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Joe Franklin
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Joe Franklin is the District 6 representative on the Troup County Board of Education in Georgia. Franklin won in the general election on May 24, 2016.[1]
Biography
Franklin has been a maintenance technician at Kimberly-Clark Corporation since 1984.[2]
Elections
2016
Four of the seven seats on the Troup County Board of Education were up for general election on May 24, 2016. A runoff election was held on July 26, 2016, in District 5. Catherine Sargent Hunt defeated John Asbell in the runoff election after neither candidate reached a majority of the general election vote. Hunt and Asbell defeated Kendall Butler to reach the runoff.[1]
No incumbents filed for re-election in 2016. Newcomers Kirk Hancock and Brandon Brooks ran unopposed for Districts 2 and 3, respectively. Joe Franklin defeated Dorothy Corry Jennings and Rodell Poole for the District 6 seat.[1]
Results
| Troup County School System, District 6 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Joe Franklin |
67.25% | 729 |
| Dorothy Corry Jennings | 22.32% | 242 |
| Rodell Poole | 10.42% | 113 |
| Total Votes | 1,084 | |
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016 | ||
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Footnotes
| 2016 Troup County School System Elections | |
| Troup County, Georgia | |
| Election date: | May 24, 2016 |
| Candidates: | District 2: Kirk Hancock District 3: Brandon Brooks |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
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