Maria Di Fiore Solanki

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Maria Di Fiore Solanki

Nonpartisan

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Last election

August 23, 2022

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Maria Di Fiore Solanki ran for election to the Pinellas County Schools school board to represent District 7 in Florida. She lost in the primary on August 23, 2022.

Di Fiore Solanki completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Pinellas County Schools, Florida, elections (2022)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Pinellas County Schools school board District 7

Incumbent Caprice Johnson Edmond won election outright against Maria Di Fiore Solanki in the primary for Pinellas County Schools school board District 7 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Caprice Johnson Edmond (Nonpartisan)	65.3	31,824
		Maria Di Fiore Solanki (Nonpartisan)	34.7	16,945

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,769
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Luke Stedrak (Nonpartisan)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Maria Di Fiore Solanki completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Di Fiore Solanki's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

A mom, educator, business owner, with more than 20 years experience in mental health and education. I have a focus on the lowest performing schools in our district and the illiteracy rate, the mental health crisis in an effort to address school violence. Though I am legally blind, I do not allow my disability to mean inability and continue to work hard to serve the community and advocate for other students with special needs.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Improve the low performing schools and increase the literacy rate
• Improve the nutrition program and make mental health a focus
• Cut wasteful spending so we can pay teachers, cafeterias, staff, maintenance staff and other team members more.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

School choice, nutrition, finance.

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