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Homayoun Maali
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Homayoun Maali was a candidate for District E representative on the Lawrence Public Schools school board in Massachusetts. Maali was defeated in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Maali also unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the board in 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015.
Biography
Maali earned a B.S. in industrial engineering and a graduate degree in management award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He and his wife have two children.[1]
Elections
2017
All seven seats on the Lawrence Public Schools School Committee were up for general election on November 7, 2017. One of the seats was held by the mayor of Lawrence, but this seat was not covered by Ballotpedia as the city fell outside of municipal elections coverage.[2][3] No incumbents filed for run for re-election to the District A, B, C, and F seats, leaving them open for new members. Donna Bertolino defeated Kemal Bozkurt to win the District A seat, and Elissa Salas defeated Edwin Urena for the District B seat. Adderly Gonzalez won the District C seat after running unopposed. No candidates filed for the District F seat. In her bid for re-election to District D, incumbent Marianela Rivera won re-election unopposed. District E incumbent Patricia Mariano defeated former candidate Homayoun Maali, which was a rematch from the 2015 and 2013 elections for that seat.[4][5]
A nonpartisan primary election was held on September 26, 2017. Because no more than two candidates ran per seat in the primary, all of the candidates advanced to the general election.[6][7]
Results
| Lawrence Public Schools, District E General Election, 2-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Patricia Mariano Incumbent |
88.34% | 2,644 |
| Homayoun Maali | 11.16% | 334 |
| Write-in votes | 0.5% | 15 |
| Total Votes | 2,993 | |
| Source: City of Lawrence, "Official Results," accessed November 28, 2017 | ||
| Lawrence Public Schools, District E Primary Election, 2-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Patricia Mariano Incumbent |
88.77% | 1,968 |
| Homayoun Maali |
10.60% | 235 |
| Write-in votes | 0.63% | 14 |
| Total Votes | 2,217 | |
| Source: City of Lawrence, "Municipal Preliminary September 26, 2017: Official Results," accessed October 6, 2017 | ||
Funding
Maali reported no contributions or expenditures to the Lawrence Election Division as of October 31, 2017.[8]
2015
Six out of seven seats on the Lawrence School Committee were up for election on November 3, 2015. The seventh member is the Mayor of Lawrence, who was not up for election in 2015.
In the District C race, incumbent Pavel M. Payano defeated challenger Amy Berard. District E incumbent Patricia Mariano defeated Homayoun Maali. This was a rematch from 2013, as Mariano defeated Maali in that race.
In the races for Districts A, B, D, and F, no prospective candidates submitted nomination petitions for certification by the Lawrence Board of Registrars by the filing deadline on August 5, 2015. There was no organized effort by write-in candidates in the district with only two write-in names receiving the 50-vote minimum to serve on the committee. Kamal Bozkurt received 70 votes, and Emmanuel Castaneda received 62 votes in District A.[9]
The lack of competition for committee seats stemmed from a 2012 takeover of the district by state officials. The takeover occurred after the district was deemed chronically underachieving and placed in the hands of a receiver.[10] Under the takeover, the Lawrence School Committee was stripped of its authority to make substantive decisions outside of recommendations to the receiver.[11]
Results
| Lawrence School Committee, District E, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Patricia Mariano Incumbent |
88.0% | 1,238 |
| Homayoun Maali | 11.8% | 165 |
| Write-in votes | 0.21% | 3 |
| Total Votes | 1,406 | |
| Source: City of Lawrence, "Certified Election Results," November 13, 2015 | ||
| Lawrence Public Schools, District E Primary Election, 2-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Mariano Incumbent |
89% | 636 | |
| Nonpartisan | Homayoun Maali |
11% | 79 | |
| Total Votes | 715 | |||
| Source: Lawrence Election Division, "Municipal Preliminary Official Results," accessed September 19, 2017 | ||||
Funding
Maali reported no contributions or expenditures to the Lawrence Election Commission as of October 28, 2015.[12]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Maali in the election.
2013
- See also: Lawrence Public Schools elections (2013)
Maali lost to incumbent Patricia Mariano for the District E seat in the general election on November 5, 2013.[13]
Results
| Lawrence Public Schools, District E General Election, 2-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Mariano Incumbent |
82.9% | 2,446 | |
| Nonpartisan | Homayoun Maali | 16.9% | 498 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 6 | |
| Total Votes | 2,950 | |||
| Source: City of Lawrence, Massachusetts, "Official Election Results," accessed December 18, 2013 | ||||
| Lawrence Public Schools, District E Primary Election, 2-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Mariano |
85.5% | 1,870 | |
| Nonpartisan | Homayoun Maali |
14.3% | 313 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 4 | |
| Total Votes | 2,187 | |||
| Source: City of Lawrence, Massachusetts, "Preliminary Election, Lawrence, MA," accessed September 18, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Maali reported no contributions or expenditures to the Lawrence Election Division in the election.[14]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Maali in the election.
2011
| Lawrence Public Schools, District E General Election, 2-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Jennifer Ann Cooper |
86.8% | 1,172 | |
| Nonpartisan | Homayoun Maali | 12.3% | 166 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1% | 13 | |
| Total Votes | 1,351 | |||
| Source: Lawrence Election Division, "2011 Municipal Election - November 8, 2011," accessed August 8, 2013 | ||||
2009
| Lawrence Public Schools, District E General Election, 2-year term, 2009 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter Larocque Incumbent |
44% | 845 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Gray | 24.7% | 474 | |
| Nonpartisan | Homayoun Maali | 18% | 345 | |
| Nonpartisan | Yoed Cameron Santo | 13% | 250 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 1,919 | |||
| Source: Lawrence Election Division, "2009 Municipal Preliminary Election - September 22, 2009," accessed August 13, 2013 | ||||
Recent news
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See also
- Lawrence Public Schools, Massachusetts
- Lawrence Public Schools, Massachusetts elections (2017)
- Lawrence Public Schools elections (2015)
- Lawrence Public Schools elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Eagle-Tribune, "Lawrence," accessed August 13, 2013
- ↑ City of Lawrence, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ City of Lawrence, "2017 Nomination Papers City of Lawrence Election Division Report," accessed August 9, 2017
- ↑ City of Lawrence, "2017 Nomination Papers City of Lawrence Election Division Report," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ Eagle-Tribune, "UPDATE: Lawrence municipal election results," November 7, 2017
- ↑ City of Lawrence, "Election Summary Report: Preliminary Report Unofficial Results," accessed September 27, 2017
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Phone communication with City of Lawrence Election Division," August 28, 2017
- ↑ Lawrence Election Division, "Campaign Finance Reports and Information," accessed October 31, 2017
- ↑ Eagle-Tribune, " Write-ins carry the day for Lawrence School Committee," November 5, 2015
- ↑ WBUR, "Lawrence Schools Under State Control For At Least 3 More Years," June 8, 2015
- ↑ Eagle-Tribune, "Lawrence School Committee may dwindle to three in January," September 22, 2015
- ↑ Lawrence Election Commission, "Campaign Finance Reports and Information," accessed October 28, 2015
- ↑ Keith Eddings, The Eagle-Tribune, "The field is set: Lantigua will face 5 challengers in primary," August 8, 2013
- ↑ City of Lawrence, Massachusetts, "Campaign Finance Reports Due," accessed December 23, 2013
| Lawrence Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Essex County, Massachusetts | |
| Election date: | Primary election: September 26, 2017 • General Election: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District A: • Donna Bertolino • Kemal Bozkurt District B: • Elissa Salas • Edwin Urena District C: • Adderly Gonzalez District D: • Incumbent, Marianela Rivera District E: • Incumbent, Patricia Mariano • Homayoun Maali District F: No candidates filed to run for this race. |
| Important information: | What's at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
| 2015 Lawrence Public Schools Elections | |
| Essex County, Massachusetts | |
| Election date: | Primary election: September 22, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District A: No candidate submitted nomination petitions for this seat. District B: No candidate submitted nomination petitions for this seat. |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
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