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Matt Green
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Matt Green ran for election to the Prince George's County Board of Education to represent District 9 in Maryland. Green lost in the primary on June 26, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9
Incumbent Sonya Williams defeated Arun Puracken in the general election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sonya Williams (Nonpartisan) | 65.7 | 27,610 |
 | Arun Puracken (Nonpartisan) | 33.5 | 14,078 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 326 | ||
| Total votes: 42,014 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9
Incumbent Sonya Williams and Arun Puracken defeated Don Massey and Matt Green in the primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sonya Williams (Nonpartisan) | 54.3 | 11,019 |
| ✔ | | Arun Puracken (Nonpartisan) | 28.4 | 5,768 |
| Don Massey (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 1,822 | ||
| Matt Green (Nonpartisan) | 8.2 | 1,673 | ||
| Total votes: 20,282 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Matt Green participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 17, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Matt Green's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Prioritize and Organize what needs to be done in accordance with students, teachers, parents and community (our constituents). 2) Building rapport in the community, state and nationally |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Every student backed by their teachers, parents and our community are owed equal access to the best educational opportunities. We have to work as a community to bridge any and all educational disparity gaps (equal access to educators, programs and equipment). We have to hold the ones we’ve empowered (voted in) accountable, raise our expectations so we Bring the Pride Back to PGCPS.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Matt Green answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | I look up to everyone that’s assisted me with getting to where I am. This extends from the custodial workers that offered words of encouragement, educators that challenged me, parents, family and friends that contributed to raising me. It does take a tribe/village.[3] | ” |
| “ | I enjoyed reading The Fouth Star by David Cloud and Greg Jaffe. I also enjoy reading hearing, and discussing current events. A perspective outside my own or even challenging me interesting and welcomed. Challenges assist with keeping an open mind.[3] | ” |
| “ | Respect Integrity Intestinal Fortitude to have the tough conversations[3] | ” |
| “ | My sense of service has afforded me the opportunity to hold leadership positions at many levels, work with other leaders at national and international levels, handle multimillion dollar portfolios (equipment and budgets), and successfully lead under most stressful circumstances.[3] | ” |
| “ | A person elected to office has a core responsibility to their constituents. They have to be actively involved, accessible, and transparent to the community (constituents).[3] | ” |
| “ | I have a responsibility to leave the world a better place, raise my children to be responsible productive citizens and positively impact those that I can around me.[3] | ” |
| “ | President Obama bring elected to President of the United States. This occurred during my mid-thirties.[3] | ” |
| “ | Citizens that elect me to represent them.[3] | ” |
| “ | My support would be in the form of filling the disparity gaps, bring in the schools with the students , faculty, staff, properly vetting and involving members of community where they can positively impact.[3] | ” |
| “ | Continuously meeting and engaging members within and outside community. The specific target is based on the prioritization of concerns/objectives and who can best positively impact area of concerns[3] | ” |
| “ | I have to be in the school with the students and educators. My positive impact will cause parents and community to increase levels of involvement.[3] | ” |
| “ | Depending on where constituents see where we stands amongst the list of priorities. This would require additional scrutiny and possibly sensitivity training for starters.[3] | ” |
| “ | Politics gets in the way of education.[3] | ” |
| “ | Students need skills they can apply in life. They need to be able to think independently outside the box. Unfortunately, a lot of our students are being trained to standardized tests.[3] | ” |
See also
- Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland
- Prince George's County Public Schools elections (2018)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Matt Green's responses," April 17, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Prince George's County Public Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Prince George's County, Maryland | |
| Election date: | Primary Election: June 26, 2018 • General Election: November 6, 2018 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Incumbent, Lupi Grady • Rob Anthony • Joshua Thomas District 3: • Juwan Blocker • Pamela Boozer-Strother • Irene Holtzman • Catherine Bennett Nwosu District 6: • Incumbent, Carolyn Boston • Caleb Camara • Pat Fletcher • Belinda Queen • Ava Annette Richardson • David Shelton • Anthony Triplin District 9: • Incumbent, Sonya Williams • Matt Green • Don Massey • Arun Puracken |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
