School Board Candidates

Twelve (12) candidates filed for the Richland 2 school district. Here they are, in alphabetical order:

Teresa Holmes (incumbent)

James Mobley

McGee Moody

Angela Nash

Niki Porter

Darrell President

Eric Rovelli

Larry Smalls

Terrance Staley

Joe Trapp

Tamika Washington

Maryann Wright

The two-week filing period closed at noon yesterday.

Of The Core Four, three did not file for re-election. They are Manning, McKie, and Caution-Parker. 

Election Day is Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The election could be certified by Thursday, November 10, 2022. The term-of-office for the new board members starts one week after the election is certified, which could be Thursday, November 17.

The first scheduled board meeting after the election is certified will be a Special-Called Meeting on Friday, November 18. The four candidates elected as school board members will take the oath-of-office and enter upon their official responsibilities, IF they have filed their Statements of Economic Interests Reports with the South Carolina Ethics Commission. 

You can bet that there won't be a repeat of the fiasco that occurred after the November 2018 election!

However, watch for a wrench in the works, if the Richland County Elections Commission does not certify the election on November 10. The following day, November 11, is Veterans Day, which is a U.S. and South Carolina holiday. This could delay certification of the school board election until Monday, November 14, which would cause a last-minute re-scheduling of the Special-Called Meeting.

This means that the last school board meeting for Manning, McKie, and Caution-Parker will be Tuesday, October 25. That meeting is five days after McKie's hearing at the Ethics Commission on her latest violation.