Ann M. Sweeney
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Ann M. Sweeney is an at-large representative on the Waterbury Board of Education in Connecticut. She was appointed to her current tenure on the board in June 2014 following the resignation of Patrick J. Hayes, who was moving out of the district. Ann M. Sweeney won the general election on November 3, 2015.
Sweeney previous served on the board from 2005 until she lost her seat on the board in the general election on November 5, 2013. While she had been elected as an Independent Party candidate, she ran as an unaffiliated petitioning candidate in the 2013 election. She stated that running without a party was a matter of principal as she did not believe the school board should be a partisan office.[1]
Sweeney sought another term following her appointed return to the board in the general election on November 3, 2015. She was nominated by the Democratic Town Committee for this race.[2]
Biography
Sweeney graduated from Crosby High School in 1973 and currently works as a customer service representative at Hubbard Hall Inc. She and her husband, Robert, have two children.[3]
Elections
2015
Opposition
Five of the nine seats on the Waterbury Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 3, 2015. Democratic incumbents Ann M. Sweeney and Liz Crichton Brown won re-election, along with fellow party nominee Chuck Pagano. Incumbent Jason Van Stone was the only Republican to win in the election, placing fourth overall. The other seat was won by Connecticut Independent Party (CIP) nominee John Theriault.
Republican incumbent McEntee and newcomer Besa Kalici were also nominated by their party for the election, but placed seventh and eight, respectively, out of the nine candidates seeking six available seats. The Connecticut Independent Party also nominated Danielle Albert and George Noujaim, who were both defeated in the general election.[2] The three CIP candidates ran as a slate along with the CIP candidate for mayor, Lawrence V. De Pillo.
Results
| Waterbury Public Schools, At-Large (4-year terms), General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Ann M. Sweeney Incumbent |
20.0% | 6,198 | |
| Democratic | Chuck Pagano |
18.4% | 5,705 | |
| Democratic | Liz Crichton Brown Incumbent |
17.3% | 5,368 | |
| Republican | Jason Van Stone Incumbent |
10.5% | 3,249 | |
| CIP | John Theriault |
8.7% | 2,707 | |
| CIP | George Noujaim | 7.4% | 2,302 | |
| Republican | Bryan McEntee Incumbent | 7.1% | 2,196 | |
| Republican | Besa Kalici | 5.7% | 1,761 | |
| CIP | Danielle Albert | 5.1% | 1,579 | |
| Total Votes | 31,065 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Prescribed form for Return of Votes Cast At A Municipal Election," accessed November 5, 2015 | ||||
Endorsements
Sweeney received no official endorsements in this election.
2013
Sweeney lost re-election to the board as an unaffiliated candidate against nine other candidates on November 5, 2013. She previously won election as an Independent Party candidate but did not seek the party's endorsement and ran as a petitioning candidate on the ballot.[4]
| Waterbury Public Schools, General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Karen E. Harvey Incumbent |
17.5% | 5,883 | |
| Democratic | Felix Rodriguez Incumbent |
16% | 5,361 | |
| Democratic | Juanita Hernandez |
15.5% | 5,198 | |
| Republican | Charles L. Stango Incumbent |
12.1% | 4,083 | |
| Republican | Thomas Van Stone, Sr. |
10.6% | 3,551 | |
| Republican | John F. Alseph Jr. | 9.1% | 3,062 | |
| Independent | Margaret A. O'Brien | 6.2% | 2,090 | |
| Independent | James K. Russell | 5% | 1,673 | |
| Independent | Kimberly A. Sidoti | 4.8% | 1,623 | |
| Petitioning Candidate | Ann M. Sweeney Incumbent | 3.2% | 1,082 | |
| Total Votes | 33,606 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Municipal Elections - November 5, 2013," accessed December 16, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Ann M. Sweeney did not report any contributions or expenditures to the Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission.
Campaign themes
2013
On her campaign's Facebook page, Sweeney explained her decision to run without a party endorsement in 2013:
| “ | After 2 successful 4 year terms elected on a party line, I have made the decision to run as a petitioning candidate. Board of Education members should be there for the students and the district. Making decisions based on those needs may not always meet a party line philosophy. But our charge is students first always. I believe we should ALL run head to head without party ties. I hope this transition will confirm to voters that I am not about the politics of any party, I am all about the needs of the students and the district.[5] | ” |
| —Ann M. Sweeney, (2013)[6] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Connecticut
- Waterbury Public Schools, Connecticut
- Waterbury Public Schools elections (2015)
- Waterbury Public Schools elections (2013)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican-American, "Former member Sweeney to fill new vacancy on school board," June 9, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Waterbury Town Clerk Antoinette Chick Spinelli," October 6, 2015
- ↑ Republican-American, "Ann M. Sweeney," October 26, 2009
- ↑ Republican-American, "Board veteran runs unaffiliated," August 16, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ann Sweeney BOE Campaign 2013, "About," accessed October 11, 2013
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