Lisa Mansfield
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Lisa Mansfield is an at-large representative on the Akron Public Schools school board in Ohio. First elected in 2009, Mansfield won a new term in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Mansfield earned a B.A. in Secondary Education from the University of Akron. She currently serves as the patron services manager for Weathervane Playhouse. Mansfield and her husband, Eric, have three children currently attending district schools. She has been active with community groups including CSB Mentoring Mothers and Pregnancy Care.[1]
Elections
2017
- See also: Akron Public Schools elections (2017)
Four of seven seats on the Akron Public Schools Board of Education in Ohio were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Three incumbents filed for re-election. Incumbents Bruce D. Alexander, Lisa Mansfield, and Patrick Bravo and former board member Ginger Baylor defeated newcomers N.J. Akbar and Helena Larios for the four at-large seats.[2][3]
| Akron Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lisa Mansfield Incumbent |
23.21% | 16,092 |
| Bruce D. Alexander Incumbent |
19.66% | 13,631 |
| Ginger Baylor |
17.65% | 12,239 |
| Patrick Bravo Incumbent |
16.94% | 11,750 |
| Helena Larios | 11.92% | 8,267 |
| N.J. Akbar | 10.62% | 7,363 |
| Total Votes | 69,342 | |
| Source: Summit County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election Official Count," accessed December 6, 2017 | ||
2013
- See also: Akron Public Schools elections (2013)
Mansfield won re-election to the board against six other candidates in the November 5, 2013 general election. There were four available seats on the board in 2013.
Results
| Akron Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lisa Mansfield Incumbent |
20.9% | 11,621 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bruce D. Alexander Incumbent |
18.6% | 10,344 | |
| Nonpartisan | Veronica Sims Incumbent |
15.8% | 8,816 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dave Lombardi |
13.8% | 7,670 | |
| Nonpartisan | Janice O. Davis | 12.2% | 6,814 | |
| Nonpartisan | Debbie Maire Walsh | 9.8% | 5,466 | |
| Nonpartisan | Scott Stetson | 9% | 5,003 | |
| Total Votes | 55,734 | |||
| Source: Summit County Board of Elections, "Election Summary Report for General Election in Summit County, Ohio," accessed December 13, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Mansfield reported $856 in contributions but no expenditures to the Ohio Secretary of State, which left her campaign with $856 on hand.[4]
Endorsements
The Akron Beacon Journal endorsed Mansfield on October 11, 2013.[5]
2009
Mansfield won election to one of four available seats on the board in the November 3, 2009, general election. She placed first among eight candidates in the race, which went to an automatic recount due to the narrow margin between the fourth-place and fifth-place candidates.[6]
| Lisa Mansfield, My APS (2011) |
| Akron Board of Education, At-large, November 3, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lisa Mansfield |
20.1% | 15,907 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bruce D. Alexander |
16.1% | 12,701 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jason Haas |
14.5% | 11,440 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ginger Baylor |
12.9% | 10,206 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dianna Smith | 12.7% | 10,051 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rita M. Hosch | 9.6% | 7,587 | |
| Nonpartisan | Virgil Anthony Ortiz | 7.1% | 5,607 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mexie J. Wilson | 7.1% | 5,596 | |
| Total Votes | 79,095 | |||
| Source: Summit County Board of Elections | ||||
Recent news
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See also
- Akron Public Schools, Ohio
- Akron Public Schools elections (2017)
- Akron Public Schools elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Akron Public Schools, "Lisa Mansfield," accessed September 10, 2013
- ↑ Summit County Board of Elections, "GENERAL ELECTION - November 7, 2017 Filing Deadline," accessed August 9, 2017
- ↑ Summit County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election Unofficial Reports Summary," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Elections & Voting: Campaign Finance," accessed December 26, 2013
- ↑ Akron Beacon Journal, "For the Akron school board," October 11, 2013
- ↑ The Suburbanite, "Coventry trustee election board recount makes no change," December 4, 2009
| Akron Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Summit County, Ohio | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Bruce D. Alexander • Incumbent, Lisa Mansfield • N.J. Akbar • Ginger Baylor • Patrick Bravo • Helena Larios |
| Important information: | What's at stake? |
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