Derrick Donnell
Derrick Donnell was a candidate for the District 7 seat on theSchool District of Lee County school board inFlorida. Donnell was defeated in theby-districtprimary election on August 30, 2016.
Elections
2016
Four seats on theSchool District of Lee County school board were up for general election onNovember 8, 2016. The board originally had five seats, but the 2016 election added two more seats to the board: Districts 6 and 7, which were electedat large. Two other seats were up forby-district election, although the race for one—District 3—was decided in the primary election onAugust 30, 2016, and it did not appear on the general ballot. In her bid for re-election, District 2 incumbentJeanne Dozier faced five challengers in the primary election:Charlie Flores,Melisa Giovannelli,Kimberly Hurley,David Lusk, andStephen Solak. Since no candidate won over 50 percent of the total votes, the top two vote-getters—Dozier and Giovannelli—advanced to the general election. Giovannelli defeated Dozier in the general election. The race for a two-year term for the new District 6 seat includedDon Armstrong,Charles Dailey,Richard Dunmire, andJane Kuckel on the primary ballot. Kuckel and Armstrong advanced to the general election, with Kuckel winning the seat. In the primary election for District 7, District 3 incumbentCathleen Morgan faced challengersDerrick Donnell,Guido Minaya,Chris Quackenbush, andBetsy Vaughn. Morgan and Quackenbush both appeared on the general election ballot. Morgan won the general election. Since Morgan ran for the District 7 seat, the District 3 was leftopen for a newcomer.Chris Patricca defeatedLori Fayhee in the race for the seat in the primary election.[1][2]
Results
| School District of Lee County, District 7 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| 32.67% | 31,542 | |
| 27.16% | 26,223 | |
| Betsy Vaughn | 16.73% | 16,146 |
| Derrick Donnell | 15.00% | 14,477 |
| Guido Minaya | 8.44% | 8,146 |
| Total Votes | 96,534 | |
| Source:Lee County Supervisor of Elections, "2016 Primary Election," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Donnell reported $3,895.00 in contributions and $2,990.66 in expenditures to the Lee County Supervisor of Elections, which left his campaign with $904.34 cash on hand, as of August 28, 2016.[3]
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