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Calvert County Public Schools elections (2016)

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Calvert County Public Schools Elections
Primary election date:
April 26, 2016
General election date:
November 8, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
16,221 students

Three of the five seats on the Calvert County Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on April 26, 2016, with the top two vote recipients in each district advancing to the general election. Challengers Stephen Jones Jr. and Dawn Balinski advanced to the District 1 general election by defeating incumbent James Piatt. Balinski defeated Jones in the election. The District 2 race featured incumbent Tracy McGuire and challenger Nancy Vaeth Highsmith after Casey Smith was defeated in the primary. McGuire won re-election against Highsmith. In District 3, incumbent Kelly McConkey defeated challenger Erin Knowles. McConkey and Knowles defeated Monica Lee Silbas in the primary.[1]

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The five-member Calvert County Board of Education consists of three members elected by district and two members elected at-large to four-year terms. A primary election took place on April 26, 2016, and a general election took place on November 8, 2016.

Board candidates submitted their statements of organization and certificates of candidacy with the county elections office by February 3, 2016. Each candidate was also required to submit a filing fee of $25 to the county. State law required candidates to be registered voters and residents of the district.[2]

County residents had to register to vote for the primary election by April 5, 2016. The county offered early voting in the primary from April 14, 2016, to April 21, 2016. The deadline to register to vote in the general election was October 18, 2016. Early voting for the general election took place from October 27, 2016, to November 3, 2016.[3]

Candidates and results

District 1

Results

Calvert County Public Schools,
District 1 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dawn Balinski 58.34% 21,949
Stephen Jones Jr. 41.12% 15,472
Write-in votes 0.54% 202
Total Votes 37,623
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential General Election Results," accessed December 14, 2016
Calvert County Public Schools,
District 1 Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dawn Balinski 51.15% 8,296
Green check mark transparent.png Stephen Jones Jr. 25.01% 4,056
James Piatt Incumbent 23.84% 3,867
Total Votes 16,219
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Unofficial 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Calvert County," accessed April 26, 2016

Candidates

Dawn Balinski Green check mark transparent.png Stephen Jones Jr.

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  • Board member, 2010-2014
  • Bachelor's degree, Auburn University
  • Master's degree, University of South Carolina
  • Treasurer, Maryland Forestry Boards Foundation

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Defeated in the primary

James Piatt

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  • Incumbent
  • First appointed in 2014
  • Bachelor's degree, Thomas Edison State College
  • Master's degree, Grantham University
  • Senior reactor operator, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

District 2

Results

Calvert County Public Schools,
District 2 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Tracy McGuire Incumbent 49.95% 19,267
Nancy Vaeth Highsmith 49.63% 19,141
Write-in votes 0.42% 163
Total Votes 38,571
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential General Election Results," accessed December 14, 2016
Calvert County Public Schools,
District 2 Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Tracy McGuire Incumbent 37.01% 6,262
Green check mark transparent.png Nancy Vaeth Highsmith 36.36% 6,151
Casey Smith 26.63% 4,505
Total Votes 16,918
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Unofficial 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Calvert County," accessed April 26, 2016

Candidates

Tracy McGuire Green check mark transparent.png Nancy Vaeth Highsmith

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  • Incumbent
  • First elected in 2008
  • Bachelor's degree, George Mason University
  • Former federal employee

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  • Interim superintendent during the 2013-2014 school year

Defeated in the primary

Casey Smith

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  • Retired district teacher

District 3

Results

Calvert County Public Schools,
District 3 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kelly McConkey Incumbent 60.99% 24,470
Erin Knowles 38.63% 15,499
Write-in votes 0.38% 151
Total Votes 40,120
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential General Election Results," accessed December 14, 2016
Calvert County Public Schools,
District 3 Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kelly McConkey Incumbent 58.73% 10,152
Green check mark transparent.png Erin Knowles 28.08% 4,854
Monica Lee Silbas 13.19% 2,281
Total Votes 17,287
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Unofficial 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Calvert County," accessed April 26, 2016

Candidates

Kelly McConkey Green check mark transparent.png Erin Knowles

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  • Incumbent
  • Owner, Kelly's Nursery

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  • Bachelor's degree, Columbia Union College
  • Foreign exchange local coordinator, American Councils for International Education

Defeated in the primary

Monica Lee Silbas

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  • Military veteran
  • Former labor educator

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Maryland elections, 2016

Calvert County's school board election appeared on the ballot with races for U.S. president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state courts, and local courts.

School board primaries in Calvert County shared the ballot with the state's presidential and congressional primaries.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for Maryland school board elections in 2016:[3]

Deadline Event
February 3, 2016 Candidate filing deadline
March 22, 2016 First campaign finance deadline of election
April 14, 2016 First day of early voting for primary election
April 21, 2016 Last day of early voting for primary election
April 26, 2016 Primary election
October 27, 2016 First day of early voting for general election
November 3, 2016 Last day of early voting for general election
November 8, 2016 General election
November 22, 2016 Final campaign finance deadline of election

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Campaign finance

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2016
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Candidates for public office in Maryland had until March 22, 2016, to submit their first contributions and expenditure report of the primary campaign. The final campaign finance deadline of the 2016 campaign was November 22, 2016.[4] State law allows candidates to file Affidavits of Limited Contributions and Expenditures (ALCE) if their campaigns did not accept $1,000 in contributions or spend $1,000 in a particular reporting period.[5]

October 28 filing

Candidates received a total of $935.00 and spent a total of $928.85 as of October 30, 2016, according to the Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System.[6]

District 1
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Stephen Jones Jr. $400.00 $413.69 -$13.69
Dawn Balinski ALCE ALCE ALCE
District 2
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Tracy McGuire (incumbent) ALCE ALCE ALCE
Nancy Vaeth Highsmith $0.00 $14.00 $1,204.01
District 3
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Kelly McConkey (incumbent) $0.00 $0.00 $6,560.56
Erin Knowles $535.00 $501.16 $33.84

March 22 filing

Candidates received a total of $3,395.00 and spent a total of $1,492.15 as of April 19, 2016, according to the Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System.[7]

District 1
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
James Piatt (incumbent) ALCE ALCE ALCE
Stephen Jones Jr. ALCE ALCE ALCE
Dawn Balinski ALCE ALCE ALCE
District 2
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Tracy McGuire (incumbent) ALCE ALCE ALCE
Nancy Vaeth Highsmith $1,000.00 $905.99 $94.01
Casey Smith $2,395.00 $586.16 $1,808.84
District 3
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Kelly McConkey (incumbent) ALCE ALCE ALCE
Erin Knowles ALCE ALCE ALCE
Monica Lee Silbas ALCE ALCE ALCE

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About the district

See also: Calvert County Public Schools, Maryland
Calvert County Public Schools is located in Calvert County, Md.

Calvert County Public Schools is based in Prince Frederick, the county seat of Calvert County, Maryland. Calvert County was home to 90,613 residents in 2014, according to the United States Census Bureau.[8] The district was the 13th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 16,221 students.[9]

Demographics

Calvert County underperformed in comparison to the state of Maryland in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 30.0 percent of Calvert County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 36.8 percent for Maryland as a whole. The median household income in Calvert County was $95,477, compared to $73,538 for the state of Maryland. The poverty rate in Calvert County was 4.9 percent, compared to 9.8 percent for the entire state.[8]

Racial Demographics, 2014[8]
Race Calvert County (%) Maryland (%)
White 81.8 60.1
Black or African American 13.2 30.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.6
Asian 1.7 6.4
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 2.8 2.6
Hispanic or Latino 3.5 9.3

Party registration, 2014[10]
Party Number of registered voters
Republican 23,750
Democratic 23,461
Unaffiliated 11,826
Other 489
Libertarian 248
Green 134
Total 59,908

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

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Calvert County 2016 Presidential Primary Election Local Candidates List," February 10, 2016
  2. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Requirements for Filing Candidacy," accessed February 10, 2016
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential Election Calendar," accessed February 10, 2016
  4. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Reporting Schedule," accessed February 10, 2016
  5. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "EAffidavit Filing," accessed February 10, 2016
  6. ↑ Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System, "View Filed Reports Information," accessed October 30, 2016
  7. ↑ Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System, "View Filed Reports Information," accessed April 19, 2016
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 United States Census Bureau, "Calvert County, Maryland," accessed June 3, 2014
  9. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
  10. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Voter Registration Activity Report," March 2014
2016 Calvert County Public Schools Elections
Calvert County, Maryland
Election date:November 8, 2016
Candidates:District 1: Dawn Balinski • Stephen Jones Jr. • James Piatt

District 2: Incumbent, Tracy McGuire • Nancy Vaeth Highsmith • Casey Smith

District 3: Incumbent, Kelly McConkey • Erin Knowles • Monica Lee Silbas
Important information:What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot
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