Junior Iglesia
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Junior Iglesia is an at-large member of the Perth Amboy Public Schools school board in New Jersey. The general election was held on November 8, 2016.
Iglesia previously ran for a seat on the school board in 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.
Biography
Iglesia teaches third-grade students in English and Spanish in New York City.[1]
Elections
2016
Three of the nine seats on the Perth Amboy Public Schools school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Randy Convery, Junior Iglesia, and Tashi Vazquez won election to the three seats on the board by defeating incumbents Samuel Lebreault, Israel Varela, and Anthony Bermudez, as well as challengers Ruben Cruz and Hattie Harrell.[2]
Results
| Perth Amboy Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Junior Iglesia |
17.99% | 3,611 |
| Tashi Vazquez |
15.94% | 3,200 |
| Randy Convenry |
15.27% | 3,065 |
| Ruben Cruz | 12.19% | 2,446 |
| Anthony Bermudez Incumbent | 10.10% | 2,028 |
| Hattie Harrell | 10.01% | 2,010 |
| Israel Varela Incumbent | 9.73% | 1,954 |
| Samuel Lebreault Incumbent | 8.76% | 1,759 |
| Total Votes | 20,073 | |
| Source: Middlesex County, New Jersey, "Historical Election Results," accessed December 1, 2016 | ||
Funding
Iglesia reported $1,345.00 in contributions and $685.00 in expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, which left his campaign with $660.00 in the election.[3]
2015
Three of nine at-large seats on the Perth Amboy Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[4] The seats of incumbents William Ortiz, Kenneth Puccio and Obdulia Gonzalez were on the ballot.[5]
Ortiz did not file to run for re-election, guaranteeing at least one newcomer would join the board. Puccio and Gonzalez won re-election, and former board member Anton Massopust was elected to the third seat on the ballot. The three of them ran as the candidate slate "Together for Quality Schools."[6]They defeated challengers Annette De Mendonca and Junior Iglesia.[7]
Results
| Perth Amboy Board of Education, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Anton Massopust |
24.9% | 1,187 |
| Obdulia Gonzalez Incumbent |
24.4% | 1,162 |
| Kenneth Puccio Incumbent |
22.8% | 1,088 |
| Junior Iglesia | 21.5% | 1,026 |
| Annette De Mendonca | 6.3% | 302 |
| Total Votes | 4,765 | |
| Source: Middlesex County, "Historical Election Results: Perth Amboy," accessed December 18, 2015 | ||
Funding
Iglesia reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in the election.[8]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was October 5, 2015. Candidates had to file another report on October 23, 2015, and the last report was due November 23, 2015.[9]
Endorsements
Iglesia received no official endorsements in this election.
2014
Three seats on the Perth Amboy school board were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Former board member Anton J. Massopust and incumbents Dianne Roman and Milady Tejada ran against Jose Rodriguez, Junior Iglesia, Thomas Thor, and Manuel Nunez in the general election. While incumbent Maria Garcia's term also expired at the end of the year, she did not file to run for re-election.[10] Roman, Thor, and Iglesia ran as a slate called Restoring Educational Priorities.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Milady Tejada Incumbent |
19.7% | 2,378 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jose Rodriguez |
19.6% | 2,369 | |
| Nonpartisan | Manuel Nunez |
16.3% | 1,971 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dianne Roman Incumbent | 13.7% | 1,654 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anton J. Massopust | 12.6% | 1,525 | |
| Nonpartisan | Junior Iglesia | 9.1% | 1,100 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Thor | 8.8% | 1,067 | |
| Total Votes | 12,064 | |||
| Source: Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Claudia Jackson, Middlesex County Clerk's Office," February 27, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Iglesia ran as a part of the Restoring Educational Priorities slate, which reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission as of October 16, 2014.[11]
Endorsements
Iglesia had not received any official endorsements as of October 16, 2014.
2013
Iglesia sought election to the board against eight other candidates in the general election on November 5, 2013. He ran with fellow challenger Reyes Ortega as part of the Students First slate.[12]
Results
| Perth Amboy Board of Education, At-large General election, 3-year term, 2013, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Israel Varela Incumbent |
17.1% | 1,741 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anthony Bermudez |
16.4% | 1,666 | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel Lebreault |
15.3% | 1,559 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Carvajal Incumbent | 11.4% | 1,161 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anton J. Massopust Incumbent | 10.7% | 1,090 | |
| Nonpartisan | Reyes Ortega | 10.4% | 1,061 | |
| Nonpartisan | Benjamin L. Salerno | 10.1% | 1,026 | |
| Nonpartisan | Junior Iglesia | 4.6% | 472 | |
| Nonpartisan | Damaris Isales | 3.9% | 392 | |
| Total Votes | 10,168 | |||
| Source: Middlesex County, "Election Results," November 12, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Iglesia reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[13]
Endorsements
Iglesia did not receive any endorsements in this election.
2012
Iglesia ran for election to the board on November 6, 2012, but placed sixth out of ten candidates for three available seats.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | William Ortiz |
15.8% | 2,237 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kenneth J. Puccio |
12.6% | 1,785 | |
| Nonpartisan | Obdulia Gonzalez |
12.1% | 1,722 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nina Perkins Nieves | 9.5% | 1,347 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeanette Gonzalez | 8.9% | 1,263 | |
| Nonpartisan | Junior Iglesia | 8.8% | 1,255 | |
| Nonpartisan | Reyes Ortega | 8.5% | 1,208 | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel Lebreault | 8.5% | 1,205 | |
| Nonpartisan | Benjamin L. Salerno | 7.7% | 1,092 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria Rojas | 7.6% | 1,077 | |
| Total Votes | 14,191 | |||
| Source: City of Perth Amboy, "General Election - November 6, 2012," accessed October 14, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2014
The Restoring Educational Priorities Facebook campaign page lists the following focuses for Roman, Thor and Iglesia's slate campaign:
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| —Restoring Educational Priorities Facebook campaign page (2014)[15] | ||
2013
During a December 20, 2012, interview with the board for a vacant seat, Iglesia explained his views on major issues facing the district:[1]
Charter schools
| “ | It's an alternative to public schools. The quality of education is most important. The place where they get it is not as important as what they get so that they can succeed.[14] | ” |
| —Junior Iglesia interview, (2012)[1] | ||
Role of board members
| “ | To be a leader in public schools. To set policies that promote community, family and the educational structure, protect student interest and be prepared. Students are ready for the future.[14] | ” |
| —Junior Iglesia interview, (2012)[1] | ||
District's biggest challenges
| “ | He is a bilingual third grade teacher in New York City. He makes sure students are college and career ready. Provide students with the education that stresses academics so that kids can go to four year colleges and perform well on the assessments. We need to look at how we are preparing students to be ready to meet this challenge.[14] | ” |
| —Junior Iglesia interview, (2012)[1] | ||
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See also
- New Jersey
- Perth Amboy Public Schools, New Jersey
- Perth Amboy Public Schools elections (2016)
- Perth Amboy Public Schools elections (2015)
- Perth Amboy Public Schools elections (2014)
- Perth Amboy Public Schools elections (2013)
- 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 1.2 1.3 1.4 Perth Amboy Public Schools, "Board Agendas and Minutes," December 20, 2012
- ↑ New Brunswick Today, "Perth Amboy’s Elusive BOE Election Back on For November 8," August 21, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Public Information," accessed December 12, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2015 General Election Timeline," accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ City of Perth Amboy, "General Election - November 6, 2012," accessed October 14, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed November 24, 2015
- ↑ Middlesex, NJ, "Middlesex County general election results 2015," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report: IGLESIA, JUNIOR A," accessed November 24, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "2015 Reporting Dates," accessed July 21, 2015
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "E-mail correspondence with Claudia P. Jackson, Middlesex County Clerk's Office," September 8, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed October 16, 2014
- ↑ MyCentralJersey.com, "Two Perth Amboy BOE candidates sever campaign ties," October 8, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Standard Search," accessed December 27, 2013
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Facebook, "Restoring Educational Priorities wall post," September 15, 2014
| 2016 Perth Amboy Public Schools Elections | |
| Middlesex County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Samuel Lebreault • Incumbent, Israel Varela • Anthony Bermudez • Randy Convery • Ruben Cruz • Hattie Harrell • Junior Iglesia • Tashi Vazquez |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
| 2015 Perth Amboy Public Schools Elections | |
| Middlesex County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Obdulia Gonzalez • Incumbent, Kenneth Puccio • Annette De Mendonca • Junior Iglesia • Anton Massopust |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
| 2014 Perth Amboy Public Schools Elections | |
| Middlesex County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 4, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Dianne Roman • Incumbent, Milady Tejada • Jose Rodriguez • Anton J. Massopust • Junior Iglesia • Thomas Thor • Manuel Nunez |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
