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Jordon DeGroote
Jordon DeGroote was a candidate for West Windsor Township representative on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education in New Jersey. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[1]
Jordon DeGroote lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Elections
2015
Opposition
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education consists of nine nonpartisan members elected by district to three-year terms. Five of the members represent the West Windsor Township, and four represent the Plainsboro Township.
West Windsor incumbent Michele Kaish and Plainsboro incumbents Anthony Fleres and Rachel Juliana were up for re-election.[2] Kaish defeated challenger Jordon DeGroote for the West Windsor seat, while Fleres and Juliana both ran unopposed and won the Plainsboro seats.[1]
Results
| West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education, West Windsor, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Michele Kaish Incumbent |
58.54% | 2,410 |
| Jordon DeGroote | 41.39% | 1,704 |
| Write-in votes | 0.07% | 3 |
| Total Votes | 4,117 | |
| Source: Mercer County, "2015 General Election November 3, 2015, Official Results," accessed December 18, 2015 | ||
Funding
DeGroote reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission as of October 27, 2015.[3]
Endorsements
DeGroote did not receive any official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2015
Candidate website
DeGroote's campaign website listed the following themes for the 2015 election:
| “ |
My hope is to represent the students' needs on the Board of Education, and bridge the gap between the Board's perception of the issues, and the reality of the issues themselves. Board Transparency
Student Experience
Quality Education
|
” |
| —Jordon DeGroote (2015), [5] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, New Jersey
- West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District elections (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 New Transcript, "Candidates seek school seats," August 27, 2015
- ↑ West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, "Board Members," accessed August 3, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jordon for School Board, "Platform," accessed October 26, 2015
