School District of Manatee County

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The School District of Manatee County will hold a School Board primary election on August 23, 2022.
District 4 residents will choose between 3 candidates: Chad Choate, James Daniel, and Garin Hoover. If a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in August, that candidate will be declared the winner and there will not be a general election for District 4 in November. If all 3 candidates receive less than 50% of the vote, then only the top 2 candidates will proceed to a general election on November 8.

District 4 CANDIDATES

Chad Choate is a father and lifelong Manatee County resident. He is a former Manatee County teacher and coach and was appointed to the School Board by Governor Ron DeSantis.


Choate is a registered Republican and has voted in Republican primary elections.


Choate says he is focused on parental rights, student safety, and teacher pay.


Choate opposes school mask mandates and Critical Race Theory and wants to prioritize civics education. He has spoken out against schools concealing information about children from their parents.


Visit Chad Choate’s website or Facebook to learn more.

Chad Choate is a father and lifelong Manatee County resident. He is a former Manatee County teacher and coach and was appointed to the School Board by Governor Ron DeSantis.

James Daniel is a CPA and Manatee County resident.


Daniel is a registered Republican and has voted in Republican primaries in the past.


Daniel ran for School Board in 2018 and lost.


In 2018, Daniel ran to stop board in-fighting and bring more fiscal discipline and transparency to the District. Daniel’s 2022 priorities do not appear to be publicly available.


Visit James Daniel’s Facebook to learn more.

James Daniel is a CPA and Manatee County resident.

Garin Hoover is a Real Estate Broker and operates his own company.

 

Hoover is a registered Republican and has voted in Republican primary elections.

 

Hoover served 3 years on the Manatee County School Board’s Citizen Financial Oversight Committee.


Hoover opposed a 2021 referendum citing poor third-grade reading metrics and concluded the School District has a “management problem, not a money problem.”


As Vice Chair of the Manatee County Republican Party, Hoover called for Superintendent Cynthia Saunders to resign after she was accused of inflating graduation rates during the 2014-2016 school years.


Visit Garin Hoover’s Facebook to learn more.

Garin Hoover is a Real Estate Broker and operates his own company.

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