Jose Rodriguez (Elizabeth school board member, New Jersey)
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Jose Rodriguez is an at-large representative on the Elizabeth Public Schools school board in New Jersey. He was first elected on November 5, 2013. Rodriguez won re-election in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Rodríguez resides in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Rodríguez received a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University before earning his M.A. degree in education administration from Saint Peter's University in 2006.[1] He has a decade of experience teaching in the New Jersey public school system.[2]
Elections
2016
Three of the nine seats on the Elizabeth Public Schools school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Stanley Neron and Jose Rodriguez, along with Diane Barbosa, defeated incumbent Carlos Trujillo, Ricky Castaneda, Christina Moreira, Maria Medeiros DaRassi, Sima Farid, Maria Lorenz, and former candidate Virginia San Pedro for the three seats up for election.[3]
Results
| Elizabeth Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Diane Barbosa |
25.33% | 11,330 |
| Jose Rodriguez Incumbent |
21.62% | 9,669 |
| Stanley Neron Incumbent |
21.59% | 9,656 |
| Carlos Trujillo Incumbent | 10.67% | 4,774 |
| Christina Moreira | 7.33% | 3,277 |
| Sima Farid | 3.96% | 1,773 |
| Maria Lorenz | 3.92% | 1,753 |
| Ricky Castaneda | 2.23% | 999 |
| Maria Medeiros DaRassi | 1.79% | 799 |
| Virginia San Pedro | 1.44% | 642 |
| Write-in votes | 0.13% | 56 |
| Total Votes | 44,728 | |
| Source: Union County Clerk, "Official Results," accessed December 1, 2016 | ||
Funding
Rodriguez reported $67,678.00 in contributions and $53,053.11 in expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, which left his campaign with $14,624.89 on hand in the election.[4]
2013
Rodríguez ran against eight other candidates to win one of three at-large seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Elizabeth Public Schools, At-large General Election, 3-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Carlos M. Trujillo Incumbent |
18.5% | 4,604 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stan Neron |
17.8% | 4,430 | |
| Nonpartisan | José M. Rodríguez |
14.8% | 3,685 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stefano Calella Incumbent | 14.6% | 3,646 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cristina Pinzon | 14.4% | 3,588 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anthony Padlo Incumbent | 14.3% | 3,569 | |
| Nonpartisan | Luis F. Rincon | 2.1% | 531 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria Da Rassi | 2.1% | 527 | |
| Nonpartisan | Osment Spencer | 1.3% | 329 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 18 | |
| Total Votes | 24,927 | |||
| Source: Union County, New Jersey, "UC 2013 General/School Election," November 14, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Rodriguez ran as part of the Election Fund of RNP slate, which reported $47,138.16 in contributions and $44,858.33 in expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[5]
Endorsements
Rodríguez received an official endorsement for his campaign from Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage.[6]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Elcy Castillo-Ospina Incumbent |
21.1% | 8,454 | |
| Nonpartisan | A. Tony Monteiro |
19% | 7,602 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charlene Bathelus |
17.3% | 6,923 | |
| Nonpartisan | José M. Rodríguez | 15% | 6,020 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anthony Padlo | 14.3% | 5,717 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jorge E. Casalins | 13.2% | 5,262 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 30 | |
| Total Votes | 40,008 | |||
| Source: Union County, New Jersey, "Union Co. 2012 General/School Election," accessed October 28, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2013
As part of Team iServe, Rodríguez shared the following campaign themes with Cristina Pinzon and Stan Neron:[7]
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Fiscal Responsibility
Safer Schools
Community Involvement
Quality Education for ALL Children!
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Note: The above quote is from the candidate's website, which may include some typographical or spelling errors.
Recent news
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See also
- Elizabeth Public Schools, New Jersey
- Elizabeth Public Schools elections (2016)
- Elizabeth Public Schools Elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Jose M Rodriguez," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Team iServe, "About the Candidates," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Mandy Gillip, "Email communication with Lisa Bobish, Union County Election Supervisor," July 26, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Public Information," accessed December 12, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Standard Search," accessed December 27, 2013
- ↑ Team iServe, "Index," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Team iServe, "Educating Our Youth," accessed October 30, 2013
| 2016 Elizabeth Public Schools Elections | |
| Union County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Stanley Neron • Incumbent, Jose Rodriguez • Incumbent, Carlos Trujillo • Diane Barbosa • Ricky Castaneda • Christina Moreira • Sima Farid • Maria Lorenz • Maria Medeiros DaRassi • Virginia San Pedro |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
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