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Kirk B. Burkley
Kirk B. Burkley was a candidate for the District 4 seat on the Pittsburgh Board of Directors in Pennsylvania. The seat was up for general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015. He filed to run in both the Republican and Democratic primaries. He was defeated in both primaries by Lynda Wrenn.[1][2]
Biography
Burkley obtained his bachelor's degree from Ohio University. He went on to earn his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He is the managing partner at Berstein-Burkley P.C.[3]
Elections
2015
Four of the nine seats on the Pittsburgh Board of Directors were up for general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.
Incumbent Regina B. Holley won the District 2 seat without opposition. Lynda Wrenn and Moira B. Kaleida also won without opposition for the seats in Districts 4 and 6, respectively. Kevin L. Carter (D) defeated Rosemary Moriarty (R) for the District 8 seat.
Wrenn defeated Kirk B. Burkley in the primary election. Samuel J. Hurst and Tracy Link were defeated in the primary election for District 6. Patricia Rogers lost the primary election in District 8. No independent candidates filed to run in the general election.[1][2]
Results
| Pittsburgh School District, Region 4 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Lynda Wrenn |
81.2% | 3,262 | |
| Democratic | Kirk B. Burkley | 18.6% | 747 | |
| Democratic | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 6 | |
| Total Votes | 4,015 | |||
| Source: Allegheny County Elections Division, "Summary Report Offiicial Results," accessed June 16, 2015 | ||||
| Pittsburgh School District, Region 4 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lynda Wrenn |
51.9% | 164 | |
| Republican | Kirk B. Burkley | 47.2% | 149 | |
| Republican | Write-in votes | 0.9% | 3 | |
| Total Votes | 316 | |||
| Source: Allegheny County Elections Division, "Summary Report Offiicial Results," accessed June 16, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Burkley reported no contributions but $7,084.94 in expenditures to the Allegheny County Elections Division, which left his campaign with $7,084.94 in debt in the election.[4]
Endorsements
Burkley received no official endorsements for his campaign in the election.
Recent news
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See also
- Pittsburgh School District, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh School District elections (2015)
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states (May 21, 2015)
- 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 Pittsburgh School District, "Board of Directors," accessed March 16, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Allegeny County, Pennsylvania, "Unofficial Candidate List 4-8-2015," accessed April 10, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Berstein-Burkley, P.C., "Kirk Burkley," accessed May 18, 2015
- ↑ Allegheny County Information Portal, "Document Portal," accessed February 3, 2016
| 2015 Pittsburgh School District Elections | |
| Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Incumbent, Regina B. Holley (D/R) District 4: • Kirk B. Burkley (D/R) • Lynda Wrenn (D/R) |
| Important information: | • What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
