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Bruce Oliveira
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2012 - Present
2027
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Bruce Oliveira is an at-large member of the New Bedford School Committee. He was first appointed to the chamber in 2012 and he won re-election to finish the unexpired two-year term in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Oliveira won his first full term in the general election on November 3, 2015.[1]
Biography
Oliveira resides in New Bedford, Massachusetts.[2] He attended New Bedford High School and received a B.S. in business administration from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.[2][3] He spent the first 21 years of his career with IBEW Local 223 Health, Pension and Annuity Funds before retiring as an administrative manager in 2009. From 1999 through most of 2012, Oliveira also served as a tax consultant for JL Warren & Co. He currently serves as the Housing Authority board chairman and owner of his own tax preparation and accounting firm.[3]
Elections
2015
The New Bedford School Committee consists of seven members, six of whom are elected to four-year terms. Each of those six members are elected at large by all residents in the school district. The seventh member is the mayor of New Bedford. A primary election was scheduled for October 6, 2015, but was unnecessary as no more than two candidates filed per seat up for election. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.
The seats of incumbents Joaquim Livramento, Bruce Oliveira, and Marlene Pollock were up for election.[4][5] Livramento and Oliveira filed for re-election, while Pollock announced that she would not seek re-election. Both incumbents won re-election. They faced challengers Christopher Cotter, Celia Dos Santos, George Rogers, and Warley Williams in the general election; Cotter won the third seat up for election.[1]
Results
| New Bedford School Committee, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Bruce Oliveira Incumbent |
22.2% | 6,064 |
| Joaquim Livramento Incumbent |
21.4% | 5,849 |
| Christopher Cotter |
18.7% | 5,105 |
| Warley Williams | 12.9% | 3,526 |
| George Rogers | 12.8% | 3,507 |
| Celia Dos Santos | 11.7% | 3,211 |
| Write-in votes | 0.3% | 81 |
| Total Votes | 27,343 | |
| Source: New Bedford Election Commission, "Unofficial Results," November 3, 2015 | ||
Funding
The New Bedford Election Commission does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Oliveira did not receive any official endorsements in this election.
2013
Oliveira ran unopposed to win an at-large seat with a two-year term in the general election on November 5, 2013. Due to the lack of opposition, he won the seat by default.
Results
| New Bedford Public Schools, At-large General Election, 2-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Bruce Oliveira Incumbent |
100% | 6,501 | |
| Total Votes | 6,501 | |||
| Source: Information submitted to Ballotpedia from the New Bedford Election Commission on December 18, 2013. | ||||
Funding
Oliveira began the race with an existing account balance of $5,523.57 from his previous campaign. He reported $0.00 in contributions and $170.00 in expenditures to the City of New Bedford, which left his campaign with $5,353.57 on hand.[6]
Endorsements
Oliveira did not receive any official endorsements in this election.
Recent news
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See also
- New Bedford Public Schools, Massachusetts
- New Bedford Public Schools Elections (2013)
- New Bedford Public Schools elections (2015)
- 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
Additional reading
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Coast Today, "Who's running for office in New Bedford?" August 18, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Charis Anderson, South Coast Today, "Oliveira easily elected to fill vacancy on New Bedford School Committee," October 23, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Bruce J Oliveira," accessed August 19, 2013
- ↑ New Bedford Public Schools, "New Bedford School Committee," accessed March 13, 2015
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, "Fax correspondence with the New Bedford Election Commission," March 11, 2015
- ↑ City of New Bedford, "Campaign Disclosures," accessed February 11, 2014
| 2015 New Bedford Public Schools Elections | |
| Bristol County, Massachusetts | |
| Election date: | Primary election: October 6, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Joaquim Livramento • Incumbent, Bruce Oliveira • Christopher Cotter • Celia Dos Santos • George Rogers • Warley Williams |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
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