Fort Wayne Community Schools elections (2018)

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Fort Wayne Community Schools elections

General election date
November 6, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
30,182 students

Four seats on the Fort Wayne Community Schools school board in Indiana were up for general election on November 6, 2018.

Candidates and results

At-large

General election

General election for Fort Wayne Community Schools school board At-large (2 seats)

Incumbent Anne Duff and incumbent Maria Norman defeated Brian Thompson in the general election for Fort Wayne Community Schools school board At-large on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Anne Duff
Anne Duff (Nonpartisan)
 
37.6
 
31,012
Image of Maria Norman
Maria Norman (Nonpartisan)
 
34.8
 
28,648
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Brian Thompson (Nonpartisan)
 
27.6
 
22,775

Total votes: 82,435
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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District 1

General election

General election for Fort Wayne Community Schools school board District 1

Incumbent Julie Hollingsworth won election in the general election for Fort Wayne Community Schools school board District 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Julie Hollingsworth (Nonpartisan)
 
100.0
 
8,800

Total votes: 8,800
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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District 4

General election

General election for Fort Wayne Community Schools school board District 4

Incumbent Jordan Lebamoff defeated Rachel Rayburn in the general election for Fort Wayne Community Schools school board District 4 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jordan Lebamoff
Jordan Lebamoff (Nonpartisan)
 
53.6
 
2,855
Image of Rachel Rayburn
Rachel Rayburn (Nonpartisan)
 
46.4
 
2,474

Total votes: 5,329
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Indiana elections, 2018

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About the district

See also: Fort Wayne Community Schools, Indiana

Fort Wayne Community Schools is located in Indiana. The district was the second-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 30,952 students.[1]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Five of 92 Indiana counties—5 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
Delaware County, Indiana 13.43% 3.12% 14.98%
LaPorte County, Indiana 6.33% 12.57% 22.04%
Perry County, Indiana 18.55% 11.59% 22.84%
Porter County, Indiana 6.59% 3.90% 7.20%
Vigo County, Indiana 14.97% 0.86% 15.83%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Indiana with 56.9 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 37.8 percent. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) was Trump's running mate. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Indiana voted Republican 83.33 percent of the time and Democratic 16.67 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Indiana voted Republican four times and Democratic once when it voted for Barack Obama in 2008.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Indiana. 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.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 28 out of 100 state House districts in Indiana with an average margin of victory of 32.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 25 out of 100 state House districts in Indiana with an average margin of victory of 32.9 points. Clinton won one district controlled by a Republican heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 72 out of 100 state House districts in Indiana with an average margin of victory of 25.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 75 out of 100 state House districts in Indiana with an average margin of victory of 34.3 points. Trump won six districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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