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Santa Rosa County School District elections (2014)
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Three seats on the Santa Rosa County School Board were up for general election on August 26, 2014. The general election determined if candidates for each seat could garner a majority of the vote total. Because no candidate received 50 percent plus one of the general election votes in a District 3, the top two vote recipients advanced to the runoff election on November 4, 2014.
Diane L. Scott faced and defeated challenger Sandra Nicely in District 1. Carol Boston, Debbie Gunnoe, Fuchsia Ann Spann and Jim R. Taylor were running to replace Diane Coleman, who did not file for re-election in District 3. Taylor and Boston advanced to the runoff election, where Boston defeated Taylor. Scott Thomas Peden won re-election without opposition in District 5.
About the district
Santa Rosa County School District is based in Milton, the county seat of Santa Rosa County, Florida. Santa Rosa County is home to 161,096 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[1] Santa Rosa County School District was the 28th-largest school district in Florida, serving 25,885 students during the 2011-2012 school year.[2]
Demographics
Santa Rosa County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Florida in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 25.8 percent of Santa Rosa County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.2 percent for Florida as a whole. The median household income in Santa Rosa County was $57,491 compared to $47,309 for the state of Florida. The poverty rate in Santa Rosa County was 11.1 percent compared to 15.6 percent for the entire state.[1]
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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.
Voter and candidate information
The Santa Rosa County School Board consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Each member represents a specific group of schools. There was a general election on August 26, 2014, and the runoff election took place on November 4, 2014, in races where no candidate received 50 percent or more of the general election vote.
Candidates for the school board filed for the election by June 20, 2014. The county's elections office hosted early voting for the general election at various locations from August 16, 2014, to August 23, 2014. The early voting window for the runoff election ran from October 25, 2014, to November 1, 2014. The last day to request a mailed absentee ballot in the general election was August 20, 2014, and the runoff election deadline was October 29, 2014.
Elections
2014
Candidates
District 1
- Sandra Nicely
- Bus driver
- Diane L. Scott
- Incumbent
- Graduate, University of South Carolina and Catholic University of America
- Professor, University of West Florida
District 3
- Carol Boston
- Substitute teacher in district
- Debbie Gunnoe
- Graduate, Indiana University and Webster University
- Retired, U.S. Air Force
- Founder, Navarre Patriots
- Fuchsia Ann Spann
- Realtor, Century 21 Island Realty LLC
- Jim R. Taylor
District 5
- Scott Thomas Peden
- Incumbent
Election results
Runoff election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Carol Boston |
64.3% | 30,385 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim R. Taylor | 35.7% | 16,887 | |
| Total Votes | 47,272 | |||
| Source: Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections, "Official General Election Results," accessed December 23, 2014 | ||||
General election
District 1
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Diane L. Scott Incumbent |
66.8% | 10,967 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sandra Nicely | 33.2% | 5,456 | |
| Total Votes | 16,423 | |||
| Source: Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 Primary Election Official Results," accessed October 14, 2014 | ||||
District 3
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Jim R. Taylor |
33.6% | 5,565 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carol Boston |
31.7% | 5,249 | |
| Nonpartisan | Debbie Gunnoe | 27.2% | 4,509 | |
| Nonpartisan | Fuchsia Ann Spann | 7.6% | 1,252 | |
| Total Votes | 16,575 | |||
| Source: Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 Primary Election Official Results," accessed October 14, 2014 | ||||
District 5
Scott Thomas Peden retained his seat without opposition.
Endorsements
District 3 candidate Carol Boston earned the endorsement of Santa Rosa Professional Educators in this election.[4] Fellow District 3 candidate Debbie Gunnoe received an endorsement from the Personhood Florida ProLife PAC.[5]
Campaign finance
Candidates received a total of $37,310.72 and spent a total of $12,951.73 by July 22, 2014, according to the Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections.[6]
In the District 1 race, candidates raised a total of $3,245.09 and spent a total of $830.97.
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures |
|---|---|---|
| Sandra Nicely | $220.00 | $167.74 |
| Diane L. Scott | $3,025.09 | $663.23 |
In the District 3 race, candidates raised a total of $30,225.55 and spent a total of $12,019.41.
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Boston | $10,759.55 | $905.26 |
| Debbie Gunnoe | $3,275.00 | $2,840.08 |
| Fuchsia Ann Spann | $10,340.00 | $3,995.66 |
| Jim R. Taylor | $5,851.00 | $4,278.41 |
In the District 5 race, candidates raised a total of $3,840.08 and spent a total of $101.35.
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Thomas Peden | $3,840.08 | $101.35 |
Past elections
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What was at stake?
Issues in the district
District ends corporal punishment policy
School board members unanimously voted to eliminate the district's corporal punishment policy during a board meeting on June 26, 2014. The policy change was proposed by Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick, who believes that corporal punishment placed teachers and other staff members in difficult situations. Wyrosdick noted after the vote that many district parents still support the option for corporal punishment. Local activist James McNulty, the founder of Floridians Against Corporal Punishment in Public Schools, supported the policy change as the start of a larger campaign. McNulty has stated that his group will lobby state legislators to follow the district's example by eliminating corporal punishment across Florida.[7]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the school board election in 2014:[8]
| Deadline | Event |
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| June 20, 2014 | Last day of candidate filing period |
| August 16, 2014 | First day of early voting in general election |
| August 20, 2014 | Last day to request mailed absentee ballot for general election |
| August 23, 2014 | Last day of early voting in general election |
| August 26, 2014 | General election day |
| October 25, 2014 | First day of early voting in runoff election |
| October 29, 2014 | Last day to request mailed absentee ballot for runoff election |
| November 1, 2014 | Last day of early voting in runoff election |
| November 4, 2014 | Runoff election day |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Florida elections, 2014
Area residents voted on county and statewide races on November 4, 2014. Residents of Santa Rosa County voted on races for county commission seats. Voters decided on a statewide ballot measure to amend the state constitution to allow the use of medical marijuana. The November 4, 2014, ballot included races for state legislature, state executive and U.S. House seats.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Santa + Rosa + County + Schools + Florida"
See also
- Florida
- Santa Rosa County School District, Florida
- Florida school board elections, 2014
- List of school board elections in 2014
- School board elections, 2014
- Santa Rosa County, Florida ballot measures
- Local ballot measures, Florida
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 United States Census Bureau, "Santa Rosa County, Florida," accessed July 8, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed July 7, 2014
- ↑ Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections, "Home," accessed July 12, 2014
- ↑ Carol Boston, "Home," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ Personhood Florida ProLife PAC, "Personhood Florida ProLife PAC Endorses Over 60 Candidates for the 2014 Primary and General Election," July 23, 2014
- ↑ Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 Candidates," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ NWFDailyNews.com, "Santa Rosa changes its corporal punishment," June 27, 2014
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| 2014 Santa Rosa County School District Elections | |
| Santa Rosa County, Florida | |
| Election date: | August 26, 2014 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Sandra Nicely • Diane L. Scott District 3: • Carol Boston • Debbie Gunnoe • Fuchsia Ann Spann • Jim R. Taylor |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
