Haroldo Williams

Haroldo Williams

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Haroldo Williams was a Democratic candidate for District D representative on the Norwalk Board of Education in Connecticut. The general election was held on November 3, 2015. Haroldo Williams lost the general election on November 3, 2015.

Williams previously ran for an at-large seat on the board on November 5, 2013.

Biography

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Williams grew up in the Panama Canal Zone and moved to the United States in the 1970s. He has previously volunteered as a student mentor, math tutor and Norwalk PTO Council member. Williams and his wife have two children who attended district schools.

Elections

2015

See also: Norwalk Public Schools elections (2015)

The five district representative seats on the Norwalk Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. A Democratic primary election was held September 16, 2015, for Districts A and B.

Yvel Crevecoeur (D/WFP) won the District A seat after petitioning for and winning a Democratic primary and defeating Joe Perella (I) for the open seat. While Perella ran as an unaffiliated candidate, he was endorsed by the Republican Town Committee (RTC).

District A incumbent Rosa Murray (D) did not seek her party's nomination to run for another term. Instead, the Norwalk Democratic Town Committee (DTC) nominated Nicol Ayers to run for the seat. Ayers faced a primary challenge from Yvel Crevecoeur. Crevecoeur won with a margin of 14 votes. The tight margin automatically necessitated a recount, which held the same totals. Crevecoeur received the endorsement of the Connecticut Working Families Party after petitioning to run as a Democratic candidate. This ensured that he would appear on the general election ballot regardless of the primary outcome.

Erik Anderson (D) won the District B seat after defeating incumbent Migdalia Rivas (D) in a primary. The two had tied for the Democratic nomination at the party convention. This left the party without an official nominee in the race. Both Rivas and Anderson successfully petitioned to hold a party primary to determine a Democratic candidate for District B. Anderson won the primary and was set to face Republican nominee Harold Bonet in the general election. However, Bonet withdrew from the race, leaving Anderson without official opponents.

No primaries were necessary for the other three seats. District C incumbent Michael Lyons (R) won re-election after his party nominated him to run for re-election; he defeated Democratic nominee Lisa Nuzzo in the general election. District D incumbent Bryan Meek (R) won his first full term on the board. Meek was appointed to the board in March 2015 and received his party's nomination to run for the remainder of the seat's term. He defeated Democratic nominee Haroldo Williams on the general election ballot. In District E, Michael Barbis (D) won re-election without opposition. He was nominated to retain his seat by the Democratic Town Committee, and no Republican candidate was nominated to challenge him.

Results

Norwalk Public Schools, District D, General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bryan Meek Incumbent	55.6%	1,743
	Democratic	Haroldo Williams	44.4%	1,391
Total Votes				3,134
Source: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Prescribed Form for Return of Votes Cast At A Municipal Election," accessed November 5, 2015

2013

See also: Norwalk Public Schools elections (2013)

Williams lost election to the board against nine other candidates for four seats on November 5, 2013. He ran on the Democratic slate along with incumbents Heidi Keyes and Shirley Mosby as well as fellow challenger Sherelle Harris

Norwalk Public Schools, General Election, 4-year term, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Heidi Keyes Incumbent	12.2%	6,985
	Republican	Artie Kassimis Incumbent	12.1%	6,917
	Democratic	Shirley Mosby	11.8%	6,734
	Democratic	Sherelle Harris	11.5%	6,574
	Republican	Sue Haynie Incumbent	11.4%	6,500
	Democratic	Haroldo Williams	10.9%	6,234
	Republican	John Bazzano	10.7%	6,130
	Republican	Lauren Rosato	10.7%	6,109
	Norwalk Community Values	Steve Colarossi Incumbent	3.6%	2,073
	Norwalk Community Values	Andres Roman	3.1%	1,795
	Working Families	Shirley Mosby	1.1%	610
	Working Families	Heidi Keyes	0.9%	532
Total Votes				57,193
Source: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Municipal Elections - November 5, 2013," accessed December 17, 2013

Funding

Haroldo Williams did not report any contributions or expenditures to the Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission.

Campaign themes

2013

Williams explained his top priorities in the 2013 campaign in an interview with the League of Women Voters of Norwalk:

Establish clear & measurable Education Goals & Objectives I would share with the B.O.E. that Board of Education of high performing schools systems have clear & measurable goals and objectives that are used to benchmark the performance of their school system; and I would recommend that we prioritize this initiative. Develop and launch a community strategy for overcoming the achievement gap, while boosting the academic achievement of all students. I would propose to the board to launch an initiative that would engage parents, teachers, community centers, religious institutions, and volunteers, to academically engage, and motivate students to achieve academic excellence Establish standard business processes for use in proposing, evaluating, and launching educational and operations initiatives in the Norwalk Public Schools (such as the new Common Core curriculum, and the recently proposed technology initiative) I will identify deficiencies and ineffectiveness in the loose process that is being used to propose, select, and implement the new initiatives. I will then compare this to how successful organizations use data, facts, analysis and process to make decisions and launch new business initiatives – such as Six Sigma, and Lean Manufacturing; and I will provide recommendations for how we could transition the B.O.E.

Note: The above quote is from the candidate's website, which may include some typographical or spelling errors.

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See also

• Connecticut
• Norwalk Public Schools, Connecticut
• Norwalk Public Schools elections (2015)
• Norwalk Public Schools elections (2013)

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