Carroll County Schools elections (2014)

2014 Carroll County Schools Elections
General Election date:
May 20, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
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Georgia Carroll County Schools Carroll County, Georgia ballot measures Local ballot measures, Georgia

Three seats on the Carroll County Schools school board were up for general election on May 20, 2014. Incumbents Sandra A. Morris, Donald L. Nixon and Jon Anderson ran unopposed for re-election to their respective seats.

About the district

See also: Carroll County Schools, Georgia

Carroll County Schools is located in Carroll County, Georgia

Carroll County Schools is located in Carroll County, Georgia. Carroll County is home to 112,355 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau. Carroll County Schools was the 24th-largest school district in Georgia, serving 14,518 students during the 2011-2012 school year.

Demographics

Carroll County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Georgia in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 18.8 percent of Carroll County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 27.8 percent for Georgia as a whole. The median household income in Carroll County was $46,704 compared to $49,604 for the state of Georgia. The poverty rate in Carroll County was 17.9 percent compared to 17.4 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2012
Race	Carroll County (%)	Georgia (%)
White	78.0	62.8
Black or African American	18.6	31.2
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.5	0.5
Asian	0.9	3.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	2.0	1.8
Hispanic or Latino	6.4	9.2

Presidential Voting Pattern
Year	Republican Vote (%)	Democratic Vote (%)	Other Vote (%)
2012	67.9	30.5	1.6
2008	65.8	32.9	1.3
2004	70.3	28.9	0.8

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 Carroll school board consists of seven members elected by geographic electoral districts to four-year terms. There was no primary election and the general election was held on May 20, 2014. If no candidate received the simple majority of votes, a runoff election would have been held between the top two candidates on July 22, 2014. Three seats were on the ballot in 2014 and four seats are on the ballot in 2016.

Candidates began to file affidavits of candidacy on March 3, 2014. The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was March 7, 2014.

District 2

• Sandra A. Morris
  • Incumbent

District 5

• Donald L. Nixon
  • Incumbent

District 7

• Jon Anderson
  • Incumbent

Election results

Carroll County Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Sandra A. Morris Incumbent	100%	739
Total Votes				739
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election," accessed June 23, 2014

Carroll County Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Donald L. Nixon Incumbent	100%	683
Total Votes				683
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election," accessed June 23, 2014

Carroll County Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Jon Anderson Incumbent	100%	1,206
Total Votes				1,206
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election," accessed June 23, 2014

Endorsements

No candidate received an endorsement in this election.

Campaign finance

No candidate filed a campaign finance report with the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission.

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2012 Carroll County Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Bernice B. Brooks Incumbent 42% 476      Nonpartisan Rob Cleveland 29.1% 330      Nonpartisan Terry Turner 28.9% 327 Total Votes 1,133 Source: Carroll County Board of Elections, "Archived Election Results," accessed May 13, 2014 Carroll County Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Chris Gammon Incumbent 56.6% 951      Nonpartisan Rob Pinckney 42.8% 719      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.7% 11 Total Votes 1,681 Source: Carroll County Board of Elections, "Archived Election Results," accessed May 13, 2014 Carroll County Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Dennise Pate Incumbent 99.5% 1,694      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.5% 8 Total Votes 1,702 Source: Carroll County Board of Elections, "Archived Election Results," accessed May 13, 2014 Carroll County Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Bart Cater Incumbent 99% 1,434      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1% 15 Total Votes 1,449 Source: Carroll County Board of Elections, "Archived Election Results," accessed May 13, 2014 2010 Carroll County Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Sandra Morris 52.5% 1,741      Nonpartisan Dororthy Callaway Incumbent 47.2% 1,566      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 9 Total Votes 3,316 Source: Carroll County Board of Elections, "Archived Election Results," accessed May 13, 2014 Carroll County Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Donald Nixon Incumbent 99% 1,815      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1% 18 Total Votes 1,833 Source: Carroll County Board of Elections, "Archived Election Results," accessed May 13, 2014 Carroll County Schools, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Jon Anderson 57.9% 1,670      Nonpartisan Ed Jenkins 41.4% 1,196      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.7% 20 Total Votes 2,886 Source: Carroll County Board of Elections, "Archived Election Results," accessed May 13, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Carroll County Schools election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
March 3, 2014	First day to file affidavits of candidacy
March 7, 2014	Last day to file affidavits of candidacy
April 21, 2014	Last day to register to vote
April 28, 2014	Early voting begins
May 7, 2014	Last day to request an absentee ballot
May 20, 2014	Election day

Additional elections on the ballot

In addition to the school board, residents of Carroll County voted in races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Georgia Secretary of State, Attorney General, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture, Georgia Commissioner of Insurance, Georgia State Superintendent of Schools, Georgia Commissioner of Labor, Georgia Public Service Commissioner, Georgia State Senate, Georgia House of Representatives, County Commission, Clerk of State Court, Georgia Supreme Court Justice, Georgia Court of Appeals Judge and Superior Court of the Coweta Judicial Circuit.

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See also

• Georgia
• Carroll County Schools, Georgia
• Georgia school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Carroll County, Georgia ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Georgia

External links

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• Carroll County Schools
• Carroll County, Georgia
• Georgia Secretary of State