Four seats on the Wayne County Public Schools school board were up for general election on November 4, 2014.

Incumbent Chris West defeated Phillip J. Sexton for the District 1 seat. In District 4, Jennifer Smith Strickland defeated Phil Grantham. Incumbents Arnold L. Flowers and Rick Pridgen were unopposed for re-election to the District 5 and District 6 seats.

About the district[edit]

See also: Wayne County Public Schools, North Carolina

Wayne County Public Schools is located in Wayne County, North Carolina

Wayne County Public Schools is located in Wayne County, North Carolina. The county seat of Wayne County is Monroe. Wayne County is home to 124,583 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.^[1] In the 2011-2012 school year, Wayne County Public Schools was the 20th-largest school district in North Carolina and served 19,912 students.^[2]

Demographics[edit]

Wayne 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 15.8 percent of Wayne 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 Wayne County was $41,233 compared to $46,450 for the state of North Carolina. The poverty rate in Wayne County was 21.6 percent compared to 16.8 percent for the entire state.^[1]

Racial Demographics, 2013^[1]
Race	Wayne County (%)	North Carolina (%)
White	63.6	71.7
Black or African American	32.0	22.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.8	1.6
Asian	1.3	2.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	2.2	2.0
Hispanic or Latino	10.7	8.9

Wayne County Party Affiliation, 2014^[3]
Party	Registered Voters	% of Total
Republican	23,232	31.8
Democratic	34,751	47.6
Libertarian	193	0.3
Unaffiliated	14,886	20.4

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.

Voter and candidate information[edit]

The Wayne school board consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Six members are elected by geographic electoral district and one member is elected at-large. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Four seats were on the ballot in 2014.^[4]

The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was February 28, 2014.^[5]

Elections[edit]

2014[edit]

Candidates[edit]

District 1[edit]

	2014 Wayne County Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
	November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
	About the district ; Method of election ; Elections ; Key deadlines ; Additional elections ; External links
See also
	North Carolina ; Wayne County Public Schools ; Wayne County, North Carolina ballot measures ; Local ballot measures, North Carolina

Chris West
- Incumbent
Phillip J. Sexton

District 4[edit]

Phil Grantham
- Incumbent
Jennifer Smith Strickland

District 5[edit]

Arnold L. Flowers
- Incumbent

District 6[edit]

Rick Pridgen
- Incumbent

Election results[edit]

**Wayne County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Chris West Incumbent	62.6%	3,402
	Nonpartisan	Phillip J. Sexton	36.7%	1,996
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.7%	36
Total Votes				5,434
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 31, 2014

**Wayne County Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Jennifer Smith Strickland	51.8%	2,731
	Nonpartisan	Phil Grantham Incumbent	47.7%	2,514
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.5%	25
Total Votes				5,270
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 31, 2014

**Wayne County Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Arnold L. Flowers Incumbent	95%	2,971
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	5%	157
Total Votes				3,128
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 31, 2014

**Wayne County Public Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Rick Pridgen Incumbent	97.2%	3,805
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	2.8%	109
Total Votes				3,914
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 31, 2014

Endorsements[edit]

No candidate received any official endorsements in this election.

Campaign finance[edit]

No candidates filed a campaign finance report with the Wayne County Board of Elections.^[6]

Past elections[edit]

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2012

**Wayne County Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Eddie Radford	65.7%	27,728
	Nonpartisan	H. Len Henderson	30.7%	12,964
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	3.6%	1,525
Total Votes				42,217
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 6, 2014

**Wayne County Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Dwight B. Cannon	52.6%	2,886
	Nonpartisan	Ven Faulk	46.9%	2,570
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.5%	29
Total Votes				5,485
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 6, 2014

**Wayne County Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Thelma Smith	61.6%	4,734
	Nonpartisan	Charles Wright, Sr.	38.2%	2,935
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.2%	15
Total Votes				7,684
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 6, 2014

2010

Wayne County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Chris West	96.4%	3,994
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	3.6%	148
Total Votes				4,142
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 6, 2014

Wayne County Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Phil Grantham	96.5%	3,321
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	3.5%	120
Total Votes				3,441
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 6, 2014

Wayne County Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Arnold L. Flowers	61.9%	3,321
	Nonpartisan	George Moye	35.9%	1,923
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	2.2%	120
Total Votes				5,364
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 6, 2014

Wayne County Public Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Rick Pridgen	58.5%	2,565
	Nonpartisan	Trebor (Tree) Jackson	40.2%	1,763
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	1.3%	57
Total Votes				4,385
Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 6, 2014

Key deadlines[edit]

The following dates were key deadlines for the Wayne County Public Schools election in 2014:^[5]

Deadline	Event
February 10, 2014	Candidate filing begins
February 28, 2014	Candidate filing ends
September 5, 2014	First day to request an absentee ballot by mail
October 10, 2014	Voter registration ends
October 23, 2014	One-stop early voting begins
October 28, 2014	Last day to request an absentee ballot by mail
November 1, 2014	One-stop early voting ends
November 4, 2014	Election day

Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

In addition to the school board election, residents of Wayne County voted in races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina State Senate, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina District Attorney, Board of Commissioners, Register of Deeds, Sheriff, Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor, Clerk of Superior Court, North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice and North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge.^[7]

Recent news[edit]

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Wayne + County + Public + Schools + North + Carolina"

Wayne County Public Schools News Feed

External links[edit]

Suggest a link

Footnotes[edit]

[Census-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 United States Census Bureau, "Wayne County, North Carolina," accessed September 6, 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 September 6, 2014

[board-4] Wayne County Schools, "Board of Education," accessed September 6, 2014

[deadlines-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Wayne County Board of Elections, "Home," accessed September 6, 2014

[finance-6] Wayne County Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance," accessed September 6, 2014

[7] Wayne County Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed September 6, 2014

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2014 Wayne County Public Schools Elections
Wayne County, North Carolina
Election date:	November 4, 2014
Candidates:	District 1: Incumbent, Chris West • Phillip J. Sexton District 4: Incumbent, Phil Grantham • Jennifer Smith Strickland District 5: Incumbent, Arnold L. Flowers District 6: Incumbent, Rick Pridgen
Important information:	Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot

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