Granite School District elections (2018)

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Granite School District elections

General election date
November 6, 2018
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Five seats on the Granite School District school board in Utah were up for general election on November 6, 2018. Four seats were part of the regularly scheduled election, and one additional seat was up for election following the resignation of the District 4 incumbent in July 2017. All incumbents ran for re-election.[1]

Elections

Candidates and results

District 3

General election

General election for Granite School District Precinct III

Incumbent Connie Burgess defeated David McEwen in the general election for Granite School District Precinct III on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Connie Burgess (Nonpartisan)
 
71.5
 
8,061
Image of David McEwen
David McEwen (Nonpartisan)
 
28.5
 
3,212

Total votes: 11,273
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District 4

General election

General election for Granite School District Precinct IV

Nicole McDermott defeated incumbent Carrie Johnson in the general election for Granite School District Precinct IV on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nicole McDermott
Nicole McDermott (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
57.5
 
7,986
Carrie Johnson (Nonpartisan)
 
42.5
 
5,905

Total votes: 13,891
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District 5

General election

General election for Granite School District Precinct V

Incumbent Terry H. Bawden defeated Bob Aagard in the general election for Granite School District Precinct V on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Terry H. Bawden
Terry H. Bawden (Nonpartisan)
 
61.7
 
6,509
Image of Bob Aagard
Bob Aagard (Nonpartisan)
 
38.3
 
4,045

Total votes: 10,554
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District 6

General election

General election for Granite School District Precinct VI

Incumbent Karyn Hermansen Winder defeated Joshua Cameron in the general election for Granite School District Precinct VI on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karyn Hermansen Winder
Karyn Hermansen Winder (Nonpartisan)
 
69.0
 
8,636
Joshua Cameron (Nonpartisan)
 
31.0
 
3,887

Total votes: 12,523
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District 7

General election

General election for Granite School District Precinct VII

Incumbent Gayleen Gandy won election in the general election for Granite School District Precinct VII on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gayleen Gandy
Gayleen Gandy (Nonpartisan)
 
100.0
 
10,711

Total votes: 10,711
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Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Utah elections, 2018


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About the district

See also: Granite School District, Utah

The Granite School District is located in Utah. The district was the school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served students.[2]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Utah. 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.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Utah with 45.5 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 27.5 percent. Independent candidate and Utah native Evan McMullin received 21.5 percent of the vote, his strongest showing in a state. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Utah cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same timeframe, Utah supported Republican candidates more often than Democrats, 73.3 to 23.3 percent. The state favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Utah. 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 seven out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 20.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 19 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 21.9 points. Clinton won six districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 68 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 54.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 56 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 30.7 points.


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See also

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