Josephine Charnock

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Josephine Charnock

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Republican Party

Prior offices

North Penn School District school board, At-large

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Education

Bachelor's

Widener University

Personal

Profession

Sr. Marketing Manager

Josephine Charnock is the former at-large representative on the North Penn School District school board in Pennsylvania. Charnock lost a re-election campaign in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.

Pennsylvania permits school board candidates to cross-file in primary elections. This means that a candidate may file to run in the primary election for both the Democratic and Republican parties. If a candidate cross-files, he or she needs to win in one party's primary election to advance to the general election. A candidate may also appear on both party's ballots in the general election if he or she wins both nominations in the primary.

Biography

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Charnock has a B.A. in psychology from Widener University. Her professional experience includes working as a senior marketing manager for Express Scripts in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. In 2012, Charnock chaired the Alternative Revenue Committee (ARC), which set out with the goals of initiating alternative revenue options to lessen the tax burden placed on district residents.

Elections

2017

See also: North Penn School District elections (2017)

Five seats on the North Penn School District school board were up for general election on November 7, 2017. Four seats were up for regular election and one seat was up for special election for a two-year term, due to the death of former board member Carolyn Murphy. A partisan primary election for all five seats was held on May 16, 2017.

A total of eight candidates ran in the general election for the regular terms after all of them advanced from the primary. Four newcomer Democrats won the spots on the board: Christian Fusco, Jonathan Kassa, Tina Stoll, and Mark Warren. Board incumbents Josephine Charnock, Patrick McGee Jr., and Frank O'Donnell cross-filed to run for re-election for both the Democratic and Republican parties in the primary election. They were joined on the ballot by newcomers Fusco, Kassa, Thomas Mancini, Stoll, and Warren, who all cross-filed to run in the primary election. Stoll, Fusco, Warren, and Kassa took the Democratic nominations for the four-year terms, and O'Donnell, Mancini, McGee, and Charnock took the Republican nominations.

In the special election for the two-year term, Jenna Ott defeated Michelle Rupp in the general. Ott won the Democratic nomination and Rupp won the Republican nomination in the primary.

These candidates could have faced independent candidates in the general election. However, no independent candidate filed by the August 1, 2017, deadline to get on the ballot.

McGee Jr., Mancini, O'Donnell, Charnock, and Rupp ran as part of a candidate slate.

General results

North Penn School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tina Stoll	14.20%	10,061
	Democratic	Christian Fusco	14.16%	10,034
	Democratic	Mark Warren	13.70%	9,703
	Democratic	Jonathan Kassa	13.58%	9,622
	Republican	Patrick McGee Jr. Incumbent	11.21%	7,944
	Republican	Thomas Mancini	11.16%	7,907
	Republican	Josephine Charnock Incumbent	11.04%	7,818
	Republican	Frank O'Donnell Incumbent	10.94%	7,750
Total Votes				70,839
Source: Bucks County, "Municipal Election Tuesday, November 7, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017 and Montgomery County, "Unofficial Results," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.

Democratic primary results

North Penn School District, At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tina Stoll	21.67%	3,896
	Democratic	Christian Fusco	21.47%	3,860
	Democratic	Mark Warren	20.86%	3,750
	Democratic	Jonathan Kassa	19.53%	3,511
	Democratic	Thomas Mancini	4.44%	798
	Democratic	Josephine Charnock Incumbent	4.38%	788
	Democratic	Patrick McGee Jr. Incumbent	3.97%	714
	Democratic	Frank O'Donnell Incumbent	3.66%	658
		Write-in votes	0.02%	4
Total Votes				17,979
Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 20, 2017 and Montgomery County, "2017 Primary Election Official Results," accessed June 20, 2017

Republican primary results

North Penn School District, At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick McGee Jr. Incumbent	18.29%	2,784
	Republican	Frank O'Donnell Incumbent	17.89%	2,723
	Republican	Thomas Mancini	17.83%	2,714
	Republican	Josephine Charnock Incumbent	14.80%	2,253
	Republican	Tina Stoll	10.36%	1,577
	Republican	Christian Fusco	8.61%	1,310
	Republican	Mark Warren	6.99%	1,063
	Republican	Jonathan Kassa	5.19%	790
		Write-in votes	0.03%	4
Total Votes				15,218
Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 20, 2017 and Montgomery County, "2017 Primary Election Official Results," accessed June 20, 2017

Funding

See also: Campaign finance requirements in Pennsylvania and List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2017

2017 Campaign Finance Deadlines in Pennsylvania
Date	Deadline
May 5, 2017	2nd Friday Pre-Primary report due
June 15, 2017	30-Day Post-Primary report due
October 27, 2017	2nd Friday Pre-Election report due
December 7, 2017	30-Day Post-Election report due

School board candidates in Pennsylvania were required to report their campaign finance activity. Those who spent or received more than $250 in a reporting period had to file full reports. Those below the threshold had to file forms to declare they were exempt from reporting. Candidates could have, but were not required to, form committees to handle campaign finance transactions. They were not required to have separate bank accounts for campaign purposes.

The table to the left details the four campaign finance deadlines in 2017.

2013

See also: North Penn School District elections (2013)

Charnock ran for an at-large seat on the school board on November 5, 2013, against Murali Balaji, Frank O'Donnell, Timothy S. Kerr, Alex Ryabin, Tina Stoll, Paul Edelman, Jr., and Vincent Sherpinsky.

Election results

North Penn School District General Election, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Josie Charnock	13.5%	7,913
	Republican	Timothy S. Kerr Incumbent	13.4%	7,895
	Republican	Frank O'Donnell Incumbent	13.1%	7,665
	Republican	Vincent Sherpinsky Incumbent	13%	7,626
	Democrat	Tina Stoll	12.3%	7,236
	Democrat	Paul Edelman, Jr.	12%	7,052
	Democrat	Alex Ryabin	11.5%	6,782
	Democrat	Murali Balaji	11.1%	6,539
	Nonpartisan	Write-in	0%	16
Total Votes				58,724
Source: Montgomery County 2013 General Election Results," accessed December 13, 2013

North Penn School District At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democrat	Tina Stoll	22.6%	1,950
	Democrat	Paul Edelman, Jr.	20.5%	1,764
	Democrat	Alex Ryabin	18.3%	1,581
	Democrat	Murali Balaji	18.1%	1,560
	Democrat	Frank O'Donnell	5.8%	499
	Democrat	Vincent Sherpinsky	4.8%	414
	Democrat	Timothy S. Kerr	4.9%	426
	Democrat	Josephine Charnock	5%	430
Total Votes				8,624
Source: "The Knight Crier," "School Board Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2013

North Penn School District At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Timothy S. Kerr	20.1%	2,239
	Republican	Frank O'Donnell	18.4%	2,049
	Republican	Vincent Sherpinsky	18.3%	2,036
	Republican	Josephine Charnock	17.7%	1,968
	Republican	Tina Stoll	9.2%	1,025
	Republican	Paul Edelman, Jr.	6.9%	774
	Republican	Alex Ryabin	4.8%	536
	Republican	Murali Balaji	4.7%	521
Total Votes				11,148
Source: "The Knight Crier," "School Board Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2013

Funding

Charnock reported no contributions or expenditures to the Montgomery County Voter Services Department in this election.

Endorsements

Charnock was endorsed by the Lansdale Republican Club.

2011

Charnock lost re-election in 2011.

North Penn School District General Election, 4-year term, 2011
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Schilling	10.1%	9,298
	Republican	Rick Miniscalco	10.1%	9,298
	Republican	Stephen Hladick	10%	9,197
	Democrat	Carolyn Murphy	10.2%	9,384
	Democrat	Suzan Leonard	10.2%	9,322
	Republican	Donald Hill	10%	9,168
	Republican	Josie Charnock	10%	9,170
	Democrat	Paul Edelman, Jr.	9.8%	8,998
	Democrat	Alex Ryabin	9.7%	8,860
	Democrat	Martina Stoll	9.9%	9,051
Total Votes				91,746
Source: "The Knight Crier," "Election Results are In," accessed September 20, 2013

See also

• North Penn School District, Pennsylvania
• North Penn School District elections (2017)
• North Penn School District elections (2013)

External links

Suggest a link

• North Penn School District
• Office website