Elizabeth Conway
Elizabeth Conway was a candidate for at-large representative on the Edison Township Public Schools school board in New Jersey. Conway was defeated in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Conway and Carol Bodofsky ran in this election as a slate. Click here to view this candidate's 2017 campaign themes.
Elections
2017
Four of the nine seats on the Edison Township Public Schools school board in New Jersey were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Three seats were up for regular three-year terms and one seat was up for a one-year unexpired term. A total of 11 candidates filed for the seats.
Board members Beth Moroney and Jingwei Shi won new three-year terms on the board and were joined in their victory by Falguni Patel. They defeated Carol Bodofsky, Elizabeth Conway, Ruchika Juneja, Aqib Virani, Sunil Vuppula, and Maria Wise. Board member Paul Distefano defeated challenger William Araujo for the one-year term.[1]
Results
| Edison Township Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jingwei Shi Incumbent |
17.62% | 6,401 |
| Falguni Patel |
17.27% | 6,272 |
| Beth Moroney Incumbent |
16.80% | 6,100 |
| Elizabeth Conway | 14.11% | 5,124 |
| Carol Bodofsky | 13.90% | 5,050 |
| Maria Wise | 8.24% | 2,992 |
| Aqib Virani | 4.82% | 1,749 |
| Ruchika Juneja | 3.79% | 1,378 |
| Sunil Vuppula | 3.45% | 1,254 |
| Total Votes | 36,320 | |
| Source: Middlesex County, New Jersey, "Historical Election Results: November 2017," accessed March 22, 2018 | ||
Funding
Conway did not report campaign contributions or expenditures in this election as of October 17, 2017, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[2]
Campaign themes
2017
Conway and Carol Bodofsky shared a Facebook campaign page for the 2017 school board election. The following post from their page highlights their campaign themes:
| “ | As Edison residents for over 30 years and recently retired career teachers in Edison, we have decided to run for the Board of Education this November. Our goal is to continue helping and strengthening the Edison Public Schools, to further ensure that Edison continues to be the town that believes in 'Nothing less than Excellence' in education.[3][4] | ” |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Cassandra Achille, Middlesex County Elections official," August 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Filings," accessed October 17, 2017
- ↑ Carol Bodofsky and Elizabeth Conway Facebook campaign page, "About," accessed September 18, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Edison Township Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Middlesex County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large (3-year terms): Incumbent, Beth Moroney • Incumbent, Jingwei Shi • Carol Bodofsky • Elizabeth Conway • Ruchika Juneja • Falguni Patel • Aqib Virani • Sunil Vuppula • Maria Wise At-Large (1-year term): Incumbent, Paul Distefano • William Araujo |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
