Dawn Fucheck
Dawn Fucheck was an at-large member of the Newburgh Enlarged City Board of Education in New York. She lost her re-election bid in a general election on May 20, 2014. She was first elected to the board in May 2005.
Biography
Dawn Fucheck is a resident of Orange County, New York. Fucheck earned her bachelor's degree from Pace University. She is employed as the manager of Billy Joe’s Ribworks. Fucheck also serves as the leadership development facilitator for the New York State School Boards Association.[1]
Elections
2014
Dawn Fucheck, fellow incumbents Mark Levinstein and Thomas Woodhull and seven other challengers lost to newcomers Kenneth Copertino, Carole Mineo, William Swart and Darren Stridiron for the four at-large seats in the general election on May 20, 2014.
One of the seats up for election was vacated as a result of the death of board member Judith A. McAfee. Stridiron, the candidate who won election but received the fewest votes, received that seat, which carried an unexpired two-year term.[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Carole Mineo |
14.1% | 1,601 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kenneth Copertino |
12.7% | 1,445 | |
| Nonpartisan | William Swart |
11.7% | 1,333 | |
| Nonpartisan | Darren Stridiron |
11.2% | 1,275 | |
| Nonpartisan | George Bowles, Jr. | 7.1% | 808 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dawn Fucheck Incumbent | 7% | 791 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sheila Murphy | 6.7% | 763 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Levinstein Incumbent | 6.3% | 716 | |
| Nonpartisan | Runston Lewis | 5.7% | 652 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Woodhull Incumbent | 4.4% | 503 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Rein | 3.9% | 442 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Pagliaro | 3.8% | 427 | |
| Nonpartisan | Andres Arestin | 2.9% | 326 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nathan Vesely | 2.6% | 290 | |
| Total Votes | 11,372 | |||
| Source: Newburgh Enlarged City School District, "School & Library Budget Vote and School Board Election - 5/20/14," accessed July 10, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Fucheck did not file a campaign finance report with the New York State Board of Elections during the election.[3][4]
Endorsements
Fucheck did not receive any endorsements during the election.
2011
| Newburgh Enlarged City School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Dawn Fucheck Incumbent |
21% | 1,482 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Woodhull |
12.6% | 894 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Levinstein |
12.4% | 878 | |
| Nonpartisan | William Swart | 11.8% | 833 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stephen A. Bedetti | 11.1% | 785 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert McLymore | 8.8% | 623 | |
| Nonpartisan | William J. Morgan | 8.1% | 575 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ed Poppiti Incumbent | 7.7% | 544 | |
| Nonpartisan | Eric Motley | 6.4% | 454 | |
| Total Votes | 7,068 | |||
| Source: Newburgh Enlarged City School District, "2011-2012 School & Library Budget Vote and School Board Election," accessed May 1, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2014
In a survey conducted by the school district, Fucheck stated that the following should be the district's top priorities in 2014:
| “ | Raising the Graduation rate, developing district policies that address the needs of all students and staff, collaboratively develop a fiscally sound budget that maintains and supports students programs & services, while at the same time is responsive to the community ability to pay.[5] | ” |
| —Newburgh Enlarged City School District candidate survey (2014)[1] | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Dawn + Fucheck + Newburgh + Enlarged + City + School + District"
See also
- Newburgh Enlarged City School District, New York
- Newburgh Enlarged City School District elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Newburgh Enlarged City School District, "2014-2015 Budget Information," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia via phone call with the Newburgh Enlarged City School District administration on May 1, 2014.
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Contribution Search," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Expenditure Search," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2014 Newburgh Enlarged City School District Elections | |
| Orange County, New York | |
| Election date: | May 20, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Dawn Fucheck • Incumbent, Mark Levinstein • Incumbent, Thomas Woodhull • Andres Arestin • George Bowles, Jr. • Kenneth Copertino • Runston Lewis • Carole Mineo • Sheila Murphy • Robert Pagliaro • David Rein • Darren Stridiron • William Swart • Nathan Vesely |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
