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Craig Stallings
Craig Stallings (Democratic Party) was an at-large member of the Hartford Public Schools Board of Education in Connecticut. He assumed office in 2013.
Stallings (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Connecticut House of Representatives to represent District 5. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 11, 2020.
Biography
Stallings is the owner and a tax consultant with Stallings Tax Service in Hartford.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Connecticut House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Brandon McGee defeated Charles Jackson in the general election for Connecticut House of Representatives District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brandon McGee (D) | 84.4 | 8,140 |
Charles Jackson (R / Independent Party)  | 15.6 | 1,505 | ||
| Total votes: 9,645 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Brandon McGee defeated Craig Stallings in the Democratic primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 5 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon McGee | 88.2 | 2,328 |
| Craig Stallings | 11.8 | 311 | ||
| Total votes: 2,639 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Charles Jackson advanced from the Republican primary for Connecticut House of Representatives District 5.
2017
- See also: Hartford Public Schools elections (2017)
Four of nine seats on the Hartford Public Schools Board of Education in Connecticut were up for at-large election on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Craig Stallings (D) won, along with appointed board member Juan Hernandez (D) and newcomers Ayesha Clarke (D) and Shontá Browdy (Working Families Party). Theodore "Ted" Cannon (R) lost.[2][3]
| Hartford Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Ayesha Clarke |
26.51% | 1,765 | |
| Democratic | Craig Stallings Incumbent |
25.06% | 1,668 | |
| Democratic | Juan Hernandez Incumbent |
24.85% | 1,654 | |
| Working Families Party | Shontá Browdy |
15.64% | 1,041 | |
| Republican | Theodore Cannon | 7.95% | 529 | |
| Total Votes | 6,657 | |||
| 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. | ||||
2013
- See also: Hartford Public Schools elections (2013)
Stallings and fellow Democratic slate newcomers Beth Parker and Michael Brescia won election to the board on November 5, 2013. Independent incumbent Robert Cotto, Jr. retained his seat, but fellow independent candidate Joe Gonzalez lost.
| Hartford Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Beth Parker |
29.1% | 1,755 | |
| Democratic | Michael Brescia |
26.3% | 1,588 | |
| Democratic | Craig Stallings |
23.3% | 1,404 | |
| Working Families | Robert Cotto, Jr. Incumbent |
18.8% | 1,135 | |
| Independent | Joe Gonzalez | 2.5% | 152 | |
| Total Votes | 6,034 | |||
| Source: City of Hartford, "City of Hartford Municipal Election," accessed December 16, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Craig Stallings did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
| Achieve Hartford interview |
2013
In an interview with Real Hartford, Stallings explained why he sought a seat on the board in 2013:[4]
| “ |
"The experience that I believe qualifying me to make decisions related to this field is my twenty years of community organizing. I am a parent that has children within this school system. I have worked on proposals that have become policies already." [5] |
” |
Campaign finance
Craig Stallings reported no contributions or expenditures to the Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Courant, "Hartford Democrats Nominate Candidates For School Board Race," July 23, 2013
- ↑ Courant Community, "Five Candidates Looking To Fill Four Seats On Hartford School Board," August 4, 2017
- ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Election Center: 2017 November Municipal Election," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Real Hartford, "Meet Hartford’s Board of Education Candidates, 2013," September 26, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
