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← 2014
Cranston Public Schools Elections
General election date:
November 8, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
10,552 students

All seven seats on the Cranston Public Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Jeffrey Gale (District 1), Stephanie Culhane (District 2), Domenic Fusco (District 3), Janice Ruggieri (District 5), Daniel Wall (District 6), and Michael Traficante (at-large) ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats. The open District 4 seat attracted candidates Amy Ricci, and Vincent Turchetta. Turchetta defeated Ricci in the general election. Alan Depalo originally filed for candidacy but withdrew from the race before the election.

Elections

Voter and candidate information

The Cranston school board consisted of seven members elected to two-year terms in even-numbered years. Six of the members were elected by geographical district. The seventh member was elected at large. All seven members are elected every two years.

The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was June 29, 2016.

District 1

Results

Cranston Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 2-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jeffrey Gale Incumbent (unopposed)	98.09%	4,315
Write-in votes	1.91%	84
Total Votes		4,399
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 Election Results," accessed November 30, 2016

Candidates

Jeffrey Gale
	Incumbent

District 2

Results

Cranston Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 2-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Stephanie Culhane Incumbent (unopposed)	98.07%	4,113
Write-in votes	1.93%	81
Total Votes		4,194
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 Election Results," accessed November 30, 2016

Candidates

Stephanie Culhane
	Incumbent

District 3

Results

Cranston Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 2-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Domenic Fusco Incumbent (unopposed)	97.85%	3,049
Write-in votes	2.15%	67
Total Votes		3,116
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 Election Results," accessed November 30, 2016

Candidates

Domenic Fusco
	Incumbent

District 4

Results

Cranston Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 2-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Vincent Turchetta	53.22%	3,414
Amy Ricci	46.08%	2,956
Write-in votes	0.7%	45
Total Votes		6,415
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 Election Results," accessed November 30, 2016

Candidates

Alan Depalo		Amy Ricci		Vincent Turchetta
	Withdrew

District 5

Results

Cranston Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 2-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Janice Ruggieri Incumbent (unopposed)	98.24%	4,864
Write-in votes	1.76%	87
Total Votes		4,951
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 Election Results," accessed November 30, 2016

Candidates

Janice Ruggieri
	Incumbent

District 6

Results

Cranston Public Schools, District 6 General Election, 2-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Daniel Wall Incumbent (unopposed)	98.45%	4,315
Write-in votes	1.55%	68
Total Votes		4,383
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 Election Results," accessed November 30, 2016

Candidates

Daniel Wall
	Incumbent

At-large

Results

Cranston Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 2-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michael Traficante Incumbent (unopposed)	97.12%	26,924
Write-in votes	2.88%	799
Total Votes		27,723
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 Election Results," accessed November 30, 2016

Candidates

Michael Traficante
	Incumbent

Additional elections

See also: Rhode Island elections, 2016

The Cranston school board election shared the ballot with federal elections for President of the United States and United States Representative. The statewide elections on the ballot included elections for the Rhode Island State Senate and the Rhode Island House of Representatives. There were also municipal elections on the ballot, including elections for mayor, city council, and ward committee.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Cranston school board elections in 2016:

Deadline	Event
June 29, 2016	Candidate filing deadline
July 25, 2016	Ballot order determined
October 9, 2016	Voting registration deadline
October 11, 2016	First campaign finance deadline
November 1, 2016	Second campaign finance deadline
November 8, 2016	Election day
December 6, 2016	Final campaign finance deadline

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Campaign finance

Candidates received a total of $5,823.32 and spent a total of $15,777.71 in the election, according to the Rhode Island Board of Elections.

Candidate	Contributions	Expenditures	Cash on hand
District 1
Jeffrey Gale	$1,544.23	$1,544.09	$0.14
District 2
Stephanie Culhane	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
District 3
Domenic Fusco	$74.72	$510.00	$435.28
District 4
Amy Ricci	$1,120.00	$957.68	$162.32
Vincent Turchetta	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
District 5
Janice Ruggieri	$103.46	$35.00	$68.46
District 6
Daniel Wall	$1,343.47	$730.94	$612.53
At-large
Michael Traficante	$1,637.44	$12,000	-$10,362.56

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2014 Cranston Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 2-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Michael A. Traficante Incumbent 54.2% 12,778      Nonpartisan Kerri Kelleher 45.5% 10,723      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.4% 88 Total Votes 23,589 Source: State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "General Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014 Cranston Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 2-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Jeffrey K. Gale Incumbent 98.3% 3,058      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.7% 54 Total Votes 3,112 Source: State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "General Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014 Cranston Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 2-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Stephanie Giangrande Culhane Incumbent 60.5% 2,059      Nonpartisan Edward R. Angilly 39% 1,327      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.4% 15 Total Votes 3,401 Source: State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "General Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014 Cranston Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 2-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Domenic F. Fusco, Jr. 56.9% 1,356      Nonpartisan Richard R. Tomlins 42.3% 1,008      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.8% 20 Total Votes 2,384 Source: State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "General Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014 Cranston Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 2-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Trent M. Colford, Sr. Incumbent 98.2% 3,829      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.8% 69 Total Votes 3,898 Source: State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "General Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014 Cranston Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 2-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Janice Ruggieri Incumbent 73.3% 3,090      Nonpartisan Jonathan J. Keith 26.2% 1,105      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.5% 21 Total Votes 4,216 Source: State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "General Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014 Cranston Public Schools, District 6 General Election, 2-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Daniel R. Wall 57.5% 2,299      Nonpartisan Jay A. Rosenfield 42.3% 1,689      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.2% 9 Total Votes 3,997 Source: State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "General Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014

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About the district

See also: Cranston Public Schools, Rhode Island

Cranston Public Schools is located in Providence County, Rhode Island

Cranston Public Schools is located in northern Rhode Island in Providence County. The county seat is Providence. Providence County was home to 633,473 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau. The district was the second-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 10,552 students.

Demographics

Providence County underperformed in comparison to Rhode Island as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 26.4 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 31.4 percent of all state residents. The median household income in Providence County was $49,139, compared to $56,423 for the entire state. The poverty rate in the county was 18.3 percent, while it was 13.9 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2015
Race	Providence County (%)	Rhode Island (%)
White	79.3	84.8
Black or African American	11.7	7.9
American Indian and Alaska Native	1.2	1.0
Asian	4.5	3.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.3	0.2
Two or More Races	3.1	2.6
Hispanic or Latino	21.3	14.4

Providence County Presidential Voting Pattern
Year	Democratic vote	Republican vote
2012	43,617	7,282
2008	46,276	8,548
2004	35,917	9,787
2000	10,190	7,669

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

Cranston Public Schools	Rhode Island	School Boards
Cranston Public Schools elections (2014) List of school districts in Rhode Island	Rhode Island school board elections, 2016 Public education in Rhode Island Local ballot measures, Rhode Island	School board elections, 2016 School board elections, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2016 School board election data analysis, 2015

External links

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• Cranston, Rhode Island