Eddie Coover
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Eddie Coover is a Region 1 member on the Pocono Mountain School District Board of Directors in Pennsylvania. The seat is up for general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015. Coover filed to run in both the Republican and Democratic primaries and won nominations from both primary elections.[1] Eddie Coover won the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Coover is a graduate of the Pocono Mountain School District. He has owned his own business, The House of Candles, for 30 years.[2]
Elections
2015
Five of the nine seats on the Pocono Mountain Board of Directors were up for election in the general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015. All candidates, with the exception of Matthew Henry, filed to run in both the Republican and Democratic primaries. Henry ran in the Republican primary only.
Eddie Coover won election without opposition in Region 1 after defeating Maria Geffers and Matthew Henry in the primary election. Region 2 incumbent Rusty Johnson along with Region 3 incumbents John Davis and Jacquelyn Leonard won re-election without general election opposition. No independent candidates filed to run in the general election.[3][1]
Results
Region 1
| Pocono Mountain School District, Region 1, General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic/Republican |  Eddie Coover |
100.0% | 1,938 | |
| Total Votes | 1,938 | |||
| Source: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, "Monroe County Election Results, Official Results," accessed December 21, 2015 | ||||
| Pocono Mountain School District, Region 1 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Eddie Coover |
51.3% | 287 | |
| Democratic | Maria Geffers | 48.8% | 273 | |
| Total Votes | 560 | |||
| Source: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, "Monroe County Election Results," accessed June 16, 2015 | ||||
| Pocono Mountain School District, Region 1 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Eddie Coover |
46.1% | 335 | |
| Republican | Maria Geffers | 32.6% | 237 | |
| Republican | Matthew Henry | 21.2% | 154 | |
| Total Votes | 726 | |||
| Source: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, "Monroe County Election Results," accessed June 16, 2015 | ||||
Funding
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Endorsements
Coover received no official endorsements for his campaign during the election.
Recent news
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See also
- Pocono Mountain School District, Pennsylvania
- Pocono Mountain 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monroe County, Pennsylvania, "Officewide Candidate List 2015," accessed March 18, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Facebook, "Elect Ed Coover to the PM School Board," accessed April 17, 2015
- ↑ Pocono Mountain School District, "Meet the Board," accessed March 16, 2015
| 2015 Pocono Mountain School District Elections | |
| Monroe County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Region 1: • Eddie Coover (D/R) • Maria Geffers (D/R) • Matthew Henry (R) Region 2: • Incumbent Rusty Johnson (D/R) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
