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Lackawanna City School District elections (2018)

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Lackawanna City School District elections

General election date
May 15, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
1,772 students

Three seats on the Lackawanna City School District school board in New York were up for general election on May 15, 2018.

Elections

The Lackawanna City School District Board of Education consists of nine members elected at large to three-year terms. Three seats were up for general election on May 15, 2018; there was no primary election.

Qualified individuals who ran in this election were required to file by April 25, 2018.

Candidates and results

At-Large

General election

General election for Lackawanna City School Board At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Lackawanna City School Board At-large on May 15, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mark Kowalski (Nonpartisan)
 
23.0
 
1,178
Leonard Kowalski (Nonpartisan)
 
21.9
 
1,122
Mohamed Munassar (Nonpartisan)
 
21.3
 
1,092
Raymond Braxton (Nonpartisan)
 
14.4
 
737
Glenn Matthews (Nonpartisan)
 
10.0
 
514
George Halsey (Nonpartisan)
 
9.4
 
481

Total votes: 5,124
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Additional elections on the ballot

See also: New York elections, 2018


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About the district

See also: Lackawanna City School District, New York

The Lackawanna City School District is located in New York. The district served 1,772 students during the 2015-2016 school year.[1]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Eighteen of 62 New York counties—29 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Broome County, New York 2.01% 5.31% 8.02%
Cayuga County, New York 11.64% 11.40% 8.48%
Cortland County, New York 5.58% 9.11% 9.96%
Essex County, New York 1.14% 18.77% 13.32%
Franklin County, New York 5.45% 26.07% 22.23%
Madison County, New York 14.20% 0.89% 0.87%
Niagara County, New York 17.75% 0.84% 1.00%
Orange County, New York 5.50% 5.65% 4.13%
Oswego County, New York 21.99% 7.93% 2.44%
Otsego County, New York 11.13% 2.72% 5.91%
Rensselaer County, New York 1.41% 12.19% 9.34%
St. Lawrence County, New York 8.82% 16.71% 16.33%
Saratoga County, New York 3.21% 2.44% 3.40%
Seneca County, New York 11.01% 9.08% 2.60%
Suffolk County, New York 6.84% 3.69% 5.99%
Sullivan County, New York 11.23% 9.02% 9.46%
Warren County, New York 8.47% 2.32% 2.64%
Washington County, New York 18.40% 1.90% 0.81%

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won New York with 59 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 36.5 percent. In presidential elections between 1792 and 2016, New York voted Democratic 45.6 percent of the time and Republican 35 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, New York voted Democratic all five times.[2]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Assembly districts in New York. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 114 out of 150 state Assembly districts in New York with an average margin of victory of 46.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 99 out of 150 state Assembly districts in New York with an average margin of victory of 50.3 points. Clinton won four districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 36 out of 150 state Assembly districts in New York with an average margin of victory of 10.5 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 51 out of 150 state Assembly districts in New York with an average margin of victory of 17.6 points. Trump won 13 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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See also

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