Maureen Carey

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Maureen E. Carey

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Upper Darby School District, At-large

Years in office: 2005 - 2017

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Education

Bachelor's

Immaculata College

Personal

Profession

Homemaker

Maureen E. Carey is the former at-large representative on the Upper Darby School District school board in Pennsylvania. First elected in 2005, Carey lost a re-election campaign in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.

Pennsylvania permits school board candidates to cross-file in primary elections. This means that a candidate may file to run in the primary election for both the Democratic and Republican parties. A cross-filed candidate can advance to the general election by winning one or both of the partisan primaries. This maximizes a candidate’s chances of advancing to the general as they have two ways to win in the primary round. If the candidate wins only one of the primaries, they face the winner of the other primary in the general election. Cross-filers who win both primaries may still face independent candidates in the general election.

Biography

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Carey is a homemaker; she and her husband have three children who graduated from district schools. Carey earned her bachelor's degree in biology from Immaculata College.

Elections

2017

See also: Upper Darby School District elections (2017)

Five of the nine seats on the Upper Darby School District school board were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Four seats were up for regular four-year terms and an additional seat was up for a two-year term. A partisan primary election was held on May 16, 2017.

A total of eight candidates filed for the four-year terms. Board incumbents Maureen E. Carey, Vincent Gordon, Rachel Mitchell, and Kate Smith cross-filed to appear on both the Democratic and Republican ballots. They faced Denise Rockenbach, who also cross-filed, and Edward Brown, Neil Desnoyers, and Monica Taylor, who filed to run as Democrats. Taylor, Mitchell, Desnoyers, and Brown all won the Democratic nominations and advanced to the general. Carey, Gordon, Smith, and Rockenbach won the Republican nominations and advanced to the general. Incumbent Mitchell and challengers Taylor, Brown, and Desnoyers defeated incumbents Carey, Gordon, and Smith and challenger Rockenbach in the general election.

Two newcomers filed for the open two-year term on the board: Kelly Colvin, who cross-filed, and Gina Curry, who filed as a Democrat. Curry won the Democratic nomination and Colvin won the Republican nomination and advanced to the general election. Curry went on to defeat Colvin in the general election on November 7, 2017.

These candidates could have faced independent candidates in the general election. However, no independent candidate filed by the August 1, 2017, deadline to get on the ballot.

General results

Upper Darby School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Monica Taylor	14.18%	8,380
	Democratic	Rachel Mitchell Incumbent	14.13%	8,346
	Democratic	Edward Brown	13.01%	7,688
	Democratic	Neil Desnoyers	12.60%	7,444
	Republican	Maureen E. Carey Incumbent	11.97%	7,072
	Republican	Vincent Gordon Incumbent	11.53%	6,813
	Republican	Kate Smith Incumbent	11.41%	6,740
	Republican	Denise Rockenbach	11.16%	6,593
		Write-in votes	0%	2
Total Votes				59,078
Source: Delaware County, Pennsylvania, "Un-Official Municipal Election 2017 Results," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.

Democratic primary results

Upper Darby School District, At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Monica Taylor	18.59%	2,244
	Democratic	Rachel Mitchell Incumbent	18.35%	2,214
	Democratic	Neil Desnoyers	17.11%	2,065
	Democratic	Edward Brown	16.02%	1,933
	Democratic	Maureen E. Carey Incumbent	10.49%	1,266
	Democratic	Kate Smith Incumbent	10.14%	1,224
	Democratic	Denise Rockenbach	5.57%	672
	Democratic	Vincent Gordon Incumbent	3.71%	448
		Write-in votes	0.02%	2
Total Votes				12,068
Source: Delaware County, Pennsylvania, "Official Municipal Primary 2017 Results for Upper Darby Township," accessed June 21, 2017

Republican primary results

Upper Darby School District, At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Maureen E. Carey Incumbent	25.08%	2,926
	Republican	Vincent Gordon Incumbent	21.63%	2,523
	Republican	Kate Smith Incumbent	19.70%	2,298
	Republican	Denise Rockenbach	18.50%	2,158
	Republican	Rachel Mitchell Incumbent	15.05%	1,756
		Write-in votes	0.03%	4
Total Votes				11,665
Source: Delaware County, Pennsylvania, "Official Municipal Primary 2017 Results for Upper Darby Township," accessed June 21, 2017

Funding

See also: Campaign finance requirements in Pennsylvania and List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2017

2017 Campaign Finance Deadlines in Pennsylvania
Date	Deadline
May 5, 2017	2nd Friday Pre-Primary report due
June 15, 2017	30-Day Post-Primary report due
October 27, 2017	2nd Friday Pre-Election report due
December 7, 2017	30-Day Post-Election report due

School board candidates in Pennsylvania were required to report their campaign finance activity. Those who spent or received more than $250 in a reporting period had to file full reports. Those below the threshold had to file forms to declare they were exempt from reporting. Candidates could have, but were not required to, form committees to handle campaign finance transactions. They were not required to have separate bank accounts for campaign purposes.

The table to the left details the four campaign finance deadlines in 2017.

2013

See also: Upper Darby School District elections (2013)

Carey won re-election against seven opponents during the general election on November 5, 2013.

Election results

General election

Upper Darby School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Maureen E. Carey Incumbent	13.4%	6,935
	Democratic	Rachel Mitchell	13.2%	6,871
	Republican	Earl Toole Incumbent	12.7%	6,574
	Democratic	Manjit Singh	12.7%	6,567
	Democratic	Stacey Hawley	12.5%	6,495
	Democratic	Phyllis Fields	12.2%	6,322
	Republican	John McMullan	11.7%	6,055
	Republican	Rose G. Conley	11.7%	6,051
Total Votes				51,870
Source: Delaware County Election Bureau, "Municipal Election 2013 Results," accessed January 30, 2014

Primary

Upper Darby School District, Republican Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Maureen E. Carey Incumbent	21.5%	2,455
	Republican	Earl Toole Incumbent	20.3%	2,309
	Republican	Rose G. Conley	19.3%	2,205
	Republican	John McMullan	16.2%	1,851
	Republican	Rachel Mitchell	9.1%	1,042
	Republican	Stacey Hawley	7.6%	868
	Republican	Phyllis Fields	3.8%	436
	Republican	Tyra Virden	2%	227
	Republican	Write-in votes	0%	3
Total Votes				11,396
Source: Delaware County Election Bureau, "Municipal Primary 2013," accessed January 30, 2014

Upper Darby School District, Democratic Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rachel Mitchell	18.9%	1,234
	Democratic	Stacey Hawley	18.8%	1,230
	Democratic	Manjit Singh	18.8%	1,228
	Democratic	Phyllis Fields	14.1%	923
	Democratic	Rose G. Conley	8.1%	529
	Democratic	Maureen E. Carey Incumbent	7.2%	471
	Democratic	John McMullan	5.2%	339
	Democratic	Earl Toole Incumbent	4.8%	316
	Democratic	Tyra Virden	4.1%	270
	Democratic	Write-in votes	0.1%	6
Total Votes				6,546
Source: Delaware County Election Bureau, "Municipal Primary 2013," accessed January 30, 2014

Funding

Carey reported no campaign contributions or expenditures to the Pennsylvania Secretary of State in this election.

Endorsements

Carey received no published endorsements during this election.

2010

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2010

Carey was a Republican candidate for District 164 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The primary election was on May 18, 2010 and the general election was on November 2.

Carey was unopposed in the May 18 Republican primary but lost to Democrat Margo Davidson in the November 2 general election.

Campaign themes

2013

Carey discussed her campaign themes in an interview with the Upper Darby Parent Coalition:

Reform – Reform – and Reform are clearly priorities as it regards public education. Specifically – reform of funding mechanisms as they regard public education and provide adequate, sustainable and equitable solutions. Reform the current funding formula for charter and cyber-charter schools – they receive full fare for each child without the accountability as the school district. Reform the current pension system for our state employees which includes our teachers – projections indicate dire consequences if the system stays in place.

See also

• Upper Darby School District, Pennsylvania
• Upper Darby School District elections (2017)
• Upper Darby School District elections (2013)

External links

Suggest a link

• Upper Darby School District
• Pennsylvania 2010 primary election results
• Biography from Project Vote Smart