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Jim Duffy
Jim Duffy was the Region 1 member of the Central Bucks 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 the Republican primary but did not win a nomination.[1][2]
Biography
Duffy obtained his bachelor's degree from Temple University. He is a reporting analyst for Forsch Travel.[3]
Elections
2015
Five of the nine seats on the Central Bucks Board of Directors were up for election in the general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.
Candidates Karen Smith, Sharon Collopy and Beth Darcy ran together as The Clean Slate. They won without opposition in the general election after defeating their opponents in the primary elections. Smith defeated Jim Duffy in Region 1. Collopy defeated Tyler Tomlinson in Region 6, and Darcy defeated Lou White in Region 8. In Region 3, Glenn Schoeffel (R) defeated Phyllis Melendez (D) in the general election after both candidates defeated Wayne Marquez in the primary election. Dennis Weldon won without opposition in Region 2.[2][1]
Results
Region 1
| Central Bucks School District, Region 1 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Karen Smith |
66.3% | 473 | |
| Republican | Jim Duffy Incumbent | 33.7% | 240 | |
| Total Votes | 713 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015 | ||||
Funding
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Endorsements
Duffy received no official endorsements for his campaign during the election.
Recent news
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See also
- Central Bucks School District, Pennsylvania
- Central Bucks 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Central Bucks School District, " Central Bucks Board of School Directors," accessed March 11, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, " Unofficial Candidate List for the Municipal Primary of May 9, 2015," accessed April 2, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Facebook, "Jim Duffy," accessed May 14, 2015
| 2015 Central Bucks School District Elections | |
| Bucks County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Region 1: • Incumbent, Jim Duffy (R) • Karen Smith (D/R) Region 2: • Dennis Weldon (D/R) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
