2014 Troup County School System Elections
General Election date:
May 20, 2014
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About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
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Georgia Troup County School System Troup County, Georgia ballot measures Local ballot measures, Georgia

Three seats on theTroup County Board of Education were up forgeneral election onMay 20, 2014. District 7 incumbentAlfred McNair won re-election against challengerEric Cedek Davenport. Board membersAllen Simpson andTed Alford won re-election without opposition to Districts 1 and 4, respectively.

About the district

See also:Troup County School System, Georgia

Troup County School System is located in Troup County, Georgia

Troup County School System is located inTroup County, Georgia. The county seat of Troup County is LaGrange. Troup County is home to 69,053 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.^[1] Troup County School System was the30th-largest school district inGeorgia, serving 12,751 students during the 2011-2012 school year.^[2]

Demographics

Troup County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Georgia in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 19.7 percent of Troup County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 27.8 percent for Georgia as a whole. The median household income in Troup County was $40,246 compared to $49,604 for the state of Georgia. The poverty rate in Troup County was 22.1 percent compared to 17.4 percent for the entire state.^[1]

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere.

Voter and candidate information

The Troup County Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Each member is elected to a specific geographic district. There was noprimary election and thegeneral election was held on May 20, 2014. Three seats were up for election in 2014 and four seats will be up for election in 2016.^[3]

Candidates began to file affidavits of candidacy on March 3, 2014. The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was March 7, 2014.^[4]

Elections

2014

Candidates

District 1

• Allen Simpson
  • Incumbent
  • Minister and business owner

District 4

• Ted Alford
  • Incumbent
  • Retired teacher and coach

District 7

• Eric Cedek Davenportd
• Alfred McNair
  • Incumbent
  • Pharmacist, West Georgia Health

Election results

Troup County School System, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Allen SimpsonIncumbent	100%	386
Total Votes				386
Source:Tiffany Rouse, "Email communication with Local Election Official Liason John Hallman," March 5, 2015

Troup County School System, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Ted AlfordIncumbent	100%	1,395
Total Votes				1,395
Source:Tiffany Rouse, "Email communication with Local Election Official Liason John Hallman," March 5, 2015

Troup County School System, District 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Alfred McNairIncumbent	52.8%	290
	Nonpartisan	Eric Cedek Davenport	47.2%	259
Total Votes				549
Source:Tiffany Rouse, "Email communication with Local Election Official Liason John Hallman," March 5, 2015

Endorsements

No candidates received official endorsements in this election.

Campaign finance

No candidates reported contributions or expenditures to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission as of May 19, 2014.

Past elections

Troup County does not maintain public archives of past election results as of May 19, 2014.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Troup County School System election in 2014:^[4]

Additional elections on the ballot

The school board election shared the ballot with county, state and national primary elections on May 20, 2014. Residents of Troup County voted in races for magistrate judge and two seats on the county commission. The primary ballot included races forGeorgia House of Representatives andGeorgia State Senate. There were alsostate executive elections including races forgovernor,lieutenant governor andattorney general. The May 20, 2014, election also selected candidates for seats in theU.S. House of Representatives andU.S. Senate.^[5]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Troup + County + Schools + Georgia"

See also

• Georgia
• Troup County School System, Georgia
• Georgia school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Troup County, Georgia ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Georgia
• Flurry of school board elections heading to ballots in Georgia, New York

External links

Suggest a link

• Troup County School System
• Troup County, Georgia
• Georgia Secretary of State

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