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Donna M. Colorio
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Donna M. Colorio is the former at-large representative on the Worcester Public Schools school board in Massachusetts. First elected in 2015, Colorio lost a re-election campaign in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Colorio was an at-large member of the Worcester School Committee from 2011 to 2013. She lost her re-election bid in a general election on November 5, 2013.
Biography
Colorio resides in Worcester, Massachusetts. Colorio graduated from Notre Dame Academy before receiving her bachelor's degree in marketing economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and her master's degree in counseling psychology from Anna Maria College.[1] Her work experience includes serving as a professor and academic advisor at Quinsigamond Community College and as a substitute teacher in Worcester Public Schools.[1] Colorio's service experience includes being a member of the Community Development Advisory Committee and the head coach for a girl's basketball team in the St. Peter's League.[1]
Elections
2017
Six seats on the Worcester Public Schools School Committee in Massachusetts were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. All seven seats on the board were up for election. The seventh seat on the board was held by the mayor of Worcester, but was not covered by Ballotpedia as the city fell outside of municipal elections coverage.[2] Incumbents Dianna Biancheria, John L. Foley, Molly McCullough, John F. Monfredo, and Brian A. O'Connell won election on November 7, 2017, along with challenger Dante Comparetto. Incumbent Donna M. Colorio was defeated in the general election.[3][4]
Results
| Worcester Public Schools, At-large General Election, 2-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Brian A. O'Connell Incumbent |
15.79% | 9,097 |
| John L. Foley Incumbent |
14.98% | 8,628 |
| John F. Monfredo Incumbent |
14.76% | 8,504 |
| Molly McCullough Incumbent |
14.07% | 8,105 |
| Dante Comparetto |
13.73% | 7,906 |
| Dianna Biancheria Incumbent |
13.58% | 7,824 |
| Donna M. Colorio Incumbent | 13.08% | 7,534 |
| Total Votes | 57,598 | |
| Source: City of Worcester, "Summary Reports: Official Results," accessed November 28, 2017 | ||
Funding
The Worcester Election Commission does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
2015
All seven seats on the Worcester School Committee were up for election on November 3, 2015. Six seats were elected by city residents at-large. The seventh seat on the board was held by the Mayor of Worcester but was not covered by Ballotpedia as the city fell outside of municipal elections coverage.[5] Incumbents Brian A. O'Connell, John F. Monfredo, John L. Foley and Dianna Biancheria won re-election, while Donna M. Colorio and Molly McCullough joined the board. They defeated incumbents Tracy A. O'Connell Novick and Hilda Ramirez as well as challengers Cotey Collins and Nicola D'Andrea.[6]
Results
| Worcester School Committee, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Brian A. O'Connell Incumbent |
12.9% | 9,021 |
| Donna M. Colorio |
12.3% | 8,606 |
| John F. Monfredo Incumbent |
12.0% | 8,370 |
| John L. Foley Incumbent |
11.6% | 8,107 |
| Dianna Biancheria Incumbent |
10.6% | 7,413 |
| Molly McCullough |
9.9% | 6,891 |
| Tracy A. O'Connell Novick Incumbent | 9.0% | 6,294 |
| Hilda Ramirez Incumbent | 8.6% | 6,014 |
| Nicola D'Andrea | 7.6% | 5,304 |
| Cotey Collins | 5.5% | 3,839 |
| Total Votes | 69,859 | |
| Source: Worcester, Massachusetts, "City of Worcester Municipal Elections 11/3/2015 Official Results," accessed December 17, 2015 | ||
Funding
Colorio began the race with an existing account balance of $1,325.11 from her previous campaign. She reported $14,289.34 in contributions and $5,537.69 in expenditures to Worcester Election Commission, which left her campaign with $10,076.76 on hand as of October 28, 2015.[7]
Endorsements
Colorio received an official endorsement from the Educational Association of Worcester prior to the general election.[8]
2013
Colorio ran unsuccessfully for re-election against eight other candidates to one of six at-large seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Worcester Public Schools, At-large General Election, 2-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Brian A. O'Connell Incumbent |
15.3% | 8,146 | |
| Nonpartisan | John L. Foley Incumbent |
13.9% | 7,385 | |
| Nonpartisan | John F. Monfredo Incumbent |
12.2% | 6,465 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dianna Biancheria Incumbent |
11.9% | 6,305 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tracy A. O'Connell Novick Incumbent |
11.8% | 6,247 | |
| Nonpartisan | Hilda Ramirez |
11.4% | 6,053 | |
| Nonpartisan | Donna M. Colorio Incumbent | 10.6% | 5,654 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert J. Cohane | 7.5% | 3,981 | |
| Nonpartisan | Douglas F. Arbetter | 5.5% | 2,908 | |
| Total Votes | 53,144 | |||
| Source: Worcester, Massachusetts, "Election Summary, Municipal Election," accessed December 18, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Colorio began the race with an existing account balance of $3,791.59 from her previous campaign. She reported $8,844.00 in contributions and $4,510.20 in expenditures to the Worcester Election Commission, which left her campaign with $8,125.39 on hand in the election.[9]
Endorsements
Colorio received endorsements for her campaign from the Worcester Telegram & Gazette and Worcester Magazine.[10][11]
2011
| Worcester Public Schools, At-large General Election, 2-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Brian A. O'Connell Incumbent |
13.3% | 9,074 | |
| Nonpartisan | John L. Foley Incumbent |
13.3% | 9,065 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dianna Biancheria Incumbent |
12.1% | 8,258 | |
| Nonpartisan | John F. Monfredo Incumbent |
11.1% | 7,565 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tracy A. O'Connell Novick Incumbent |
10.3% | 6,974 | |
| Nonpartisan | Donna M. Colorio |
10% | 6,768 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary J. Mullaney Incumbent | 9.9% | 6,735 | |
| Nonpartisan | Hilda Ramirez | 8.6% | 5,830 | |
| Nonpartisan | Todd Mark Salmonsen | 6.2% | 4,220 | |
| Nonpartisan | John A. Trobaugh | 5.1% | 3,486 | |
| Total Votes | 67,975 | |||
| Source: Worcester, Massachusetts, "Election Summary, Municipal Election," accessed September 25, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
Colorio's campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:
| “ |
DONNA COLORIO'S COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO EDUCATION: LET THE TEACHERS TEACH. Bringing 22 Years of Teaching Experience to the Worcester School Committee. Donna SUPPORTS:
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” |
| —Donna Colorio (2015)[13] | ||
2013
Colorio's campaign website listed the following campaign themes for 2013:
| “ |
QUALITY EDUCATION:
FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY:
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| —Donna Colorio (2013)[13] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Worcester Public Schools, Massachusetts
- Worcester Public Schools elections (2017)
- Worcester Public Schools elections (2015)
- Worcester 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Facebook, "About," accessed September 26, 2013
- ↑ Worcester Public Schools, "School Committee," accessed May 18, 2017
- ↑ Worcester Election Commission, "2017 Municipal Candidates," accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ City of Worcester, "Municipal Election 11/07/2017 Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Worcester Public Schools, "School Committee," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ City of Worcester, "2015 Municipal Election Candidates List," May 29, 2015
- ↑ Worcester Election Commission, "Campaign Finance Filings," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ GoLocalWorcester, "Teachers Union Submits Endorsements of School Committee Candidates," June 23, 2015
- ↑ Worcester, Massachusetts, "Campaign Finance Filings," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Worcester Telegram & Gazette, "Endorsements for Worcester School Committee," November 3, 2013
- ↑ Worcester Magazine, "Endorsements in the City Council and School Committee 2013 elections," October 31, 2013
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Donna Colorio - School Committee, "Home," accessed September 26, 2013
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