Brandon Orman Rippeon

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Brandon Orman Rippeon
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Elections and appointments
Last election

June 26, 2018

Brandon Orman Rippeon ran for election for an at-large seat of the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland. Rippeon lost in the primary on June 26, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: Montgomery County Public Schools elections (2018)

General election

General election for Montgomery County Board of Education At-large

Karla Silvestre defeated Julie Reiley in the general election for Montgomery County Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karla Silvestre
Karla Silvestre (Nonpartisan)
 
50.8
 
148,197
Julie Reiley (Nonpartisan)
 
48.4
 
141,139
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
2,288

Total votes: 291,624
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Montgomery County Board of Education At-large

The following candidates ran in the primary for Montgomery County Board of Education At-large on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Julie Reiley (Nonpartisan)
 
32.0
 
39,118
Image of Karla Silvestre
Karla Silvestre (Nonpartisan)
 
27.9
 
34,083
John Robertson (Nonpartisan)
 
11.6
 
14,145
Marwa Omar Ibrahim (Nonpartisan)
 
9.7
 
11,820
Stephen Sugg (Nonpartisan)
 
6.5
 
7,940
Image of Brandon Orman Rippeon
Brandon Orman Rippeon (Nonpartisan)
 
5.3
 
6,490
Ryan Arbuckle (Nonpartisan)
 
3.8
 
4,659
Image of Timur Edib
Timur Edib (Nonpartisan)
 
3.2
 
3,886

Total votes: 122,141
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2016

See also: Montgomery County Public Schools elections (2016)

Three of the seven seats on the Montgomery County Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on April 26, 2016, for the at-large seat. Incumbent Philip Kauffman lost to challenger Jeanette Dixon in the general election. Both candidates defeated Mike Ibanez, Sebastian Johnson, and Gwendolyn Kimbrough in the primary. The District 2 general election featured incumbent Rebecca Smondrowski and challenger Brandon Orman Rippeon, while Shebra Evans and Anjali Reed Phukan were running for the open District 4 seat. Smondrowski and Evans won their respective races.[1]

Results

Montgomery County Public Schools,
District 2 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Rebecca Smondrowski Incumbent 66.89% 233,682
Brandon Orman Rippeon 32.39% 113,145
Write-in votes 0.72% 2,532
Total Votes 349,359
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential General Election Results," accessed December 14, 2016

Funding

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2016
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Candidates for public office in Maryland had until March 22, 2016, to submit their first contributions and expenditure report of the primary campaign. The final campaign finance deadline of the 2016 campaign was November 22, 2016.[2] State law allows candidates to file Affidavits of Limited Contributions and Expenditures (ALCE) if their campaigns did not accept $1,000 in contributions or spend $1,000 in a particular reporting period.[3]

October 28 filing

Candidates received a total of $6,735.00 and spent a total of $10,861.49 as of October 30, 2016, according to the Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System.[4]

At-large
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Philip Kauffman (incumbent) $1,020.00 $2,585.87 $10,059.85
Jeanette Dixon $2,950.00 $3,995.98 $3,560.69
District 2
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Rebecca Smondrowski (incumbent) $940.00 $3,816.55 $10,352.20
Brandon Orman Rippeon $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
District 4
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Shebra Evans $1,825.00 $463.09 $3,761.22
Anjali Reed Phukan 0.00 0.00 0.00

March 22 filing

Candidates received a total of $23,606.64 and spent a total of $8,241.11 as of April 1, 2016, according to the Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System.[5]

At-large
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Philip Kauffman (incumbent) $1,450.00 $413.80 $6,916.80
Jeanette Dixon $1,177.00 $2,131.38 $3,099.39
Mike Ibanez ALCE ALCE ALCE
Sebastian Johnson $18,461.64 $2,014.58 $16,447.06
Gwendolyn Kimbrough ALCE ALCE ALCE
District 2
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Rebecca Smondrowski (incumbent) $500.00 $133.20 $3,341.62
Brandon Orman Rippeon $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
District 4
Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Shebra Evans $2,025.00 $3,548.15 $4,342.55
Anjali Reed Phukan ALCE ALCE ALCE

Campaign themes

2016

Rippeon's campaign website included the following themes:

A Vote for Brandon Rippeon to the Board of Education Means...

  • Raising Academic Standards
  • Budget Transparency
  • Open Meetings
  • Expanding Internship and Vocational Training Programs
  • Supporting Classroom Teachers and Principals
  • Engaging the County Executive and County Council to Address Non-educational Issues Impacting MCPS[6][7]
—Brandon Rippeon (2016)

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