Mobile County Public Schools elections (2018)
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 22
- Early voting: N/A
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 5
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo ID required
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Two of the five seats on the Mobile County Public Schools school board in Alabama were up for general election on November 6, 2018. A primary election was held on June 5, 2018. In his bid for re-election to the Place 1 seat, incumbent Doug Harwell defeated challenger Lonnie Parsons in the Republican primary. Harwell was unopposed in the general election. Place 2 incumbent Don Stringfellow (R) also ran unopposed.[1][2]
Elections
Candidates and results
Place 1
General election
General election for Mobile County Public School System District 1
Incumbent Doug Harwell Jr. won election in the general election for Mobile County Public School System District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Doug Harwell Jr. (R) | 100.0 | 17,845 |
| Total votes: 17,845 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mobile County Public School System District 1
Incumbent Doug Harwell Jr. defeated Lonnie Parsons in the Republican primary for Mobile County Public School System District 1 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Doug Harwell Jr. | 54.7 | 4,792 |
 | Lonnie Parsons | 45.3 | 3,961 | |
| Total votes: 8,753 | |||
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Place 2
General election
General election for Mobile County Public School System District 2
Incumbent Don Stringfellow won election in the general election for Mobile County Public School System District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Don Stringfellow (R) | 100.0 | 15,723 |
| Total votes: 15,723 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Don Stringfellow advanced from the Republican primary for Mobile County Public School System District 2.
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Alabama elections, 2018
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About the district
- See also: Mobile County Public Schools, Alabama
The Mobile County Public Schools school district is located in Alabama. The district was the largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 57,910 students.[3]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
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. No counties in Alabama are Pivot Counties.
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Alabama with 62.1 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Alabama voted Democratic 53.33 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Alabama voted Republican all five times.
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Kim Tillman, Elections Coordinator for the Mobile County Probate Court," March 5, 2018
- ↑ Alabama Votes, "Primary Election 2018 Mobile County Results," accessed June 5, 2018
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Mobile County Public Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Mobile County, Alabama | |
| Election date: | Primary Election: June 5, 2018 • General Election: November 6, 2018 |
| Candidates: | Place 1: • Incumbent, Doug Harwell (R) • Lonnie Parsons (R) Place 2: • Incumbent, Don Stringfellow (R) |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot |
