Fulton County Schools elections (2018)

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Fulton County Schools elections

General election date
May 22, 2018
Runoff election date
July 24, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
95,641 students

Four seats on the Fulton County Schools school board in Georgia were up for general election on May 22, 2018. Georgia held runoff elections on July 24, 2018, for school board races across the state where no candidate received a majority of the vote in the general election.

In District 2, incumbent Katie Reeves defeated challenger Tom Pemble. Linda McCain and Julia Bernath were unopposed for re-election in Districts 5 and 7. District 6 incumbent Kimberly Dove won against Latonya Rogers.[2]

Elections

District 2

General election

General election for Fulton County Schools school board District 2

Incumbent Katie Reeves defeated Tom Pemble in the general election for Fulton County Schools school board District 2 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Katie Reeves (Nonpartisan)
 
59.0
 
5,011
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Tom Pemble (Nonpartisan)
 
40.9
 
3,468
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
8

Total votes: 8,487
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District 5

General election

General election for Fulton County Schools school board District 5

Incumbent Linda McCain won election in the general election for Fulton County Schools school board District 5 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Linda McCain
Linda McCain (Nonpartisan)
 
99.4
 
5,652
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
35

Total votes: 5,687
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District 6

General election

General election for Fulton County Schools school board District 6

Incumbent Kimberly Dove defeated LaTonya Martin Rogers in the general election for Fulton County Schools school board District 6 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kimberly Dove
Kimberly Dove (Nonpartisan)
 
52.4
 
4,589
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LaTonya Martin Rogers (Nonpartisan)
 
47.3
 
4,144
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
19

Total votes: 8,752
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District 7

General election

General election for Fulton County Schools school board District 7

Incumbent Julia Bernath won election in the general election for Fulton County Schools school board District 7 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Julia Bernath
Julia Bernath (Nonpartisan)
 
99.2
 
7,056
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
56

Total votes: 7,112
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Endorsements

District 6 candidate Latonya Rogers received endorsements from the Fulton County Federation of Teachers, the American Federation of Teachers, and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.[3]

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About the district

See also: Fulton County Schools, Georgia

Fulton County Schools is located in Georgia. The district was the fourth-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 95,460 students.[4]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Five of 159 Georgia counties—3.14 percent—are pivot counties. These 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
Baker County, Georgia 8.68% 0.57% 1.07%
Dooly County, Georgia 2.05% 6.98% 3.53%
Peach County, Georgia 2.91% 7.48% 6.75%
Quitman County, Georgia 10.92% 9.04% 7.90%
Twiggs County, Georgia 1.58% 8.64% 6.97%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Georgia with 50.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 45.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Georgia voted Democratic 63.33 percent of the time and Republican 36.67 percent of the time. Georgia voted Republican in every presidential election from 2000 to 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Georgia. 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.[5][6]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 64 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 45.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 74 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 42.3 points. Clinton won 14 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 116 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 36.6 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 106 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 36.8 points. Trump won four districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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See also

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