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Leonora Caminiti
2016 - Present
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Leonora Caminiti is an at-large member of the Middletown Township School District school board in New Jersey. Caminiti won the seat in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016.
Caminiti was an at-large representative on the Middletown Township Board of Education. She was elected to the board in 2011 for a one-year term and re-elected in 2012 and served until January 5, 2016.[1] Caminiti sought another term in the general election on November 3, 2015.[2] She lost the election.[3]
Caminiti previously served on the board from 2004 to 2010.[4]
Elections
2016
Three of the nine seats on the Middletown Township School District school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. John Little Jr., Leonora Caminiti, and incumbent Michael Donlon won election to the three seats by defeating incumbent Vincent Brand, Donald Hager, and Frank Higgins. Andrew Nicholes originally filed to run in the race but was appointed to the Middletown board in August 2016 after incumbent Helene Henkel resigned.[5]
Results
| Middletown Township School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 John Little Jr. |
19.07% | 11,246 |
| Leonora Caminiti |
18.96% | 11,184 |
| Michael Donlon Incumbent |
17.56% | 10,355 |
| Donald Hager | 15.88% | 9,365 |
| Frank Higgins | 15.79% | 9,314 |
| Vincent Brand Incumbent | 12.34% | 7,276 |
| Write-in votes | 0.4% | 237 |
| Total Votes | 58,977 | |
| Source: Monmouth County, New Jersey, "Official Results," accessed December 1, 2016 | ||
Funding
Caminiti reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in the election.[6]
2015
Three of the nine seats on the Middletown Township School District school board were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held at large.[7] Incumbents James Cody, Joan Minnuies, and Leonora Caminiti ran for re-election.[8]
Cody and Minnuies won re-election, while challenger Danielle Walsh joined the board. Cody, Minnuies, and Walsh defeated Caminiti, Christopher Aveta, Thomas Ballard, Mark Bouthillette, and Andrew Nicholes.[3][2]
Results
| Middletown Township Board of Education, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Danielle Walsh |
17.1% | 3,136 |
| Joan Minnuies Incumbent |
16.4% | 3,003 |
| James Cody Incumbent |
14.5% | 2,654 |
| Leonora Caminiti Incumbent | 12.9% | 2,362 |
| Andrew Nicholes | 12.0% | 2,197 |
| Mark Bouthillette | 10.0% | 1,838 |
| Thomas Ballard | 9.0% | 1,644 |
| Christopher Aveta | 8.1% | 1,483 |
| Total Votes | 18,317 | |
| Source: Monmouth County Clerk, "General Election 11/03/2015 Official Results," accessed November 23, 2015 | ||
Funding
Caminiti reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in the election.[9]
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.[10]
Endorsements
Caminiti received no official endorsements in this election.
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | James Cody Incumbent |
21.7% | 9,947 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joan Minnuies Incumbent |
20.8% | 9,551 | |
| Nonpartisan | Leonora Caminiti Incumbent |
19.6% | 8,985 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Donlon Incumbent | 15.2% | 6,947 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard G. Campbell | 14.7% | 6,753 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert J. Superti | 7.9% | 3,641 | |
| Total Votes | 45,824 | |||
| Source: Monmouth County, New Jersey, "Election Information," accessed October 28, 2013 | ||||
Recent news
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See also
- Middletown Township School District, New Jersey
- Middletown Township School District elections (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
| 2016 Middletown Township School District Elections | |
| Monmouth County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Vincent Brand • Incumbent, Michael Donlon • Leonora Caminiti • Donald Hager • Frank Higgins • John Little Jr. |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
- ↑ Middletown Mike, "Unofficial Result Of Middletown BOE Election With 90% Of The Vote Counted," April 27, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Abbey Smith, "Phone communication with the Monmouth County Clerk's Office," July 30, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Monmouth County Clerk, "General Election 11/03/2015 Unofficial Results," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ Middletown Patch, "Three BOE Candidates Seek One-Year Term," April 26, 2011
- ↑ Mandy Gillip,"Phone conversation with Monmouth County Clerk," August 1, 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
- ↑ Monmouth County, New Jersey, "Election Information," accessed October 28, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed November 24, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "2015 Reporting Dates," accessed July 21, 2015
