Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida, elections (2020)

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Hillsborough County Public Schools elections

Filing deadline
June 12, 2020
Primary date
August 18, 2020
General election date
November 3, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
217,072 students

Four seats on the Hillsborough County Public Schools school board in Florida were up for general election on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for August 18, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was June 12, 2020.

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District 1

General election

General election for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 1

Nadia Combs defeated incumbent Steve Cona in the general election for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Nadia Combs (Nonpartisan)
 
63.9
 
68,184
Steve Cona (Nonpartisan)
 
36.1
 
38,473

Total votes: 106,657
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 1

Nadia Combs and incumbent Steve Cona defeated Bill Person and Ben Greene in the primary for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 1 on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Nadia Combs (Nonpartisan)
 
44.6
 
15,135
Steve Cona (Nonpartisan)
 
33.3
 
11,309
Image of Bill Person
Bill Person (Nonpartisan)
 
15.2
 
5,170
Ben Greene (Nonpartisan)
 
6.9
 
2,352

Total votes: 33,966
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District 3

General election

General election for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 3

Jessica Vaughn defeated Mitch Thrower in the general election for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 3 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jessica Vaughn (Nonpartisan)
 
61.2
 
77,226
Mitch Thrower (Nonpartisan)
 
38.8
 
49,056

Total votes: 126,282
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 3

The following candidates ran in the primary for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 3 on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mitch Thrower (Nonpartisan)
 
25.2
 
10,816
Jessica Vaughn (Nonpartisan)
 
24.5
 
10,520
Jennifer Hill (Nonpartisan)
 
18.9
 
8,109
Alexandra Gilmore (Nonpartisan)
 
15.0
 
6,451
Leo Haggerty (Nonpartisan)
 
10.2
 
4,368
Rick Warrener (Nonpartisan)
 
6.3
 
2,686

Total votes: 42,950
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District 5

General election

General election for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 5

Henry Washington defeated incumbent Tamara Shamburger in the general election for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 5 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Henry Washington
Henry Washington (Nonpartisan)
 
55.3
 
52,695
Image of Tamara Shamburger
Tamara Shamburger (Nonpartisan)
 
44.7
 
42,533

Total votes: 95,228
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 5

Henry Washington and incumbent Tamara Shamburger defeated Selena Ward and Elvis Piggott in the primary for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 5 on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Henry Washington
Henry Washington (Nonpartisan)
 
44.5
 
14,346
Image of Tamara Shamburger
Tamara Shamburger (Nonpartisan)
 
23.7
 
7,650
Selena Ward (Nonpartisan)
 
19.7
 
6,360
Elvis Piggott (Nonpartisan)
 
12.1
 
3,917

Total votes: 32,273
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District 7

General election

General election for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 7 At-large

Incumbent Lynn Gray defeated Sally Harris in the general election for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 7 At-large on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lynn Gray
Lynn Gray (Nonpartisan)
 
53.7
 
330,026
Image of Sally Harris
Sally Harris (Nonpartisan)
 
46.3
 
284,363

Total votes: 614,389
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 7 At-large

Sally Harris and incumbent Lynn Gray defeated Angela Schroden and Jeffery Johnson in the primary for Hillsborough County Public Schools Board of Education District 7 At-large on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sally Harris
Sally Harris (Nonpartisan)
 
28.4
 
60,462
Image of Lynn Gray
Lynn Gray (Nonpartisan)
 
27.9
 
59,302
Image of Angela Schroden
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25.1
 
53,523
Jeffery Johnson (Nonpartisan)
 
18.6
 
39,620

Total votes: 212,907
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About the district

See also: Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida

Hillsborough County Public Schools is located in Hillsborough County, Florida. The district served 217,072 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[2]

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Four of 67 Florida counties—6 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Florida 5.06% 1.75% 3.66%
Monroe County, Florida 6.82% 0.44% 4.90%
Pinellas County, Florida 1.11% 5.65% 8.25%
St. Lucie County, Florida 2.40% 7.86% 12.12%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Florida with 49 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 47.8 percent. Florida was considered a key battleground state in the 2016 general election. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Florida voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time. Florida went to the Republicans in 2000, 2004, and 2016, and it went to the Democrats in 2008 and 2012.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Florida. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 55 out of 120 state House districts in Florida with an average margin of victory of 29.1 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 54 out of 120 state House districts in Florida with an average margin of victory of 30.3 points. Clinton won 14 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 65 out of 120 state House districts in Florida with an average margin of victory of 17.7 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 66 out of 120 state House districts in Florida with an average margin of victory of 21.1 points. Trump won two districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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