Detroit Public Schools Community District elections (2018)
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 9
- Early voting: N/A
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration: No
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo ID requested
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Incumbent Deborah Hunter-Harvill and retired nurse Corletta Vaughn won the two seats on the Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education in Michigan on November 6, 2018.
This was the second election since the school board regained control of district schools from government-appointed emergency managers in 2017.[1]
At issue in the race was the board’s relationship with superintendent Nikolai Vitti, how to address water supplies with elevated levels of lead and copper, poor infrastructure and facility conditions, and a teacher shortage.[2][3]
The defeated candidates were athletic coach Terrell George, executive assistant Natalya Henderson, Reverend David Murray, Melinda Murray, entrepreneur Britney Sharp, and community advocate Shannon Smith. You can watch introductory videos of the candidates here.
A ninth person, Deborah Elaine Lemmons, also appeared on the ballot, since she withdrew from the race too late to have her name removed.[3]
Elections
General election
General election for Detroit Public Schools Community District, At-large (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Detroit Public Schools Community District, At-large on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Deborah Hunter-Harvill (Nonpartisan) | 16.4 | 44,212 | |
| ✔ | Corletta Vaughn (Nonpartisan) | 13.7 | 36,894 | |
| David Murray (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 35,223 | ||
| Shannon Smith (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 35,197 | ||
| Terrell George (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 28,635 | ||
| Britney Sharp (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 26,533 | ||
| Deborah Lemmons (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 25,320 | ||
| Natalya Henderson (Nonpartisan) | 8.7 | 23,538 | ||
| M. Murray (Nonpartisan) | 4.2 | 11,217 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 2,511 | ||
| Total votes: 269,280 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- LaMar Lemmons (Nonpartisan)
Candidate video profiles
In September 2018, seven candidates recorded a short video introducing themselves to voters for Citizen Detroit.[4] The videos are embedded below in alphabetical order by candidate name:
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Endorsements
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About the district
Detroit Public Schools Community District is located in Wayne County, Michigan. The district was the largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 47,277 students.[5]
District history
2016
2014
- See also: Detroit Public Schools Community District elections (2014)
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Nonpartisan |  LaMar Lemmons Incumbent |
11.9% | 42,112 | |
| Nonpartisan | Reverend David Murray Incumbent |
10.8% | 38,242 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ida Carol Short Incumbent |
9.5% | 33,453 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Johnson Singleton |
8.5% | 30,130 | |
| Nonpartisan | Arlyssa Heard | 7.3% | 25,959 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kerry Sanders | 7.2% | 25,514 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dennis M. Bryant | 7.1% | 24,963 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sharon Render-Johnson | 6.8% | 23,975 | |
| Nonpartisan | Victor B. Gibson | 5.2% | 18,456 | |
| Nonpartisan | Georgia Lemmons | 4.8% | 16,913 | |
| Nonpartisan | Wytrice Harris | 4.6% | 16,255 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gregory White | 4.5% | 15,952 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robin Paul | 3.2% | 11,321 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ramon J. Patrick | 3.2% | 11,175 | |
| Nonpartisan | James W. Williams IV | 2.8% | 9,984 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ulice Sherman Jr. | 1.7% | 5,844 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.9% | 3,094 | |
| Total Votes | 353,342 | |||
| Source: Wayne County Clerk, "Elections Division - Results," accessed January 5, 2015 | ||||
Recent news
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See also
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | Michigan | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "New Detroit school board takes reins of district," January 11, 2017
- ↑ ChalkBeat, "With primaries over, Detroit school board candidates look to November," August 8, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Detroit News, "Detroit school board race draws 8 candidates," October 15, 2018
- ↑ ChalkBeat, "These candidates are running for Detroit school board. Watch them introduce themselves," September 18, 2018
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Detroit Public Schools Community District elections in 2018 | |
| Wayne County, Michigan | |
| Election date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
