Frank O'Donnell
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Frank O'Donnell is the former at-large representative on the North Penn School District school board in Pennsylvania. First elected in 2001, O'Donnell lost a re-election campaign in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Pennsylvania permits school board candidates to cross-file in primary elections. This means that a candidate may file to run in the primary election for both the Democratic and Republican parties. If a candidate cross-files, he or she needs to win in one party's primary election to advance to the general election. A candidate may also appear on both party's ballots in the general election if he or she wins both nominations in the primary.
Elections
2017
Five seats on the North Penn School District school board were up for general election on November 7, 2017. Four seats were up for regular election and one seat was up for special election for a two-year term, due to the death of former board member Carolyn Murphy. A partisan primary election for all five seats was held on May 16, 2017.
A total of eight candidates ran in the general election for the regular terms after all of them advanced from the primary. Four newcomer Democrats won the spots on the board: Christian Fusco, Jonathan Kassa, Tina Stoll, and Mark Warren. Board incumbents Josephine Charnock, Patrick McGee Jr., and Frank O'Donnell cross-filed to run for re-election for both the Democratic and Republican parties in the primary election. They were joined on the ballot by newcomers Fusco, Kassa, Thomas Mancini, Stoll, and Warren, who all cross-filed to run in the primary election. Stoll, Fusco, Warren, and Kassa took the Democratic nominations for the four-year terms, and O'Donnell, Mancini, McGee, and Charnock took the Republican nominations.
In the special election for the two-year term, Jenna Ott defeated Michelle Rupp in the general. Ott won the Democratic nomination and Rupp won the Republican nomination in the primary.[1]
These candidates could have faced independent candidates in the general election. However, no independent candidate filed by the August 1, 2017, deadline to get on the ballot.[2]
McGee Jr., Mancini, O'Donnell, Charnock, and Rupp ran as part of a candidate slate.[3]
General results
| North Penn School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Tina Stoll |
14.20% | 10,061 | |
| Democratic | Christian Fusco |
14.16% | 10,034 | |
| Democratic | Mark Warren |
13.70% | 9,703 | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Kassa |
13.58% | 9,622 | |
| Republican | Patrick McGee Jr. Incumbent | 11.21% | 7,944 | |
| Republican | Thomas Mancini | 11.16% | 7,907 | |
| Republican | Josephine Charnock Incumbent | 11.04% | 7,818 | |
| Republican | Frank O'Donnell Incumbent | 10.94% | 7,750 | |
| Total Votes | 70,839 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Municipal Election Tuesday, November 7, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017 and Montgomery County, "Unofficial Results," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||||
Democratic primary results
| North Penn School District, At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Tina Stoll |
21.67% | 3,896 | |
| Democratic | Christian Fusco |
21.47% | 3,860 | |
| Democratic | Mark Warren |
20.86% | 3,750 | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Kassa |
19.53% | 3,511 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Mancini | 4.44% | 798 | |
| Democratic | Josephine Charnock Incumbent | 4.38% | 788 | |
| Democratic | Patrick McGee Jr. Incumbent | 3.97% | 714 | |
| Democratic | Frank O'Donnell Incumbent | 3.66% | 658 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.02% | 4 | ||
| Total Votes | 17,979 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 20, 2017 and Montgomery County, "2017 Primary Election Official Results," accessed June 20, 2017 | ||||
Republican primary results
| North Penn School District, At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Patrick McGee Jr. Incumbent |
18.29% | 2,784 | |
| Republican | Frank O'Donnell Incumbent |
17.89% | 2,723 | |
| Republican | Thomas Mancini |
17.83% | 2,714 | |
| Republican | Josephine Charnock Incumbent |
14.80% | 2,253 | |
| Republican | Tina Stoll | 10.36% | 1,577 | |
| Republican | Christian Fusco | 8.61% | 1,310 | |
| Republican | Mark Warren | 6.99% | 1,063 | |
| Republican | Jonathan Kassa | 5.19% | 790 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.03% | 4 | ||
| Total Votes | 15,218 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 20, 2017 and Montgomery County, "2017 Primary Election Official Results," accessed June 20, 2017 | ||||
Funding
| 2017 Campaign Finance Deadlines in Pennsylvania[4] | |
|---|---|
| Date | Deadline |
| May 5, 2017 | 2nd Friday Pre-Primary report due |
| June 15, 2017 | 30-Day Post-Primary report due |
| October 27, 2017 | 2nd Friday Pre-Election report due |
| December 7, 2017 | 30-Day Post-Election report due |
School board candidates in Pennsylvania were required to report their campaign finance activity. Those who spent or received more than $250 in a reporting period had to file full reports. Those below the threshold had to file forms to declare they were exempt from reporting. Candidates could have, but were not required to, form committees to handle campaign finance transactions. They were not required to have separate bank accounts for campaign purposes.[5]
The table to the left details the four campaign finance deadlines in 2017.[4]
2013
O'Donnell ran for an at-large seat on the school board on November 5, 2013, against Murali Balaji, Josie Charnock, Timothy S. Kerr, Alex Ryabin, Tina Stoll, Paul Edelman, Jr., and Vincent Sherpinsky.[6]
Election results
| North Penn School District General Election, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Josie Charnock |
13.5% | 7,913 | |
| Republican | Timothy S. Kerr Incumbent |
13.4% | 7,895 | |
| Republican | Frank O'Donnell Incumbent |
13.1% | 7,665 | |
| Republican | Vincent Sherpinsky Incumbent |
13% | 7,626 | |
| Democrat | Tina Stoll | 12.3% | 7,236 | |
| Democrat | Paul Edelman, Jr. | 12% | 7,052 | |
| Democrat | Alex Ryabin | 11.5% | 6,782 | |
| Democrat | Murali Balaji | 11.1% | 6,539 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in | 0% | 16 | |
| Total Votes | 58,724 | |||
| Source: Montgomery County 2013 General Election Results," accessed December 13, 2013 | ||||
| North Penn School District At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democrat | Tina Stoll |
22.6% | 1,950 | |
| Democrat | Paul Edelman, Jr. |
20.5% | 1,764 | |
| Democrat | Alex Ryabin |
18.3% | 1,581 | |
| Democrat | Murali Balaji |
18.1% | 1,560 | |
| Democrat | Frank O'Donnell | 5.8% | 499 | |
| Democrat | Vincent Sherpinsky | 4.8% | 414 | |
| Democrat | Timothy S. Kerr | 4.9% | 426 | |
| Democrat | Josephine Charnock | 5% | 430 | |
| Total Votes | 8,624 | |||
| Source: "The Knight Crier," "School Board Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2013 | ||||
| North Penn School District At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Timothy S. Kerr |
20.1% | 2,239 | |
| Republican | Frank O'Donnell |
18.4% | 2,049 | |
| Republican | Vincent Sherpinsky |
18.3% | 2,036 | |
| Republican | Josephine Charnock |
17.7% | 1,968 | |
| Republican | Tina Stoll | 9.2% | 1,025 | |
| Republican | Paul Edelman, Jr. | 6.9% | 774 | |
| Republican | Alex Ryabin | 4.8% | 536 | |
| Republican | Murali Balaji | 4.7% | 521 | |
| Total Votes | 11,148 | |||
| Source: "The Knight Crier," "School Board Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2013 | ||||
Funding
O'Donnell reported no contributions or expenditures to the Montgomery County Voter Services department in this election.[7]
Endorsements
O'Donnell was endorsed by the Lansdale Republican Club.[8]
2009
| North Penn School District General Election, 4-year terms, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democrat | Frank O'Donnell |
23.6% | 12,509 | |
| Democrat | Vincent Sherpinsky |
22.8% | 12,059 | |
| Republican | Timothy Kerr |
15.2% | 8,063 | |
| Republican | Joseph Sullivan |
15% | 7,945 | |
| Democrat | Alex Ryabin | 12.5% | 6,635 | |
| Democrat | Donald Litman | 10.7% | 5,668 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in | 0% | 25 | |
| Total Votes | 52,904 | |||
| Source: "Montgomery County, PA," "2009 General Election" accessed September 20, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2013
O'Donnell's top priorities for his campaign were budget responsibility, higher academic achievement scores, and student safety and security.[9]
See also
- North Penn School District, Pennsylvania
- North Penn School District elections (2017)
- North Penn School District elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Montgomery County, "Official Candidate List," accessed May 11, 2017
- ↑ Bucks County, "Candidate List Municipal Election, November 7, 2017," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ Quality Education Matters, "Home," accessed May 15, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed April 19, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Campaign Finance Reporting Law," accessed January 15, 2014
- ↑ "The Knight Crier," "School Board Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2013
- ↑ "Montgomery County Voter Services," "Campaign Finance Expense Report Filings," accessed December 18, 2013
- ↑ "Lansdale Republican Club," "Candidates," accessed September 20, 2013
- ↑ "Quality Education Matters for North Penn Children and Tax Payers," "Candidate Bios," accessed September 23, 2013
| North Penn School District elections in 2017 | |
| Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary: May 16, 2017 General: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large (regular): Incumbent, Josephine Charnock (R) • Incumbent, Patrick McGee Jr. (R) • Incumbent, Frank O'Donnell (R) • Christian Fusco (D) • Jonathan Kassa (D) • Thomas Mancini (R) • Tina Stoll (D) • Mark Warren (D) At-Large (special): Jenna Ott (D) • Michelle Rupp (R) |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
