Nancy Lawson
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Nancy Lawson was a member of the Pennsbury School District school board in Pennsylvania, representing Region 3. Lawson assumed office on December 1, 2017.
Lawson ran for re-election to the Pennsbury School District school board to represent Region 3 in Pennsylvania. Lawson won in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2017
Four of the nine seats on the Pennsbury School District school board were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. Two Region 1 seats and two Region 3 seats were on the ballot. All candidates in this race cross-filed to appear on both the Democratic and Republican primary ballots. A partisan primary election was held on May 16, 2017.
Region 1 incumbents Debra Wachspress and Joshua L. Waldorf ran unopposed in the primary and general election. In her bid for re-election, Region 3 incumbent Alison Smith faced Nancy Lawson and Christine Toy-Dragoni in the primary. Toy-Dragoni and Lawson won the Democratic nominations and moved on to the general, and Smith and Lawson won the Republican nominations. Lawon and Toy-Dragoni ultimately defeated the incumbent in the general election.[1][2][3]
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.[4]
General results
| Pennsbury School District, Region 3 General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic/Republican |  Nancy Lawson |
46.26% | 4,294 | |
| Democratic | Christine Toy-Dragoni |
30.37% | 2,819 | |
| Republican | Alison Smith Incumbent | 23.38% | 2,170 | |
| Total Votes | 9,283 | |||
| Source: Bucks County Election Results, "Municipal Election Tuesday, November 07, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||||
Democratic primary results
| Pennsbury School District, Region 3 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Christine Toy-Dragoni |
42.34% | 898 | |
| Democratic | Nancy Lawson |
34.37% | 729 | |
| Democratic | Alison Smith Incumbent | 23.29% | 494 | |
| Total Votes | 2,121 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 21, 2017 | ||||
Republican primary results
| Pennsbury School District, Region 3 Republican Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Alison Smith Incumbent |
52.16% | 508 | |
| Republican | Nancy Lawson |
32.34% | 315 | |
| Republican | Christine Toy-Dragoni | 15.50% | 151 | |
| Total Votes | 974 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 21, 2017 | ||||
Funding
Lawson signed a waiver exempting her from campaign finance reporting, according to the Bucks County Board of Elections.[5]
| 2017 Campaign Finance Deadlines in Pennsylvania[6] | |
|---|---|
| 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.[7]
The table to the left details the four campaign finance deadlines in 2017.[6]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed May 16, 2017
- ↑ Bucks County, "Unofficial Candidate List," accessed April 7, 2017
- ↑ Bucks County Election Results, "Municpal Election Tuesday, November 07, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Bucks County, "Candidate List Municipal Election, November 7, 2017," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Thomas Freitag, Bucks County Election Coordinator," June 20, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed April 19, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Campaign Finance Reporting Law," accessed January 15, 2014
| Pennsbury School District elections in 2017 | |
| Bucks County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary: May 16, 2017 General: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Region 1: Incumbent, Debra Wachspress (D/R) • Incumbent, Joshua L. Waldorf (D/R) Region 3: Incumbent, Alison Smith (R) • Nancy Lawson (D/R) • Christine Toy-Dragoni (D) |
| Important information: | What's at stake? |
