Valerie Young
Valerie Young was a candidate for North District representative on the Newport News School Board in Virginia. She was defeated in the general election that was held on May 3, 2016. Young ran unsuccessfully in 2012. She finished in second behind Darian Scott.[1]
Biography
Young is a community resource office for the Newport News Police Department.[2]
Elections
2016
Three of the seven seats on the Newport News Public Schools school board were up for general election on May 3, 2016. In the North District, Marvin Harris defeated Curtis Bethany and Valerie Young. John Eley III won the South District seat by defeating four other candidates including Sheryl Holmes Abbott, Terri Best, Bethany Martin, and Yugonda Sample. Incumbent Shelly Simonds won re-election to the Central District seat after running unopposed.[1]
Results
| Newport News Public Schools, North District General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Marvin Harris |
42.18% | 1,020 |
| Curtis Bethany | 33.62% | 813 |
| Valerie Young | 23.74% | 574 |
| Write-in votes | 0.45% | 11 |
| Total Votes | 2,418 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2016 May City General Official Results," accessed June 23, 2016 | ||
Funding
Young reported no contributions or expenditures to the Virginia Department of Elections during the election.[3]
Endorsements
Young received no official endorsements during the election.
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Darian L. Scott |
42.3% | 712 | |
| Nonpartisan | Valerie Young | 29% | 487 | |
| Nonpartisan | William J. "Bill" Collins | 28.5% | 479 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 4 | |
| Total Votes | 1,682 | |||
| Source: Virginia State Board of Elections, "May 2012 City Election Official Results," accessed March 17, 2014 | ||||
About the district
- See also: Newport News Public Schools, Virginia
Newport News Public Schools is located in eastern Virginia in Newport News. Newport News was home to 182,965 residents in 2014, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] The district was the ninth-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 29,777 students.[5]
Demographics
Newport News underperformed in comparison to Virginia as a whole in terms of higher education achievement in 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 24.1 percent of city residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 35.8 percent of state residents. The median household income in Newport News was $51,000, compared to $64,792 for the state. The poverty rate in the city was 15.2 percent, compared to 11.8 percent for the entire state.[4]
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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
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with Newport News Voter Registrar Vicki Lewis," March 7, 2016
- ↑ Daily Press, "Who's running for City Council, School Board in Newport News?" March 8, 2016
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Quickfacts:Newport News, Virginia," accessed March 7, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed February 11, 2014
