Levester Flowers
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Levester Flowers was a candidate for District 3 representative on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education in North Carolina. Flowers was defeated in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Flowers was an unsuccessful candidate in the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Flowers' professional experience includes working in case management for Bank of America. Prior that that, he worked in banking and insurance. He earned his master's degree in school administration from the University of North Carolina and his bachelor's degree in elementary education from Livingstone College.[1]
Elections
2017
Six of the nine seats on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education in North Carolina were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. A total of 20 candidates filed for the seats.
District 1 saw board member Rhonda Lennon defeat challengers Annette Albright, Amy Hallman, and Jess Miller. In District 2, incumbent Thelma Byers-Bailey filed for re-election and defeated newcomer Lenora Shipp. District 3 board member Ruby Jones defeated former candidate Janeen Bryant, Emmitt Butts, former candidate Levester Flowers, Blanche Penn, and Olivia Scott in the race for the seat. In District 4, Carol Sawyer defeated Queen Thompson and Stephanie Sneed in the race for the open spot on the board. District 5 saw Margaret Marshall defeat Jim Peterson and former candidate Jeremy Stephenson in the race for the open seat, and District 6 saw Sean Strain defeat Allen Smith in the race for the open seat.[2]
Results
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ruby Jones Incumbent |
29.12% | 4,771 |
| Janeen Bryant | 24.00% | 3,932 |
| Emmitt Butts | 15.45% | 2,531 |
| Blanche Penn | 15.19% | 2,488 |
| Olivia Scott | 10.21% | 1,672 |
| Levester Flowers | 5.35% | 877 |
| Write-in votes | 0.68% | 111 |
| Total Votes | 16,382 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement, "11/07/2017 Unofficial General Election Results - Mecklenburg," accessed November 7, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
2015
Three of the nine seats on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education were up for election on November 3, 2015. The seats represent the district at-large.
The seats of incumbents Ericka Ellis-Stewart, Mary T. McCray, and Timothy Morgan were up for election. Morgan did not run for re-election. Ellis-Stewart and McCray won re-election to their seats. Newcomer Elyse Dashew won the open seat left by Morgan. The other six candidates—Angela Ambroise, Janeen Bryant, Larry Bumgarner, Levester Flowers, Jeremy Stephenson, and Amelia Stinson-Wesley— were defeated in the election.[3][4][5]
Results
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, At-Large, 4-year Term, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Ericka Ellis-Stewart Incumbent |
18.3% | 36,922 |
| Elyse Dashew |
14.9% | 29,955 |
| Mary T. McCray Incumbent |
13.8% | 27,709 |
| Jeremy Stephenson | 11.8% | 23,701 |
| Larry Bumgarner | 10.9% | 21,964 |
| Janeen Bryant | 10.6% | 21,270 |
| Amelia Stinson-Wesley | 7.4% | 14,979 |
| Angela Ambroise | 6.3% | 12,775 |
| Levester Flowers | 5.7% | 11,530 |
| Write-in votes | 0.23% | 453 |
| Total Votes | 201,258 | |
| Source: North Carolina Secretary of State, "11/03/2015 Official General Election Results," accessed November 30, 2015 | ||
Funding
Flowers reported $4,796.32 in contributions and $4,790.75 in expenditures to the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, which left his campaign with $5.57 on hand as of March 7, 2016.[6]
Endorsements
Flowers received no official endorsements in this race.
Recent news
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See also
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools elections (2017)
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools elections (2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Levester Flowers," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed July 24, 2017
- ↑ Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, "Board of Education," accessed June 26, 2015
- ↑ Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, "Candidate Listing," accessed July 20, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina Secretary of State, "11/03/2015 Unofficial Municipal Election Results," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed March 7, 2016
