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Kemal Bozkurt
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Kemal Bozkurt was a candidate for District A representative on the Lawrence Public Schools school board in Massachusetts. Bozkurt was defeated in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Bozkurt previously served on the board. He was elected as a write-in candidate in the election on November 3, 2015, but he resigned in February 2016 due to growing job demands, according to the Boston Globe.[1]
Elections
2017
All seven seats on the Lawrence Public Schools School Committee were up for general election on November 7, 2017. One of the seats was held by the mayor of Lawrence, but this seat was not covered by Ballotpedia as the city fell outside of municipal elections coverage.[2][3] No incumbents filed for run for re-election to the District A, B, C, and F seats, leaving them open for new members. Donna Bertolino defeated Kemal Bozkurt to win the District A seat, and Elissa Salas defeated Edwin Urena for the District B seat. Adderly Gonzalez won the District C seat after running unopposed. No candidates filed for the District F seat. In her bid for re-election to District D, incumbent Marianela Rivera won re-election unopposed. District E incumbent Patricia Mariano defeated former candidate Homayoun Maali, which was a rematch from the 2015 and 2013 elections for that seat.[4][5]
A nonpartisan primary election was held on September 26, 2017. Because no more than two candidates ran per seat in the primary, all of the candidates advanced to the general election.[6][7]
Results
| Lawrence Public Schools, District A General Election, 2-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Donna Bertolino |
51.96% | 1,085 |
| Kemal Bozkurt | 47.46% | 991 |
| Write-in votes | 0.57% | 12 |
| Total Votes | 2,088 | |
| Source: City of Lawrence, "Official Results," accessed November 28, 2017 | ||
| Lawrence Public Schools, District A Primary Election, 2-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Donna Bertolino |
68.01% | 959 |
| Kemal Bozkurt |
30.57% | 431 |
| Write-in votes | 1.42% | 20 |
| Total Votes | 1,410 | |
| Source: City of Lawrence, "Municipal Preliminary September 26, 2017: Official Results," accessed October 6, 2017 | ||
Funding
Bozkurt reported no contributions or expenditures to the Lawrence Election Division as of October 31, 2017.[8]
Campaign themes
2017
Bozkurt highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:
| “ | Stronger Education
Exam School
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” |
| —Kemal Bozkurt (2017)[10] | ||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Boston Globe, "Bozkurt resigns from Lawrence School Committee," February 11, 2016
- ↑ City of Lawrence, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ City of Lawrence, "2017 Nomination Papers City of Lawrence Election Division Report," accessed August 9, 2017
- ↑ City of Lawrence, "2017 Nomination Papers City of Lawrence Election Division Report," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ Eagle-Tribune, "UPDATE: Lawrence municipal election results," November 7, 2017
- ↑ City of Lawrence, "Election Summary Report: Preliminary Report Unofficial Results," accessed September 27, 2017
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Phone communication with City of Lawrence Election Division," August 28, 2017
- ↑ Lawrence Election Division, "Campaign Finance Reports and Information," accessed October 31, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Elect Kemal Bozkurt for School Committee District A, "Key Issues," accessed September 13, 2017
| Lawrence Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Essex County, Massachusetts | |
| Election date: | Primary election: September 26, 2017 • General Election: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District A: • Donna Bertolino • Kemal Bozkurt District B: • Elissa Salas • Edwin Urena District C: • Adderly Gonzalez District D: • Incumbent, Marianela Rivera District E: • Incumbent, Patricia Mariano • Homayoun Maali District F: No candidates filed to run for this race. |
| Important information: | What's at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
