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Rick Wood
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Rick Wood is an at-large representative on the Henderson County Schools school board in North Carolina. Wood won re-election in the general election on November 8, 2016. He first joined the board in 2008. Wood was also a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 48 of the North Carolina State Senate. He was defeated in the general election.
Elections
2016
Four of the seven seats on the Henderson County Schools school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. The seats of Ervin Bazzle, Mary Louise Corn, Joshua Houston, and Rick Wood were up for election. All four incumbents filed for re-election and were joined by four other candidates in the race: Michael Absher, Jared Bellmund, Blair Craven, and Burt Harris. Corn, Wood, Craven, and Absher won the election. There was no primary.[1][2]
Results
| Henderson County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mary Louise Corn Incumbent |
15.41% | 26,280 |
| Rick Wood Incumbent |
14.75% | 25,161 |
| Blair Craven |
14.46% | 24,656 |
| Michael Absher |
14.04% | 23,939 |
| Joshua Houston Incumbent | 13.42% | 22,886 |
| Burt Harris | 11.57% | 19,739 |
| Ervin Bazzle Incumbent | 11.42% | 19,477 |
| Jared Bellmund | 4.66% | 7,941 |
| Write-in votes | 0.27% | 468 |
| Total Votes (100) | 170,547 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results-Henderson," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
The Henderson County Board of Elections did not publish campaign finance reports on its website as of November 3, 2016.[3]
School board candidates in North Carolina were required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:
(1) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and
(2) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and
(3) Did not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[4]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[5]
2014
Elections for the North Carolina State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Incumbent Tom Apodaca was unopposed in the Republican primary, while Rick Wood was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Apodaca defeated Wood in the general election.[6][7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Apodaca Incumbent |
57.4% | 37,664 | |
| Democratic | Rick Wood | 42.6% | 27,925 | |
| Total Votes | 65,589 | |||
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See also
- Henderson County Schools, North Carolina
- Henderson County Schools elections (2016)
- North Carolina State Senate
- North Carolina State Legislature
- North Carolina State Senate elections, 2014
- North Carolina State Senate District 48
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Henderson County, "Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed January 22, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Henderson," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Henderson County, "Board of Elections," accessed November 3, 2016
- ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Chapter 163: Elections And Election Laws, Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Reporting Schedules," accessed October 11, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Primary Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed March 7, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "General Election Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed August 12, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "05/06/2014 Official Primary Election Results - Statewide," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide," accessed December 5, 2014
| 2016 Henderson County Schools Elections | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-Large: Incumbent, Ervin Bazzle • Incumbent, Mary Louise Corn • Incumbent, Joshua Houston • Incumbent, Rick Wood • Michael Absher • Jared Bellmund • Blair Craven • Burt Harris |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
