
District 1 incumbent Tom Benton filed for re-election and faced challengers Donald Agee, Mary Beth Ainsworth, and Sheila Ellis. Agee defeated the incumbent. In District 2, incumbent Monika Johnson-Hostler filed for an additional term on the board and successfully defended her seat against challenger Peter Hochstaetter. Mark Ivey initially filed in the race but withdrew his candidacy in September 2016. Because of the late withdrawal, his name still appeared on the ballot. Sole newcomer Roxie Cash filed for the District 3 seat and won. District 4 incumbent Keith Sutton filed for re-election and faced single challenger Heather Elliott. Sutton won another term on the board. In their bids for re-election, District 5, 6, and 7 incumbents Jim Martin, Christine Kushner, and Zora Felton were unopposed and won additional terms on the board. However, Felton passed away unexpectedly shortly after the general election, leaving the District 7 seat vacant.
District 8 saw three newcomers file for the seat: Gary Lewis, Gil Pagan, and Lindsay Mahaffey, with Mahaffey winning the seat. In District 9, incumbent Bill Fletcher won the race against challenger Michael Tanbusch. There was no primary.[1][2]
After Judge Dever announced that the candidates who originally filed in this school board race were disqualified and would have to file again during a new filing window that ran from August 11, 2016, to August 17, 2016, three dropped out and two newcomers filed. Former candidates Beverley Clark, James McLuckie, and Donald Mial did not appear on the revised candidate list. District 7 incumbent Zora Felton and District 9 challenger Michael Tanbusch entered the race after the new deadline was set.[1]
About the district
Wake County Public School System is located in Wake County, North Carolina. The county seat and state capital is Raleigh. Wake County was home to 1,024,198 residents between 2010 and 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] The district was the largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 153,534 students.[4]
Demographics
Wake County outperformed North Carolina as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 48.3 percent of Wake County residents aged 25 years and older attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.8 percent for North Carolina as a whole. The median household income in the county was $66,579, compared to $46,693 for the state as a whole. The county's poverty rate was 11.5 percent, compared to 17.2 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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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wake County Board of Elections, "Wake Board of Elections Candidate Detail List," August 17, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/08/2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "Wake County Quick Facts," accessed July 15, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Votes by Tabulation Voting Districts, accessed August 4, 2013
| 2016 Wake County Public School System Elections | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | District 1: Incumbent, Tom Benton • Donald Agee • Mary Beth Ainsworth • Sheila Ellis District 2: Incumbent, Monika Johnson-Hostler • Peter Hochstaetter • Mark Ivey District 4: Incumbent, Keith Sutton • Heather Elliott District 5: Incumbent, Jim Martin District 6: Incumbent, Christine Kushner District 7: Incumbent, Zora Felton District 8: Gary Lewis • Gil Pagan • Lindsay Mahaffey |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
