Judith D. Ruggiero
Judith D. Ruggiero was a nonpartisan candidate for an at-large seat on the Vacaville Board of Education in California. The seat was up for general election on November 4, 2014. Judith D. Ruggiero lost the general election on November 4, 2014. Jeremy Jeffreys, Judith D. Ruggiero and Tracee Stacy ran together as the "Classrooms First" candidate slate.[1]
Biography
Judith D. Ruggiero is a resident of Solano County, California. Ruggiero earned her bachelor's degree in the sociology of law, bachelor's degree in political science and international relations and M.A. degree in education from the University of California at Davis. She is employed as a teacher with the Travis Unified School District.
Ruggiero also served as a Bay Area field representative for the California Republican Party in 2010, as a Solano County co-chair for Meg Whitman's (R) 2010 gubernatorial campaign and as the Solano County chairman for Mitt Romney's (R) 2012 presidential campaign.[2]
Elections
2014
The election in Vacaville featured four at-large seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Shelley Dally and Whit Whitman joined challenger Jeremy Jeffreys in winning three seats with four-year terms by defeating incumbent David McCallum and challengers Deloris Roach, Judith D. Ruggiero and Tracee Stacy. Jeffreys, Ruggiero and Stacy ran together as the "Classrooms First" candidate slate. Challenger Shawn Windham defeated incumbent Chris Flask for a seat with a two-year term.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Whit Whitman Incumbent |
16.4% | 7,238 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeremy Jeffreys |
15.5% | 6,838 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shelley Dally Incumbent |
15.2% | 6,712 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tracee Stacy | 13.7% | 6,067 | |
| Nonpartisan | David McCallum Incumbent | 12.9% | 5,717 | |
| Nonpartisan | Deloris Roach | 12.9% | 5,709 | |
| Nonpartisan | Judith D. Ruggiero | 12.9% | 5,704 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 195 | |
| Total Votes | 44,180 | |||
| Source: Solano County Registrar of Voters, "Solano County Election: 2014 General," accessed January 2, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.[3]
Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.[3]
The Solano County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports.
Endorsements
Ruggiero received endorsements from State Assembly member Jim Frazier (D-11) and Solano County Sheriff Thomas Ferrara.[4]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Judith + Ruggiero + Vacaville + Unified + School + District"
See also
External links
- Vacaville Unified School District
- "Classrooms First" slate campaign website (dead link)
- "Classrooms First" slate Facebook page
- Twitter page
- LinkedIn page
Footnotes
- ↑ Elect Jeffreys - Ruggiero - Stacy for VUSD School Board, "About us," accessed September 30, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Judith Ruggiero," accessed October 30, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
- ↑ Facebook, "ClassroomsFirst2014," accessed October 25, 2014
