Jamie Mehler
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Jamie Mehler was a member of the Downingtown Area School District Board of Directors Region 9 in Pennsylvania.
Mehler ran for re-election to the Downingtown Area School District Board of Directors Region 9 in Pennsylvania. Mehler won in the general election on November 3, 2015.
Elections
2015
Five of the nine seats on the Downingtown Area Board of Directors were up for election in the general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.
The seats of Region 1 incumbent Jackie Fenn, Region 3 incumbent Carl K. Kroft, Region 5 incumbent Colleen Cranney, Region 7 incumbent Jane S. Bertone and Region 9 incumbent Jamie Mehler were up for election. The incumbents in every region ran unopposed. All candidates participated in the practice of cross-filing and ran in both the Republican and Democratic primaries.
Fenn withdrew from the race prior to the general election and was replaced via substitute nomination by James Theodore Rauth.[1] Rauth, Kroft, Cranney, Bertone and Mehler won election without opposition. No independent candidates filed to run in the general election.[2][3]
Results
| Downingtown Area School District, Region 9, General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic/Republican |  Jamie Mehler Incumbent |
98.8% | 1,017 | |
| Write-in votes | 1.17% | 12 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,029 | |||
| Source: Chester County, Pennsylvania, "Summary Report Official Results," accessed December 21, 2015 | ||||
| Downingtown Area School District, Region 9 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jamie Mehler Incumbent |
100% | 80 | |
| Total Votes | 80 | |||
| Source: Chester County, Pennsylvania, "Summary Report," accessed June 12, 2015 | ||||
| Downingtown Area School District, Region 9 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jamie Mehler Incumbent |
100% | 185 | |
| Total Votes | 185 | |||
| Source: Chester County, Pennsylvania, "Summary Report," accessed June 12, 2015 | ||||
Funding
The Chester County Voter Services Department does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Mehler received no official endorsements for her campaign during the election.
See also
- Downingtown Area School District, Pennsylvania
- Downingtown Area 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
- ↑ Nick Katers, "Email exchange with Chester County Director of Voter Services Jim Forsythe," November 9, 2015
- ↑ Downingtown Area School District, "Meet the Board," accessed March 12, 2015
- ↑ Chester County, Pennsylvania, "Chester County Official Candidate Report November 3, 2015, Municipal Election," accessed September 23, 2015
| 2015 Downingtown Area School District Elections | |
| Chester County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Region 1: • James Theodore Rauth (R) Region 3: • Incumbent, Carl K. Kroft (D/R) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
