Kurt Bienias

Kurt Bienias was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Johnston County Schools Board of Education in North Carolina. He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014.

Elections[edit]

2014[edit]

See also: Johnston County Schools elections (2014)

Three at-large seats on the Johnston Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Larry Strickland, Butler Hall and Dorothy Johnson were running for re-election. They ran against challengers Dade Sherman Jr. and Kurt Bienias.

Results[edit]

Johnston County Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Larry Strickland Incumbent	32.1%	30,751
	Nonpartisan	Dorothy Johnson Incumbent	25.2%	24,178
	Nonpartisan	Butler Hall Incumbent	25.2%	24,095
	Nonpartisan	Kurt Bienias	9.1%	8,686
	Nonpartisan	Dade Sherman Jr.	7.7%	7,412
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.7%	639
Total Votes				95,761
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 30, 2014

About the district[edit]

See also: Johnston County Schools, North Carolina

Johnston County Schools is located in Johnston County, North Carolina

Johnston County Schools is located in Johnston County, North Carolina. The county seat of Johnston County is Smithfield. Johnston County is home to 177,967 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.^[1] In the 2011-2012 school year, Johnston County Schools was the eighth-largest school district in North Carolina and served 33,097 students.^[2]

Demographics[edit]

Johnston County underperformed in comparison to the rest of North Carolina in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 19.9 percent of Johnston County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.8 percent for North Carolina as a whole. The median household income in Johnston County was $50,132 compared to $46,450 for the state of North Carolina. The poverty rate in Johnston County was 16.1 percent compared to 16.8 percent for the entire state.^[1]

Racial Demographics, 2013^[1]
Race	Johnston County (%)	North Carolina (%)
White	80.5	71.7
Black or African American	15.5	22.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.9	1.6
Asian	0.7	2.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	1.8	2.0
Hispanic or Latino	13.2	8.9

Johnston County Party Affiliation, 2014^[3]
Party	Registered Voters	% of Total
Republican	41,617	37.8
Democratic	38,506	35.0
Libertarian	415	0.4
Unaffiliated	28,788	23.4

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]

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Kurt + Bienias + Johnston + County + Schools"

Kurt Bienias News Feed

External links[edit]

Suggest a link

Johnston County Schools

Footnotes[edit]

[Census-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 United States Census Bureau, "Johnston County, North Carolina," accessed August 18, 2014

[2] National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed February 18, 2014

[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, "NC Voter Statistics Results," accessed August 18, 2014

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2014 Johnston County Schools Elections
Johnston County, North Carolina
Election date:	November 4, 2014
Candidates:	At-large: Incumbent, Larry Strickland • Incumbent, Butler Hall • Incumbent, Dorothy Johnson • Dade Sherman Jr. • Kurt Bienias
Important information:	Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot

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