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Half Hollow Hills Central School District elections (2014)

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2014 Half Hollow Hills Central School District Elections

General Election date:
May 20, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
New York
Half Hollow Hills Central School District
Suffolk County, New York ballot measures
Local ballot measures, New York
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Three seats on the Half Hollow Hills Central School District Board of Education were up for general election on May 20, 2014.

Incumbent board members Betty DeSabato, Diana Acampora, and Paul Peller ran as a slate and defeated five challengers to win re-election.[1]

About the district

See also: Half Hollow Hills Central School District, New York
Half Hollow Hills Central School District is located in Suffolk County, New York

Half Hollow Hills Central School District is located in Suffolk County, New York. The county seat of Suffolk County is Riverhead, New York. Suffolk County had a population of 1,499,738 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2014.[2] Half Hollow Hills Central was the 15th-largest school district in New York, serving 9,868 students during the 2011-2012 school year.[3]

Demographics

In 2012, Suffolk County had a slightly lower percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree compared to the state overall. The United States Census Bureau reported that 32.6 percent of residents aged 25 and older in the county had earned a bachelor's degree, compared to 32.8 percent for New York. The median household income in Suffolk County was $87,778, above the state median of $57,683. The poverty rate in the county was 6.1 percent, compared to 14.9 percent statewide.[2]

Racial Demographics, 2012[2]
Race Suffolk County (%) New York (%)
White 85.8 71.2
Black or African American 8.2 17.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 1.0
Asian 3.7 8.0
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.1
Two or More Races 1.7 2.2
Hispanic or Latino 17.3 18.2

2013 Party Affiliation, Suffolk County[4]
Party Registered Voters % of Total
Democratic 317,782 33.17
Republican 312,954 32.66
Independent 44,028 4.60
Constitution 22,240 2.32
Working Families 4,461 0.47
Green 1,746 0.18
Other 460 0.05
Unaffiliated 254,494 26.55

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Voter and candidate information

As of the 2014 election, the Half Hollow Hills Central Board of Education consisted of seven members. All members were elected to three-year terms at-large by the district as a whole. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on May 20, 2014. Three seats were up for election in 2014.

The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was April 21, 2014. Candidates had to file nominating petitions with at least 45 legitimate signatures to get on the ballot.[5]

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

  • Betty DeSabato Green check mark transparent.png
    • Incumbent
    • Graduate, LaGuardia College
    • Construction manager, J.P. Morgan
  • Diana Acampora Green check mark transparent.png
    • Incumbent
    • Graduate, St. John's University and Queens College
    • Clothing retail and wholesale
    • Founder, Acampora Concussion Awareness Foundation
  • Paul Peller Green check mark transparent.png
    • Incumbent
    • Graduate, Northwestern University and the Medical College of Ohio
    • Urologist, St. Joseph Hospital and Advanced Urology Centers of New York
  • Craig Gardy
    • Graduate, The American University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
    • Attorney, Bruce Montague & Partners

  • Stephanie Gurin
    • Half Hollow Hills Parent-Teacher Association's council president
  • Adam Kleinberg
    • Graduate, the State University of New York at Albany and Touro Law School
    • Attorney, Sokoloff Stern LLP
  • Alan Lacher
    • Graduate, the State University of New York at Albany and the Wharton School of Business
    • Chief operating officer, Custom Computer Specialists, Inc.

Election results

Half Hollow Hills Central School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDiana Acampora Incumbent 15.8% 1,179
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngPaul Peller Incumbent 14.9% 1,116
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBetty DeSabato Incumbent 14.8% 1,106
     Nonpartisan Adam Kleinberg 14.7% 1,097
     Nonpartisan Stephanie Gurin 13.2% 987
     Nonpartisan Matthew Glaser 10.6% 797
     Nonpartisan Alan Lacher 8.8% 661
     Nonpartisan Craig Gardy 7.2% 542
Total Votes 7,485
Source: Half Hollow Hills Central School District, "Home," accessed May 21, 2014

Campaign finance

No candidates filed campaign finance reports with the New York State Board of Elections during the election.[6][7]

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Half Hollow Hills Central School District election in 2014:[5]

Deadline Event
April 21, 2014 Last day to file nominating petitions
May 20, 2014 Election day

Additional elections on the ballot

This election shared the ballot with a budget proposal made by the Half Hollow Hills Central School District.[5] The 2014-2015 budget proposal totaled up to $234,216,849, which was a 2.61 percent increase from the 2013-2014 budget. Voters approved the budget proposal.[8]

See also

External links

Footnotes