Becky Williams Barnes

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Becky Williams Barnes is the District 5 incumbent on the Sevier County Board of Education in Tennessee. She ran unopposed in the general election on August 7, 2014.

Elections[edit]

2014[edit]

See also: Sevier County Schools elections (2014)

The August 7, 2014, general election ballot for Districts 1, 3 and 5 included incumbents Mike Oakley, Mark Strange and Becky Williams Barnes, respectively. They are all running unopposed.

Results[edit]

Sevier County Schools, District 5, 4-year term, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Becky Williams Barnes Incumbent	100%	1,518
Total Votes				1,518
Source: Tiffany Rouse, "Email communication with Sevier County Elections Department," March 6, 2015

Funding[edit]

The Sevier County Election Commission does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports.

Endorsements[edit]

Barnes did not receive any official endorsements in this election.

About the district[edit]

See also: Sevier County Schools, Tennessee

Sevier County Schools is located in Sevier County, Tennessee

Sevier County Schools is located in Sevier County, Tennessee. The county seat of Sevier County is Sevierville. Sevier County is home to 89,889 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.^[1] Sevier County Schools was the 10th-largest school district in Tennessee, serving 14,523 students during the 2011-2012 school year.^[2]

Demographics[edit]

Sevier County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Tennessee in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 14.6 percent of Sevier County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 23.5 percent for Tennessee as a whole. The median household income in Sevier County was $43,300 compared to $44,140 for the state of Tennessee. The poverty rate in Sevier County was 13.4 percent compared to 17.3 percent for the entire state.^[1]

Racial Demographics, 2012^[1]
Race	Sevier County (%)	Tennessee (%)
White	96.0	79.3
Black or African American	1.2	17.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.5	0.4
Asian	1.1	1.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.0	0.1
Two or More Races	1.2	1.6
Hispanic or Latino	5.5	4.8

Presidential Voting Pattern, Sevier County^[3]
Year	Democratic Vote	Republican Vote
2012	7,418	25,984
2008	8,604	24,922
2004	8,621	22,143
2000	8,208	16,734

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 census here.

Recent news[edit]

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External links[edit]

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Footnotes[edit]

[Census-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 United States Census Bureau, "Sevier County, Tennessee," accessed July 21, 2014

[2] National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed July 21, 2014

[3] Tennessee Secretary of State, "Election Results," accessed June 26, 2014

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2014 Sevier County Schools Elections
Sevier County, Tennessee
Election date:	August 7, 2014
Candidates:	District 1: • Incumbent, Mike Oakley District 3: • Mark Strange District 5: • Becky Williams Barnes
Important information:	Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot

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