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Carmela McKeller
Carmela McKeller was a candidate for the District 6 seat on the Cumberland County Schools school board in North Carolina. McKeller was defeated in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016.
McKeller was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Cumberland board in 2014. She was defeated in the general election.
Biography
McKeller is a former Wall Street business systems consultant. She moved to North Carolina in 2006 and has two children who have attended district schools. McKeller has volunteered in the school district as a member of the PTA, a classroom volunteer and as a member of the school improvement team.[1]
Elections
2016
Six of the nine seats on the Cumberland County Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. One candidate filed for and won each of Districts 1 through 5: board incumbent Alicia Chisolm, newcomer Porcha McMillan, incumbent Carrie Sutton, incumbent Donna Vann, and incumbent Susan Williams, respectively. The open District 6 seat was much more contested, with nine candidates vying to win it: Joseph Gilreath, Patricia Griffin, Peggy Hall, Sheryl Lewis, Carmela McKeller, Ray Miller, Ralph Molina, Tina Odom, and Ron Ross. Hall won election to the seat. There was no primary.[2][3]
Results
| Cumberland County Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Peggy Hall |
21.96% | 4,688 |
| Patricia Griffin | 21.29% | 4,545 |
| Ralph Molina | 17.14% | 3,660 |
| Sheryl Lewis | 15.71% | 3,354 |
| Carmela McKeller | 8.02% | 1,713 |
| Tina Odom | 5.95% | 1,271 |
| Joseph Gilreath | 3.52% | 752 |
| Ron Ross | 3.05% | 651 |
| Ray Miller | 2.98% | 636 |
| Write-in votes | 0.38% | 82 |
| Total Votes (100) | 21,352 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results-Cumberland," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
McKeller did not file a campaign finance report with the Cumberland County Board of Elections in this election as of November 3, 2016.[4]
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).[5]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[6]
2014
Three at-large seats on the Cumberland Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Greg West was the only incumbent running for re-election. He ran against challengers David Booth, Randy Fredricks, Joseph Gilreath, Nolan Hancock, Carmela McKeller, Judy D. Musgrave, Romain Stanley, Rudy Tatum and Donna Vann.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Judy D. Musgrave |
17.1% | 28,089 | |
| Nonpartisan | Greg West Incumbent |
16.5% | 27,096 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rudy Tatum |
14.7% | 24,137 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Booth | 13.9% | 22,834 | |
| Nonpartisan | Donna Vann | 13.7% | 22,478 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carmela McKeller | 9.6% | 15,793 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nolan Hancock | 4.1% | 6,652 | |
| Nonpartisan | Romain Stanley | 4% | 6,516 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph Gilreath | 3% | 4,883 | |
| Nonpartisan | Randy Fredricks | 2.9% | 4,817 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 640 | |
| Total Votes | 163,935 | |||
| Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 30, 2014 | ||||
About the district
Cumberland County Schools is located in the county of the same name in North Carolina. The county seat is Bridgeton. Cumberland County was home to 323,838 residents between 2010 and 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[7] The district was the fifth-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 51,471 students.[8]
Demographics
Cumberland County underperformed in comparison to North Carolina as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 22.9 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 27.8 percent of state residents. The median household income in the county was $44,778, compared to $46,693 for the state. The county poverty rate in the county was 17.6 percent, compared to 17.2 percent for the state.[7]
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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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See also
- Cumberland County Schools, North Carolina
- Cumberland County Schools elections (2016)
- Cumberland County Schools elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ fayobserver.com, "Former business consultant files for Cumberland County school board race," July 29, 2014
- ↑ Cumberland County, "August 5, 2016 Candidates," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results-Cumberland," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Cumberland County Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," 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
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 United States Census Bureau, "Cumberland County, North Carolina," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "NC Voter Statistics Results," accessed August 13, 2014
