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Jefferson County Schools elections (2018)
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 22
- Early voting: N/A
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 5
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo ID required
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Two of the five seats on the Jefferson County Schools school board in Alabama were up for general election on November 6, 2018. A primary election was held on June 5, 2018. Incumbent Martha Bouyer defeated Robert Mardis III in the Democratic primary for the District 2 seat. Bouyer faced Eddie Brown (R) in the general election. Place 3 incumbent Oscar Mann lost to challenger Jake Ware in the Republican primary. Ware was unopposed in the general election.[1][2][3]
Elections
Candidates and results
Place 2
General election
General election for Jefferson County School District, Place 2
Eddie Brown defeated incumbent Martha Bouyer in the general election for Jefferson County School District, Place 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Eddie Brown (R) | 56.5 | 49,578 | |
| Martha Bouyer (D) | 43.5 | 38,147 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 62 | ||
| Total votes: 87,787 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Jefferson County School District, Place 2
Incumbent Martha Bouyer defeated Robert Mardis III in the Democratic primary for Jefferson County School District, Place 2 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Martha Bouyer | 63.5 | 9,586 | |
| Robert Mardis III | 36.5 | 5,503 | ||
| Total votes: 15,089 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Eddie Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Jefferson County School District, Place 2.
Place 3
General election
General election for Jefferson County School District, Place 3
Incumbent Oscar Mann won election in the general election for Jefferson County School District, Place 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Oscar Mann (R) | 94.8 | 54,898 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.2 | 2,994 | ||
| Total votes: 57,892 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Jefferson County School District, Place 3
Incumbent Oscar Mann defeated Jake Ware in the Republican primary for Jefferson County School District, Place 3 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Oscar Mann | 54.1 | 9,465 | |
| Jake Ware | 45.9 | 8,022 | ||
| Total votes: 17,487 | ||||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Alabama elections, 2018
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What was at stake?
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About the district
- See also: Jefferson County Schools, Alabama
The Jefferson County Schools school district is located in Alabama. The district was the second-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 36,003 students.[4]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
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. No counties in Alabama are Pivot Counties.
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Alabama with 62.1 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Alabama voted Democratic 53.33 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Alabama voted Republican all five times.
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Jefferson County Democratic Party, "Your 2018 Democratic Candidates," February 19, 2018
- ↑ Jefferson County Republican Party, "Qualified Candidates," accessed February 19, 2018
- ↑ Alabama Votes, "Primary Election 2018 Jefferson County Results," accessed June 5, 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
| Jefferson County Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Jefferson County, Alabama | |
| Election date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Candidates: | Place 2: • Incumbent, Martha Bouyer (D) • Robert Mardis III (D) • Eddie Brown (R) Place 3: • Incumbent, Oscar Mann (R) • Jake Ware (R) |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot |
