John Scrudato
John Scrudato was a candidate for an at-large seat on the nonpartisan Traverse City Board of Education in Michigan. The seat was up for general election on November 4, 2014. John Scrudato lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Scrudato was also a Democratic candidate for District 104 in the Michigan House of Representatives in the state legislative elections on November 2, 2010. He lost in the general election to Republican incumbent Wayne Schmidt.
Elections
2014
The election in Traverse City featured five at-large seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Erik J. Falconer, Scott C. Hardy and Todd M. Sanders ran against challengers Kelly J. Clark, Thomas A. Grigal, Sue Kelly, Letha Polk, John Scrudato and Christine Stalsonburg for the four seats with full four-year terms. Fellow board member Doris Ellery ran unopposed and won a seat with an unexpired two-year term. Board President Kelly M. Hall did not file for re-election.
Incumbents Erik J. Falconer and Scott C. Hardy and challengers Kelly J. Clark and Sue Kelly defeated the five other candidates to win the four seats with full four-year terms.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Sue Kelly |
16.1% | 10,064 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kelly J. Clark |
15.4% | 9,644 | |
| Nonpartisan | Scott C. Hardy Incumbent |
14.6% | 9,109 | |
| Nonpartisan | Erik J. Falconer Incumbent |
13.4% | 8,351 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Scrudato | 11% | 6,884 | |
| Nonpartisan | Todd M. Sanders Incumbent | 9.6% | 6,009 | |
| Nonpartisan | Christine Stalsonburg | 7.2% | 4,519 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas A. Grigal | 6.4% | 4,025 | |
| Nonpartisan | Letha Polk | 5.8% | 3,642 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 200 | |
| Total Votes | 62,447 | |||
| Source: Grand Traverse County - County Clerk, "Election Summary Report," accessed December 29, 2014 | ||||
Funding
The Grand Traverse County - County Clerk does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports.
Endorsements
Scrudato received an endorsement from The Record-Eagle.[1]
2010
Scrudato ran for election to the District 104 seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He was defeated by Wayne Schmidt in the general election on November 2, 2010.[2]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 104 General election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Wayne Schmidt (R)
|
23,460 | |||
| John Scrudato (D) | 10,950 | |||
| Megan Crandall (I) | 4,391 | |||
Recent news
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