Donna M. Coppola
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Donna M. Coppola was a member of the Lynn Public Schools school board, At-large in Massachusetts. She assumed office in 1999.
Coppola ran for re-election to the Lynn Public Schools school board, At-large in Massachusetts. She won in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Coppola's work experience includes being employed by NET&T and AT&T for 23 years, serving as a case manager for JOI Childcare Center's teen parent program, and serving as a regional advisor for the Massachusetts Parent Teacher Association. She earned an associate degree from Nashua Community College before graduating with a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts at Boston.[1][2]
Elections
2017
- See also: Lynn Public Schools elections (2017)
Six seats on the Lynn Public Schools School Committee were up for general election on November 7, 2017. All seven seats on the school committee were up for election. The seventh seat on the school committee was automatically held by the mayor of Lynn, who was also up for election. Ballotpedia did not cover the mayoral race as it fell outside of municipal elections coverage.[3] Incumbents Donna M. Coppola, John E. Ford Jr., Lorraine Gately, and Jared Nicholson and newcomers Michael A. Satterwhite and Brian Castellanos won the election, defeating challengers Cherish Casey, Elizabeth Rosario Gervacio, Natasha Megie-Maddrey, and Jessica Murphy. All 10 candidates advanced from the primary election on September 12, 2017.[4][5][6]
The school committee election was nonpartisan, but candidate filings included the party enrollment of each candidate. Every candidate except Jessica Murphy identified as a Democrat. Murphy was not enrolled with a political party.[4]
Results
| Lynn Public Schools, At-large General Election, 2-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Donna M. Coppola Incumbent |
15.22% | 6,630 |
| John E. Ford Jr. Incumbent |
14.84% | 6,465 |
| Lorraine Gately Incumbent |
12.79% | 5,573 |
| Jared Nicholson Incumbent |
10.83% | 4,719 |
| Michael A. Satterwhite |
10.20% | 4,443 |
| Brian Castellanos |
10.02% | 4,367 |
| Elizabeth Rosario Gervacio | 8.11% | 3,532 |
| Natasha Megie-Maddrey | 6.58% | 2,868 |
| Jessica Murphy | 5.93% | 2,583 |
| Cherish Casey | 5.17% | 2,254 |
| Write-in votes | 0.32% | 138 |
| Total Votes | 43,572 | |
| Source: City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report Municipal Election Lynn, MA," accessed December 4, 2017 | ||
| Lynn Public Schools, At-large Primary Election, 2-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Donna M. Coppola Incumbent |
18.05% | 3,102 |
| Lorraine Gately Incumbent |
15.39% | 2,645 |
| John E. Ford Jr. Incumbent |
13.86% | 2,382 |
| Brian Castellanos |
10.64% | 1,828 |
| Jared Nicholson Incumbent |
10.39% | 1,786 |
| Michael A. Satterwhite |
8.68% | 1,492 |
| Jessica Murphy |
6.59% | 1,132 |
| Elizabeth Rosario Gervacio |
6.42% | 1,103 |
| Natasha Megie-Maddrey |
5.57% | 957 |
| Cherish Casey |
4.01% | 689 |
| Write-in votes | 0.4% | 68 |
| Total Votes | 17,184 | |
| Source: City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report: Preliminary Election," accessed September 12, 2017 | ||
Funding
Coppola began the race with an existing account balance of $1,839.10 from her previous campaign. She reported $3,309.00 in contributions and $1,273.97 in expenditures to Lynn City Elections and Voting Department, which left her campaign with $3,625.13 on hand in the election.[7]
Endorsements
Coppola was endorsed by the Lynn Teachers Union (LTU).[8]
2015
- See also: Lynn Public Schools elections (2015)
The Lynn School Committee consists of seven members, six of whom are elected to two-year terms. The seventh member and chair of the board is the Mayor of Lynn. The other six members of the board are elected at large by the district as a whole. The general election was held on November 3, 2015. Incumbents Donna Coppola (D), John Ford Jr. (D), Patricia M. Capano (D), and Maria O. Carrasco (D) won re-election, while Lorraine Gately (D) and Jared Nicholson (D) joined the board. They defeated Dolores Jean DiFillipo (D), Natasha Megie-Maddrey (D), June Natola (R), and Michael Ouk (I).
While the school committee is a nonpartisan office, candidate filings for this election included the party enrollment of each candidate. Eight Democrats, one Republican, and one unenrolled candidate filed for the at-large race. A primary election was not necessary because all 10 candidates appeared on a joint ballot in the general election.[9]
Results
| Lynn School Committee, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Donna Coppola Incumbent |
13.4% | 4,560 |
| John Ford Jr. Incumbent |
12.5% | 4,257 |
| Lorraine Gately |
12.5% | 4,248 |
| Jared Nicholson |
11.9% | 4,024 |
| Patricia Capano Incumbent |
11.4% | 3,867 |
| Maria Carrasco Incumbent |
10.9% | 3,712 |
| Dolores Jean DiFillipo | 9.1% | 3,104 |
| Michael Ouk | 8.5% | 2,867 |
| June Natola | 5.2% | 1,762 |
| Natasha Megie-Maddrey | 4.3% | 1,451 |
| Write-in votes | 0.22% | 74 |
| Total Votes | 33,926 | |
| Source: City of Lynn, "Municipal Election: Lynn, MA," accessed November 4, 2015 | ||
| Candidate forum, July 29, 2015 |
Funding
Coppola began the race with an existing account balance of $1,388.23 from her previous campaign. She reported $3,079.00 in contributions and $1,392.63 in expenditures to Lynn City Clerk, which left her campaign with $3,074.60 on hand as of October 28, 2015.[10]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Coppola in the election.
2013
- See also: Lynn Public Schools elections (2013)
Coppola and her fellow incumbents defeated challengers Stanley H. Wotring, Jr., Lorraine Gately, and Melissa L. Romaniello to win six at-large seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Lynn Public Schools, At-large General Election, 2-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Donna M. Coppola Incumbent |
15.4% | 7,314 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia M. Capano Incumbent |
13.7% | 6,481 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charlie N. Gallo Incumbent |
13.7% | 6,478 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard B. Starbard Incumbent |
13.3% | 6,306 | |
| Nonpartisan | John E. Ford, Jr. Incumbent |
12.8% | 6,090 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria O. Carrasco Incumbent |
11.7% | 5,554 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lorraine Gately | 11.5% | 5,449 | |
| Nonpartisan | Melissa L. Romaniello | 4.2% | 2,008 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stanley H. Wotring, Jr. | 3.6% | 1,695 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in | 0.1% | 71 | |
| Total Votes | 47,446 | |||
| Source: City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report: Municipal Election - November 5, 2013, Lynn, MA," accessed December 18, 2013 | ||||
| Lynn Public Schools, At-large Primary Election, 2-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Donna M. Coppola Incumbent |
14.6% | 3,546 | |
| Nonpartisan | John E. Ford, Jr. Incumbent |
13.9% | 3,365 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charlie N. Gallo Incumbent |
13.8% | 3,343 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia M. Capano Incumbent |
13.4% | 3,245 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard B. Starbard Incumbent |
13.2% | 3,210 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria O. Carrasco Incumbent |
12.5% | 3,031 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lorraine Gately |
11.2% | 2,725 | |
| Nonpartisan | Melissa L. Romaniello |
4% | 959 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stanley H. Wotring, Jr. |
3.2% | 780 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 55 | |
| Total Votes | 24,259 | |||
| Source: City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report: Primary Election - September 17, 2013," accessed September 20, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Coppola began the race with an existing account balance of $1,857.57 from her previous campaigns. She reported $2,220.00 in contributions and $1,975.90 in expenditures to the Lynn Elections Office, which left her campaign with $2,101.67 on hand in the election.[11]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Coppola in the election.
2011
| Lynn Public Schools, At-large General Election, 2-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard B. Starbard Incumbent |
14.1% | 4,770 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charlie N. Gallo |
13.8% | 4,666 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia M. Capano Incumbent |
12.8% | 4,339 | |
| Nonpartisan | John E. Ford, Jr. Incumbent |
12.4% | 4,199 | |
| Nonpartisan | Donna M. Coppola Incumbent |
12.1% | 4,100 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria O. Carrasco Incumbent |
11.8% | 3,971 | |
| Nonpartisan | Vincent J. Spirito Incumbent | 11.4% | 3,851 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dolores J. DiFillipo | 11.3% | 3,810 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 67 | |
| Total Votes | 33,773 | |||
| Source: City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report: Municipal Election - November 8, 2011," accessed September 20, 2013 | ||||
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See also
- Lynn Public Schools, Massachusetts
- Lynn Public Schools elections (2017)
- Lynn Public Schools elections (2015)
- Lynn 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
- ↑ Massachusetts Education Reform Review Commission, "Donna M. Coppola," accessed September 23, 2013
- ↑ YouTube, "Donna M. Coppola's Introduction & Concluding statement (Lynn School Committee Debate)," October 20, 2011
- ↑ City of Lynn Elections Office, "City of Lynn Political Calendar For 2017," accessed June 28, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Mary Jules," City of Lynn Election Coordinator, June 28, 2017
- ↑ City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report: Preliminary Election," accessed September 12, 2017
- ↑ City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report Municipal Election Lynn, MA," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Lynn City Elections and Voting, "2017 Campaign Finance Reports," accessed January 25, 2018
- ↑ The Daily Item, "Lynn Teachers Endorse McGee," October 30, 2017
- ↑ LynnCam TV, "School Committee," accessed September 8, 2015
- ↑ Lynn City Clerk, "Campaign Finance Report Archives 2015-2010," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ City of Lynn, "Campaign Finance Report Archive | 2013 - 2010," accessed December 20, 2013
| 2015 Lynn Public Schools Elections | |
| Essex County, Massachusetts | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Patricia M. Capano • Incumbent, Maria O. Carrasco • Incumbent, Donna M. Coppola • Incumbent, John E. Ford, Jr. • Dolores Jean DiFillipo • Lorraine Gately • Natasha Megie-Maddrey • June Natola • Jared Nicholson • Michael Ouk |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
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