Henry County Schools elections (2018)

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Henry County Schools elections

General election date
May 22, 2018
Runoff election date
July 24, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
41,820 students

Two seats on the Henry 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 4, incumbent Donna McBride was defeated by Sophe Cook Pope in a runoff election. They defeated Bridgette Freeman in the general election. The District 5 incumbent, Annette Edwards was re-elected without opposition.[2][3]

Elections

District 4

General runoff election

General runoff election for Henry County Schools school board District 4

Sophe Cook Pope defeated incumbent Donna McBride in the general runoff election for Henry County Schools school board District 4 on July 24, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Sophe Cook Pope (Nonpartisan)
 
60.5
 
3,072
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Donna McBride (Nonpartisan)
 
39.5
 
2,004

Total votes: 5,076
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General election

General election for Henry County Schools school board District 4

Incumbent Donna McBride and Sophe Cook Pope advanced to a runoff. They defeated Bridgette Freeman in the general election for Henry County Schools school board District 4 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna McBride
Donna McBride (Nonpartisan)
 
38.1
 
2,233
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Sophe Cook Pope (Nonpartisan)
 
37.0
 
2,169
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Bridgette Freeman (Nonpartisan)
 
24.8
 
1,458
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
8

Total votes: 5,868
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District 5

General election

General election for Henry County Schools school board District 5

Incumbent Annette Edwards won election in the general election for Henry County Schools school board District 5 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Annette Edwards (Nonpartisan)
 
99.0
 
4,940
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
52

Total votes: 4,992
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About the district

See also: Henry County Schools, Georgia

Henry County Schools is located in Georgia. The district was the eighth-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 41,277 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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