Central Bucks School District elections (2017)

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Central Bucks School District Elections
Primary election date
May 16, 2017
General election date
November 7, 2017
Enrollment (14-15)
19,145 students

Four seats on the Central Bucks School District school board were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. A partisan primary election was held on May 16, 2017. All candidates in this race cross-filed to appear on both the Democratic and Republican primary ballots and went on to win the general election with no opposition.[1]

In the open Region 4 seat, newcomer Nicole Young ran unopposed in the primary and general. Two candidates filed for the open Region 5 seat: Janelle Kerns and Tracy Suits. Suits won both the Democratic and Republican nominations and was uncontested in the general. Region 7 incumbent Meg Evans filed for the seat and faced challengers Rob Dugger, Philip Mironov, and Jodi Schwartz. Schwartz won both parties' nominations and advanced to the general. In his bid for re-election to Region 9, board incumbent John Gamble filed for the seat and ran unopposed in the primary, moving on to the general.[2][3]

These candidates could have faced independent candidates in the general election. However, no independent candidate filed by the August 1, 2017, deadline to get on the ballot.[4]

Elections

Voter and candidate information

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The Central Bucks school board consists of nine members elected by district to four-year, staggered terms. Five seats were up for election in 2015, and four seats were up for election in 2017.

Cross-filing

Pennsylvania permits school board candidates to cross-file in primary elections. This means that a candidate may file to run in the primary election for both the Democratic and Republican parties. A cross-filed candidate can advance to the general election by winning one or both of the partisan primaries. This maximizes a candidate’s chances of advancing to the general as they have two ways to win in the primary round. If the candidate wins only one, they face the winner of the other primary in the general election. Cross-filers who win both primaries may still face independent candidates in the general election.

General candidate requirements

To run for a school board in Pennsylvania, one must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, and a resident of the school district for at least one year before the election date. To run in this 2017 school board election, partisan candidates had to file for office by March 7, 2017, and independent candidates had to file by August 1, 2017.[5][6]

Voter requirements

To vote in Pennsylvania, a resident must be a U.S. citizen for at least one month and a resident of the district in which he or she is registering for at least 30 days before the election. A voter must be at least 18 years of age by the next election date. The deadline to register to vote before the primary election was April 17, 2017, and the deadline to register to vote before the general election was October 10, 2017.[7]

See also: Voting in Pennsylvania and Voter identification laws by state


Candidates and results

Region 4 general

Results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic/Republican Green check mark transparent.png Nicole Young  (unopposed) 100.00% 2,759
Total Votes 2,759
Source: Bucks County Election Results, "Municipal Election Tuesday, November 07, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.

Candidates

Cross filed Republican Party/Democratic Party Nicole Young Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Cross-filed as a Democrat and Republican

Region 5 general

Results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic/Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tracy Suits  (unopposed) 100.00% 2,562
Total Votes 2,562
Source: Bucks County Election Results, "Municipal Election Tuesday, November 07, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.

Candidates

Cross filed Republican Party/Democratic Party Tracy Suits Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Cross-filed as a Democrat and Republican

Region 7 general

Results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic/Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jodi Schwartz  (unopposed) 100.00% 2,534
Total Votes 2,534
Source: Bucks County Election Results, "Municipal Election Tuesday, November 07, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.

Candidates

Cross filed Republican Party/Democratic Party Jodi Schwartz Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Cross-filed as a Democrat and Republican

Region 9 general

Results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 9 General Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic/Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Gamble Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 2,382
Total Votes 2,382
Source: Bucks County Election Results, "Municipal Election Tuesday, November 07, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.

Candidates

Cross filed Republican Party/Democratic Party John Gamble Green check mark transparent.png

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  • Incumbent
  • Cross-filed as a Democrat and Republican

Region 4 primary

Democratic primary results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 4 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Nicole Young  (unopposed) 100.00% 382
Total Votes 382
Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 19, 2017

Republican primary results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 4 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Nicole Young  (unopposed) 100.00% 281
Total Votes 281
Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 19, 2017

Candidates

Cross filed Republican Party/Democratic Party Nicole Young

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  • Cross-filed as a Democrat and Republican

Region 5 primary

Democratic primary results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 5 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tracy Suits 72.94% 372
     Democratic Janelle Kerns 27.06% 138
Total Votes 510
Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 19, 2017

Republican primary results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 5 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tracy Suits 52.40% 306
     Republican Janelle Kerns 47.60% 278
Total Votes 584
Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 19, 2017

Defeated in primary

Cross filed Republican Party/Democratic Party Janelle Kerns

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  • Cross-filed as a Democrat and Republican

Region 7 primary

Democratic primary results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 7 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jodi Schwartz 85.15% 407
     Democratic Meg Evans Incumbent 8.79% 42
     Democratic Philip Mironov 3.35% 16
     Democratic Rob Dugger 2.72% 13
Total Votes 478
Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 19, 2017

Republican primary results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 7 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jodi Schwartz 42.67% 166
     Republican Philip Mironov 31.62% 123
     Republican Meg Evans Incumbent 20.05% 78
     Republican Rob Dugger 5.66% 22
Total Votes 389
Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 19, 2017

Defeated in primary

Cross filed Republican Party/Democratic Party Meg Evans Cross filed Republican Party/Democratic Party Rob Dugger Cross filed Republican Party/Democratic Party Philip Mironov

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  • Incumbent
  • Cross-filed as a Democrat and Republican

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  • Cross-filed as a Democrat and Republican

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  • Cross-filed as a Democrat and Republican

Region 9 primary

Democratic primary results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 9 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png John Gamble Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 259
Total Votes 259
Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 19, 2017

Republican primary results

Central Bucks School District,
Region 9 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Gamble Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 263
Total Votes 263
Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 19, 2017

Candidates

Cross filed Republican Party/Democratic Party John Gamble

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  • Incumbent
  • Cross-filed as a Democrat and Republican

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Pennsylvania elections, 2017

The Central Bucks School District general election shared the ballot with elections for:[4]

The Central Bucks School District primary election shared the ballot with primary elections for state judges, local courts, and Bucks County district attorney, sheriff, prothonotary, recorder of deeds, and controller.[2]

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for this Pennsylvania school board election in 2017:[8]

Deadline Event
March 7, 2017 Partisan candidate filing deadline
April 17, 2017 Deadline to register to vote before the primary election
May 16, 2017 Primary election day
August 1, 2017 Independent candidate filing deadline
October 10, 2017 Deadline to register to vote before the general election
November 7, 2017 General election day

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Campaign finance

Meg Evans and John Gamble signed waivers exempting them from campaign finance reporting, according to the Bucks County Board of Elections.[9]

Ballotpedia was unable to obtain campaign finance reports submitted by candidates in this race. The Bucks County Board of Elections does not release campaign finance reports electronically and requires a fee to release hard copies.

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See also: Campaign finance requirements in Pennsylvania and List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2017
2017 Campaign Finance Deadlines in Pennsylvania[10]
Date Deadline
May 5, 2017 2nd Friday Pre-Primary report due
June 15, 2017 30-Day Post-Primary report due
October 27, 2017 2nd Friday Pre-Election report due
December 7, 2017 30-Day Post-Election report due

School board candidates in Pennsylvania were required to report their campaign finance activity. Those who spent or received more than $250 in a reporting period had to file full reports. Those below the threshold had to file forms to declare they were exempt from reporting. Candidates could have, but were not required to, form committees to handle campaign finance transactions. They were not required to have separate bank accounts for campaign purposes.[11]

The table to the left details the four campaign finance deadlines in 2017.[10]

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About the district

See also: Central Bucks School District, Pennsylvania
The Central Bucks School District is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

The Central Bucks School District covers the boroughs of Chalfont, Doylestown, and New Britain, and Buckingham Township, Doylestown Township, New Britain Township, Plumstead Township, Warrington Township, and Warwick Township in Bucks County, which is located in eastern Pennsylvania. Bucks County was home to an estimated 626,399 residents between 2010 and 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau. The district was the third-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 19,145 students.[12][13]

Demographics

Bucks County outperformed Pennsylvania as a whole in terms of higher education attainment between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 37.4 percent of county residents obtained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 28.6 percent for state residents. The median household income in the county was $77,568, while it was $53,599 for the entire state. County residents lived below the poverty level at a rate of 6.3 percent, while that rate was 13.2 percent for all state residents.[13]

Racial Demographics, 2015[13]
Race Bucks County (%) Pennsylvania (%)
White 89.1 82.6
Black or African American 4.2 11.7
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.4
Asian 4.8 3.4
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 1.6 1.9
Hispanic or Latino 5.0 6.8

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Bucks County Election Results, "Municpal Election Tuesday, November 07, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bucks County, "Unofficial Candidate List," accessed April 7, 2017
  3. ↑ Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed May 16, 2017
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bucks County, "Candidate List Municipal Election, November 7, 2017," accessed October 25, 2017
  5. ↑ Pennsylvania School Boards Association, "How to Run for School Board," accessed March 21, 2017
  6. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed March 21, 2017
  7. ↑ VotesPA, "How to Register," accessed June 10, 2014
  8. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed March 30, 2017
  9. ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Thomas Freitag, Bucks County Election Coordinator," June 20, 2017
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed April 19, 2017
  11. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Campaign Finance Reporting Law," accessed January 15, 2014
  12. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 United States Census Bureau, "Bucks County," accessed March 23, 2017
Central Bucks School District elections in 2017
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Election date:Primary: May 16, 2017
General: November 7, 2017
Candidates:Region 4: Nicole Young (D)(R)

Region 5: Janelle Kerns (D)(R) • Tracy Suits (D)(R)
Region 7: Incumbent, Meg Evans (D)(R) • Rob Dugger (D)(R) • Philip Mironov (D)(R) • Jodi Schwartz (D)(R)

Region 9: Incumbent, John Gamble (D)(R)
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