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David Sullivan-Nightengale
David Sullivan-Nightengale was a 2015 nonpartisan candidate for Ward 5 of the St. Paul City Council in Minnesota. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. David Sullivan-Nightengale lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Sullivan-Nightengale grew up on the west side of St. Paul.[1] He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1998, and he went on to receive a master's degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2009.[2] His professional experience includes the following:
- 2014-Present: System safety engineer, Detector Electronics Corporation
- 2012-2014: System safety engineer, Cobham Mission Systems
- 2011-2012: Systems engineer, Composite Engineering, Inc.
- 2010-2011: Safety engineer, Office of the Secretary of Defense
- 2006-2010: Lead system safety engineer, Lockheed Martin
- 2003-2005: Reliability engineer, Honeywell
- 2001-2003: Software safety engineer, Science and Engineering Associates, Inc.
- 1991-1993: Student library assistant, Dakota County[2]
Sullivan-Nightengale was also a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1998 to 1999. He served in the Army Reserve from 1991 to 1993.[2]
Campaign themes
2015
Sullivan-Nightengale wrote the following on his Facebook page:[1]
| “ | My interests include public and transportation safety, workplace safety, and environmental safety. I'm a Board Certified Safety Professional and will work hard to keep our community safe by design.[3] | ” |
| —David Sullivan-Nightengale | ||
Elections
2015
The city of St. Paul, Minnesota, held elections for city council on November 3, 2015. Because the city uses instant-runoff voting, there was no primary election. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 11, 2015.[4][5] In the Ward 5 race, incumbent Amy Brendmoen defeated David J. Glass and David Sullivan-Nightengale in the general election.[6]
| St. Paul City Council Ward 5 General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Amy Brendmoen Incumbent |
56.2% | 2,202 | |
| David J. Glass | 37.9% | 1,485 | |
| David Sullivan-Nightengale | 5.5% | 215 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.4% | 14 | |
| Total Votes | 3,916 | ||
| Source: Ramsey County, Minnesota, "Resolution: RES 15-1989," November 14, 2015 | |||
Personal
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Sullivan-Nightengale is married with two children.[1]
Recent news
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See also
- St. Paul, Minnesota
- St. Paul, Minnesota municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
- David Sullivan-Nightengale on Facebook
- David Sullivan-Nightengale on LinkedIn
- Minnesota Secretary of State - Official candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Facebook, "Dave Sullivan-Nightengale for Saint Paul City Council Ward 5," accessed September 2, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 LinkedIn, "David Sullivan-Nightengale Profile," accessed September 2, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Important Election Dates," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Filing Periods," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed August 21, 2015
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