Greg Popil
Greg Popil was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Scranton Board of Directors in Pennsylvania. The seat was up for general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015. He filed to run in both the Democratic and Republican primaries. Popil won the Republican nomination.[1][2]
Popil withdrew from the race in August 2015. His name did not appear on the ballot even though he missed the candidate withdrawal deadline. A Lackwanna County judge ordered his name removed on August 26, 2015. The Republican Party used a substitute nomination certificate to nominate Marcel Lisi in the place of Popil.[3][4]
Elections
2015
Five of the nine seats on the Scranton school board were up for general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.
Incumbents Paul Duffy (D/R) and Carol Owens Oleski (D/R) won re-election, while Democratic challengers Bob Lesh and James Timlin joined the board. Cross-filed candidate Tom Schuster also won a seat on the board. They defeated Republican candidates Larry Wynne and Marcel Lisi in the general election. No independent candidates filed to run in the general election.[2]
Joseph Matyjevich and Adam Swieciaszek were defeated in the primary election and, therefore, did not proceed to the general election. Greg Popil withdrew from the race after the primary election. The Republican Party used a substitute nomination certificate to nominate Lisi in the place of Popil.[5]
Results
| Scranton School District, At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Paul Duffy Incumbent |
15.9% | 4,600 | |
| Democratic | Carol Owens Oleski Incumbent |
14.5% | 4,187 | |
| Democratic | James Timlin |
13.2% | 3,811 | |
| Democratic | Tom Schuster |
12.4% | 3,600 | |
| Democratic | Bob Lesh |
12.1% | 3,512 | |
| Democratic | Larry Wynne | 9.8% | 2,832 | |
| Democratic | Joseph Matyjevich | 9.6% | 2,766 | |
| Democratic | Greg Popil | 9.1% | 2,643 | |
| Democratic | Adam Swieciaszek | 3% | 883 | |
| Democratic | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 117 | |
| Total Votes | 28,951 | |||
| Source: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, "Certified Results," accessed July 7, 2015 | ||||
| Scranton School District, At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Tom Schuster |
18.9% | 847 | |
| Republican | Paul Duffy Incumbent |
18.5% | 833 | |
| Republican | Carol Owens Oleski Incumbent |
18.2% | 817 | |
| Republican | Greg Popil |
15.5% | 697 | |
| Republican | Larry Wynne |
14.2% | 636 | |
| Republican | Adam Swieciaszek | 8.8% | 397 | |
| Republican | Write-in votes | 5.9% | 264 | |
| Total Votes | 4,491 | |||
| Source: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, "Certified Results," accessed July 7, 2015 | ||||
Funding
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Endorsements
Popil received no official endorsements for his campaign during the election.
Recent news
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See also
- Scranton School District, Pennsylvania
- Scranton 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
- ↑ Scranton School District, "Board of Directors," accessed March 16, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, "List of Candidates, Municipal Primary, May 19, 2015," accessed March 18, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The Times-Tribune, "Popil withdraws as Republican Scranton School Board nominee," September 9, 2015
- ↑ The Times-Tribune, "Lisi best-known name on new candidates list," September 11, 2015
- ↑ The Times-Tribune, "Lisi best-known name on new candidates list," September 11, 2015
| 2015 Scranton School District Elections | |
| Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent Paul Duffy (D/R) • Incumbent, Carol Owens Oleski (D/R) • Bob Lesh (D) • Marcel Lisi (R) • Joseph Matyjevich (D) • Greg Popil (D/R) • Tom Schuster (D/R) • Adam Swieciaszek (D/R) • James Timlin (D) • Larry Wynne (D/R) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
