Chris Taylor (Connecticut)
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Chris Taylor is a Republican at-large representative on the Bridgeport Public Schools Board of Education in Connecticut. Taylor won a first term in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Taylor was previously a 2016 Green Party candidate for District 23 of the Connecticut State Senate. According to the Connecticut Secretary of State, Taylor was not placed on the general election ballot. The state's website did not explain why this was the case.[1]
Elections
2017
Six of nine seats on the Bridgeport Public Schools Board of Education in Connecticut were up for at-large election on November 7, 2017. One of the seats was up for special election due to a resignation on the board. In this race, Sybil Allen (D) defeated James Carbone (R) for a two-year term.[2] In the race for the four-year terms, incumbent John Weldon (R) won, along with former member Hernan Illingworth (D) and newcomers Jessica Martinez (D), Chris Taylor (R), and Joseph Sokolovic, who ran as both a Republican and Working Families Party candidate. Chaila Robinson (D), though she received the third-highest vote total, was not elected due to a state minority election law that prevents one political party from controlling more than two-thirds of the board's seats. In this election, Democrats were only able to elect three candidates, leaving the other seats open for other parties.[3][4] Incumbent Howard Gardner (Working Families Party) lost his seat. Shavonne Davis, who accompanied Gardner on the Working Families Party ticket, and Sara Lewis, a petitioning candidate, also lost.[5][6][7]
| Bridgeport Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jessica Martinez |
20.81% | 3,483 | |
| Democratic | Hernan Illingworth |
19.97% | 3,342 | |
| Democratic | Chaila Robinson | 18.93% | 3,168 | |
| Republican/WFP | Joseph Sokolovic |
9.72% | 1,626 | |
| Republican | John Weldon Incumbent |
8.89% | 1,487 | |
| Republican | Chris Taylor |
6.83% | 1,143 | |
| Working Families Party | Howard Gardner Incumbent | 6.74% | 1,128 | |
| Working Families Party | Shavonne Davis | 5.07% | 848 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sara Lewis | 2.81% | 471 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.23% | 38 | ||
| Total Votes | 16,734 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Election Center: 2017 November Municipal Election," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||||
2016
- See also: Connecticut State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Connecticut State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.
Incumbent Edwin Gomes defeated Mike Garrett in the Connecticut State Senate District 23 general election.[8]
| Connecticut State Senate, District 23 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Edwin Gomes Incumbent |
88.40% | 19,689 | |
| Republican | Mike Garrett | 11.60% | 2,583 | |
| Total Votes | 22,272 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State | ||||
Incumbent Edwin Gomes defeated Dennis Bradley in the Connecticut State Senate District 23 Democratic primary.[9][10]
| Connecticut State Senate, District 23 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Edwin Gomes Incumbent |
53.51% | 1,938 | |
| Democratic | Dennis Bradley | 46.49% | 1,684 | |
| Total Votes | 3,622 | |||
Mike Garrett ran unopposed in the Connecticut State Senate District 23 Republican primary.
| Connecticut State Senate, District 23 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Mike Garrett (unopposed) | |
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See also
- Connecticut State Senate
- Connecticut State Senate District 23
- Connecticut State Senate elections, 2016
- Connecticut State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate list," accessed October 27, 2016
- ↑ CT Post, "Six Bridgeport school board seats open in the fall," July 16, 2017
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Minority Representation and Changes to Party Affiliation," February 24, 1998
- ↑ Connecticut Post, "New members elected to city’s board of education," November 7, 2017
- ↑ Marielle Bricker "Email communication with Bridgeport Town Clerk," August 21, 2017
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Bridgeport Sample Ballot," accessed October 20, 2017
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Election Center: 2017 November Municipal Election," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of the State, "Election Night Reporting, 2016 General Election," accessed December 14, 2016
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Primary election candidate list," accessed July 25, 2016
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed August 9, 2016
| Bridgeport Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Fairfield County, Connecticut | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large (4-year): Incumbent, Hernan Illingworth • Incumbent, John Weldon • Jessica Martinez • Chaila Robinson • Joseph Sokolovic • Chris Taylor • Sara Lewis • Shavonne Davis • Howard Gardner At-large (2-year): Sybil Allen • James Carbone |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
