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John Brodrick
John Brodrick was an at-large member of the Saint Paul Board of Education in Minnesota. Brodrick assumed office in 2002. Brodrick left office on January 3, 2022.
Brodrick ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Saint Paul Board of Education in Minnesota. Brodrick won in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Brodrick earned a B.S. in social studies and English from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 1966 and an M.Ed. degree in social studies from the University of Minnesota in 1974. Brodrick taught in Saint Paul Public Schools from 1966 to 2000, and he also served as an athletics coach for much of that time.[1]
Elections
2017
Three of the seven seats on the Saint Paul Public Schools school board in Minnesota were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. Incumbents John Brodrick and Jeanelle Foster won election, along with newcomer Marny Xiong. The challengers who lost were Luke Bellville, Greg Copeland, Andrea Touhey.[2]
Results
| Saint Paul Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Marny Xiong |
30.44% | 36,480 |
| Jeanelle Foster Incumbent |
24.93% | 29,883 |
| John Brodrick Incumbent |
21.84% | 26,172 |
| Andrea Touhey | 11.09% | 13,288 |
| Greg Copeland | 7.03% | 8,425 |
| Luke Bellville | 3.64% | 4,358 |
| Write-in votes | 1.04% | 1,244 |
| Total Votes | 119,850 | |
| Source: Saint Paul Public Schools, "Minutes Of The Regular Meeting Of The Board Of Education," November 14, 2017 | ||
Funding
Brodrick reported $16,724.01 in contributions and $8,284.83 in expenditures to the Ramsey County Elections & Voting Office, which left his campaign with $8,439.18 on hand in the election.[3]
Endorsements
Brodrick was endorsed by the following organizations:[4][5][6][7][8][9]
- AFSCME Minnesota Council 5
- St. Paul Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL)
- St. Paul Federation of Teachers
- St. Paul Regional Labor Federation
- StarTribune
- Stonewall DFL Caucus
- Twin Cities Pioneer Press
2013
John Brodrick and fellow incumbent Jean O'Connell and newcomer Chue Vue defeated Terrance Bushard and Greg Copeland to win three at-large seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Saint Paul Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Chue Vue |
30.8% | 20,605 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jean O'Connell Incumbent |
29.3% | 19,621 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Brodrick Incumbent |
24.6% | 16,449 | |
| Nonpartisan | Greg Copeland | 9.4% | 6,307 | |
| Nonpartisan | Terrance Bushard | 5.1% | 3,417 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.7% | 481 | |
| Total Votes | 66,880 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 625 - St. Paul," accessed December 18, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Brodrick began the race with an existing debt of $1,826.66 from his previous campaigns. He reported $7,300.00 in contributions and $4,262.12 in expenditures to the Ramsey County Election Office, which left his campaign with $1,211.22 on hand in the election.[10]
Endorsements
Brodrick received endorsements for his campaign from:[11][12][13]
- Saint Paul Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
- St. Paul Federation of Teachers
- Saint Paul Public Schools board members Elona Street-Stewart, Louise Seeba, Keith Hardy and Mary Doran
- Saint Paul City Council members Chris Tolbert, Dave Thune, Dan Bostrom and Kathy Lantry
- Ramsey County Attorney John Choi
- Ramsey County Commissioners Rafael Ortega, Janice Rettman, Jim McDonough and Victoria Reinhardt
- Minnesota State Senator Sandra Pappas
- Minnesota State Representatives Erin Murphy, Carlos Mariani, Rena Moran, Alice Hausman, Sheldon Johnson, Tim Mahoney, and John Lesch
- Saint Paul Area Regional Labor Federation, Saint Paul Federation of Teachers Local 28 COPE, Teamsters DRIVE, AFSCME PEOPLE
2009
| Saint Paul Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2009 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Elona Street-Stewart Incumbent |
21.9% | 16,279 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jean O'Connell |
18.8% | 13,988 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Brodrick Incumbent |
18.7% | 13,906 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tom Goldstein Incumbent | 18.2% | 13,512 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chris Conner | 11.9% | 8,865 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Krenik | 9.8% | 7,300 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.6% | 455 | |
| Total Votes | 74,305 | |||
| Source: Ramsey County, Minnesota, "Summary of Totals," accessed October 22, 2013 | ||||
See also
- Saint Paul Public Schools, Minnesota
- Saint Paul Public Schools elections (2017)
- Saint Paul Public Schools elections (2013)
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "John Brodrick," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings: 2017 Municipal and School District Elections," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ Ramsey County Elections & Voting Office, "2017 Campaign Finance Reports," accessed December 18, 2017
- ↑ Twin Cities Pioneer Press, "First candidates file for St. Paul school board election," August 1, 2017
- ↑ StarTribune, "Editorial endorsement: Two incumbents and a first-time candidate are best bets in St. Paul," October 24, 2017
- ↑ Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation, "Endorsed Candidates," accessed October 27, 2017
- ↑ Twin Cities Pioneer Press, "For St. Paul School Board, Foster, Xiong, Brodrick," October 19, 2017
- ↑ AFSCME Minnesota Council 5, "AFSCME Endorsed Candidates," accessed October 27, 2017
- ↑ Stonewall DFL Caucus, "Stonewall DFL Endorses in Minneapolis Park Board, Saint Paul School Board, Bloomington and Saint Louis Park City Council Races," accessed October 27, 2017
- ↑ Ramsey County, Minnesota, "Campaign Finance Reports - 2013," accessed December 27, 2013
- ↑ Saint Paul City DFL, "Saint Paul DFL candidates file for mayor and school board races," July 30, 2013
- ↑ Re-Elected John Brodrick - Saint Paul Public Schools, "Home," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ TwinCities.com, "St. Paul school board candidates agree on problems, but not on fixes," October 17, 2013
| Saint Paul Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Ramsey County, Minnesota | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, John Brodrick • Incumbent, Jeanelle Foster • Luke Bellville • Greg Copeland • Andrea Touhey • Marny Xiong |
| Important information: | What's at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
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