Debbie Walsh (Ohio)
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Debbie Marie Walsh was a member of the Akron Public Schools Board of Education in Ohio. She ran in a special election for an unexpired two-year term held on November 3, 2015.[1] Debbie Walsh (Ohio) won the general election on November 3, 2015.
Walsh was an unsuccessful candidate for the board in the general election on November 5, 2013. While the board is a nonpartisan body, Walsh works as the executive director of the Summit County Republican Party.
Biography
Walsh worked as a field operations supervisor for the Summit County Board of Elections from 2007 to 2009 before serving as Executive Director of the Summit County Republican Party.[2]
Elections
2015
- See also: Akron Public Schools elections (2015)
Opposition
Four of the seven seats on the Akron Public Schools Board of Education were up for election on November 3, 2015. Three of the seats up for election were for regular four-year terms. The fourth seat was on the ballot for a special two-year term.
Incumbents Tim Miller and Curtis Walker Sr. won re-election to the board. John Robert Otterman filled the other four-year term seat.[3]
Incumbent Patrick Bravo, along with candidates Summer Hall, Valerie McKitrick, Garth Starks and Ernie Tarle, were defeated in the election.[4][5]
Debbie Walsh defeated Pete Nischt for the seat with a two-year term. The unexpired term on the board was created following the resignation of member Dave Lombardi, who was appointed to a municipal judgeship. Jason Haas, a former member of the board, was appointed to fill the position until the election could be held. Haas stated at the time of his appointment that he did not intend to run in the special election for the remainder of the term.[6]
Results
| Akron Public Schools, At-Large, 2-Year Term, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Debbie Walsh |
58.0% | 17,738 |
| Pete Nischt | 42.0% | 12,828 |
| Total Votes | 30,566 | |
| Source: Summit County Board of Elections, “Summit County, Ohio Official Results Board of Elections 11/03/15 General Election,” accessed November 27, 2015 | ||
Funding
Walsh reported $5,017.84 in contributions and $2,436.24 in expenditures to the Summit County Board of Elections, which left her campaign with $2,581.60 on hand in the election.[7]
Endorsements
Walsh received no official endorsement for her campaign during the election.
2013
- See also: Akron Public Schools elections (2013)
Walsh lost her bid for the board against six other candidates in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Akron Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lisa Mansfield Incumbent |
20.9% | 11,621 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bruce D. Alexander Incumbent |
18.6% | 10,344 | |
| Nonpartisan | Veronica Sims Incumbent |
15.8% | 8,816 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dave Lombardi |
13.8% | 7,670 | |
| Nonpartisan | Janice O. Davis | 12.2% | 6,814 | |
| Nonpartisan | Debbie Maire Walsh | 9.8% | 5,466 | |
| Nonpartisan | Scott Stetson | 9% | 5,003 | |
| Total Votes | 55,734 | |||
| Source: Summit County Board of Elections, "Election Summary Report for General Election in Summit County, Ohio," accessed December 13, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Walsh reported no contributions or expenditures to the Ohio Secretary of State.[8]
Recent news
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See also
- Akron Public Schools, Ohio
- Akron Public Schools elections (2015)
- Akron Public Schools elections (2013)
- 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
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcandidates - ↑ LinkedIn, "Debbie Walsh," accessed September 10, 2013
- ↑ Summit County Board of Elections, “Summit County, Ohio Unofficial Results Board of Elections 11/03/15 General Election,” accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Summit County, Ohio, "Summit County Board of Elections," accessed August 6, 2015
- ↑ Akron Public Schools, "Board Bios and Contact Information," accessed July 7, 2015
- ↑ Ohio.com, "Akron school board picks member with no intention of running in November," April 13, 2015
- ↑ Summit County Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed 873.37
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Elections & Voting: Campaign Finance," accessed December 26, 2013
| 2015 Akron Public Schools Elections | |
| Summit County, Ohio | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Four-year terms: • Incumbent Patrick Bravo • Incumbent, Tim Miller • Incumbent, Curtis Walker Sr. • Raymond Greene Jr. • Summer Hall • Willie Johnson • Valerie McKitrick • John Robert Otterman • Garth Starks • Ernie Tarle Two-year term: • Pete Nischt • Debbie Walsh |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
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