Dean Donaher
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Dean Donaher (Democratic Party) was a member of the Bethlehem Area School District school board At-large in Pennsylvania. Donaher assumed office in 2015.
Donaher (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 138. Donaher lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Biography
Donaher obtained his bachelor's degree in social studies and mathematics from Moravian College. He went on to earn his master's degree in secondary education from Lehigh University and his doctoral degree in organizational and educational leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the director of student services in the Bethlehem Area School District. He will retire at the end of the 2014-2015 school year, making him eligible to run for a seat on the school board.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 138
Incumbent Marcia Hahn defeated Dean Donaher and Jake Towne in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 138 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marcia Hahn (R) | 57.8 | 16,705 |
 | Dean Donaher (D) | 40.6 | 11,741 | |
| Jake Towne (L) | 1.6 | 474 | ||
| Total votes: 28,920 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 138
Dean Donaher advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 138 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dean Donaher | 100.0 | 3,730 |
| Total votes: 3,730 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 138
Incumbent Marcia Hahn advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 138 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcia Hahn | 100.0 | 3,921 |
| Total votes: 3,921 | |||
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2015
Five of the nine seats on the Bethlehem Area Board of Directors were up for election in the general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.
Incumbent Craig Neiman ran unopposed and won re-election to the Region 2 seat. He cross-filed in the primary election and won both the Republican and Democratic nominations for the seat. He originally filed to run for an at-large seat as well but withdrew from that race.
Region 3 candidates included incumbent Eugene McKeon and newcomer Dan Treffinger, who also ran for an at-large position in the primaries. McKeon won both primaries for the Region 3 seat and was, therefore, the sole candidate to advance to the general election for the region. While Treffinger did not advance in the Region 3 race, he did advance from the Republican primary for the at-large seat.
In addition to Treffinger, the race for the at-large seat included Dean Donaher and Thomas Thomasik running as cross-filed candidates, as well as Karen Beck Pooley running as a Democrat. Donaher, Thomasik and Pooley defeated Treffinger in the general election.
Other candidates that ran in the primary election but did not win a nomination were incumbent Basilio Bonilla, Inez Aguilar and Samuel Nazario. No independent candidates filed to run in the general election.[2][3]
Results
| Bethlehem Area School District, At-Large, General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic/Republican |  Dean Donaher |
33.2% | 11,853 | |
| Democratic/Republican | Thomas Thomasik |
32.1% | 11,451 | |
| Democratic | Karen Beck Pooley |
20.8% | 7,420 | |
| Republican | Dan Treffinger | 13.9% | 4,978 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.05% | 19 | ||
| Total Votes | 35,721 | |||
| Source: Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with Lehigh County Chief Clerk of Registration and Elections Timothy Bento," December 17, 2015 Northamption County, Pennsylvania, "Summary Report Northamption County Official Results," accessed December 17, 2015 | ||||
| Bethlehem Area School District, At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Dean Donaher |
22.2% | 2,949 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Thomasik |
17.3% | 2,297 | |
| Democratic | Karen Beck Pooley |
16.4% | 2,178 | |
| Democratic | Basilio Bonilla Incumbent | 15.4% | 2,042 | |
| Democratic | Samuel Nazario | 13% | 1,732 | |
| Democratic | Inez Aguilar | 8.6% | 1,138 | |
| Democratic | Dan Treffinger | 7.1% | 944 | |
| Democratic | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 13,290 | |||
| Source: Lehigh County, "Municipal Primary - May 19, 2015: Bethlehem School District," accessed July 7, 2015Ballotpedia confirmed these results are official by phone. and Northhampton County, "May 19, 2015: Summary Report," accessed July 7, 2015 | ||||
| Bethlehem Area School District, At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Dean Donaher |
26.5% | 1,662 | |
| Republican | Thomas Thomasik |
25.6% | 1,602 | |
| Republican | Dan Treffinger |
17.1% | 1,068 | |
| Republican | Samuel Nazario | 16.5% | 1,032 | |
| Republican | Karen Beck Pooley | 14.3% | 893 | |
| Republican | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 6,262 | |||
| Source: Lehigh County, "Municipal Primary - May 19, 2015: Bethlehem School District," accessed July 7, 2015Ballotpedia confirmed these results are official by phone. and Northhampton County, "May 19, 2015: Summary Report," accessed July 7, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Donaher reported no contributions or expenditures to the Lehigh County Voter Registration Department in the election.[4]
Endorsements
Donaher received an official endorsement from the Bethlehem Education Association.[5]
Recent news
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See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2018
- Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Bethlehem Area School District, Pennsylvania
- Bethlehem Area School District elections (2015)
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states (May 21, 2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Dean Donaher," accessed May 13, 2015
- ↑ Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, "Unofficial List of Candidates, Municipal Election, November 3, 2015," accessed September 22, 2015
- ↑ Northampton County, "Unofficial General Municipal Ballot," accessed September 22, 2015
- ↑ Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed February 3, 2016
- ↑ Twitter, "Bethlehem Education Association," May 18, 2015
| 2015 Bethlehem Area School District Elections | |
| Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and Northampton County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Basilio Bonilla (D) • Incumbent, Craig Neiman (D/R) • Inez Aguilar (D) • Dean Donaher (D/R) • Samuel Nazario (D/R) • Karen Beck Pooley (D/R) • Thomas Thomasik (D/R) • Dan Treffinger (D/R)
Region 2: • Incumbent, Craig Neiman (D/R) Region 3: • Incumbent, Eugene McKeon (D/R) • Dan Treffinger (D/R) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
