Michael Shusda
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Michael Shusda is an at-large representative on the North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education in New York. He won election to the board in the general election on May 19, 2015.[1]
Biography
Shusda's professional experience includes working as a school finance consultant and as an adjunct professor teaching educational leadership at the State University of New York at Cortland. He also worked as a teacher and school administrator in the Baldwinsville Central School District for 36 years before he retired in 2009. Shusda earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the State University of New York at Albany. He also earned a certificate of advanced studies from the State University of New York at Oswego. He and his wife have one son who graduated from the district.[1]
Elections
2015
Four of the nine at-large seats on the North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education were up for general election on May 19, 2015. The election shared the ballot with the school district's annual budget vote.
Three full-term seats held by incumbents Robert Crabtree, Michael Donofrio and George Harrington were on the ballot. A fourth, one-year term seat was also on the ballot due to the death of a board member.
Crabtree did not file for re-election, ensuring at least two newcomers would join the board. Donofrio and Harrington faced three challengers, Paul Farfaglia, Michael Leone and Michael Shusda, in their bids for re-election. The three candidates who received the most votes in the election were elected to three-year terms, and the candidate with the fourth-most votes was elected to a one-year term.
Incumbent Donofrio lost his seat on the board. The top three vote recipients, incumbent Harrington, Farfaglia and Leone, won three-year terms, while fourth place finisher Shusda won the special one-year term.
Results
| North Syracuse Central School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  George Harrington Incumbent |
21.9% | 2,053 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Leone |
21.2% | 1,987 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Farfaglia |
20.7% | 1,941 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Shusda 1-year term |
18.9% | 1,770 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Donofrio Incumbent | 17.2% | 1,608 | |
| Total Votes | 9,359 | |||
| Source: North Syracuse Central School District, "Voters approve proposed budget," accessed May 19, 2015 and Margaret Koenig, "Phone call with North Syracuse Central School District," May 20, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Shusda reported no contributions or expenditures to the New York State Board of Elections in the election.[2][3]
Endorsements
Shusda did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Recent news
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See also
- North Syracuse Central School District, New York
- North Syracuse Central School District elections (2015)
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states (May 21, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 North Syracuse Central School District, "Board of Education Candidates - May 19, 2015 Vote," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Campaign Financial Disclosure: Expenditure Search Page," accessed July 8, 2015
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Campaign Financial Disclosure: Contribution Search Page," accessed July 8, 2015
| 2015 North Syracuse Central School District Elections | |
| Onondaga County, New York | |
| Election date: | May 19, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Michael Donofrio • Incumbent, George Harrington • Paul Farfaglia • Michael Leone • Michael Shusda |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
