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Nancy Nestor-Baker
Nancy Nestor-Baker was an at-large member of the Westerville City School District Board of Education in Ohio. She assumed office in 2013. She left office on August 31, 2024.
Nestor-Baker ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Westerville City School District Board of Education in Ohio. She won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Nestor‐Baker previously served on the board from 1991 to 2005.
Biography
Nestor-Baker graduated from Westerville Schools. She has a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and a doctorate in the field of education from The Ohio State University. She has worked as the senior assistant vice president of community engagement for the United Way of Central Ohio.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Westerville City School District, Ohio, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Westerville City School District Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
Incumbent Tracy A. Davidson, Kristina Rose Meyer, and incumbent Nancy Nestor-Baker defeated incumbent Rick A. Vilardo (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for Westerville City School District Board of Education At-large on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tracy A. Davidson (Nonpartisan) | 31.2 | 10,653 |
| ✔ | Kristina Rose Meyer (Nonpartisan) | 29.3 | 10,013 | |
| ✔ |  | Nancy Nestor-Baker (Nonpartisan) | 26.1 | 8,920 |
 | Rick A. Vilardo (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew) | 13.4 | 4,580 | |
| Total votes: 34,166 | |||
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2017
Three of five seats on the Westerville City School District Board of Education in Ohio were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. All three incumbents filed for re-election. Incumbents Tracy A. Davidson, Nancy Nestor‐Baker, and Rick A. Vilardo won re-election unopposed.[2][3][4]
| Westerville City School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Nancy Nestor‐Baker Incumbent |
35.82% | 11,497 |
| Tracy A. Davidson Incumbent |
32.93% | 10,569 |
| Rick A. Vilardo Incumbent |
31.25% | 10,032 |
| Total Votes | 32,098 | |
| Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 and Delaware County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 | ||
2013
Eight candidates declared their intentions to run for three at-large seats on the Westerville City School Board. Three of the candidates — Jim Burgess, Luke Davis and John Sodt — announced that they would run for the Westerville Board of Education as a unit, saying electing them as a team would prove effective for change in the district.[5]
Results
| Westerville City School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Nancy Nestor‐Baker |
17.8% | 5,086 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tracy A. Davidson |
17.2% | 4,900 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rick A. Vilardo |
15.1% | 4,316 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Burgess | 13.4% | 3,819 | |
| Nonpartisan | Luke Davis | 11.4% | 3,238 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Sodt | 11.2% | 3,192 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kevin Hoffman Incumbent | 9.3% | 2,659 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Edwards | 4.5% | 1,296 | |
| Total Votes | 28,506 | |||
| Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "Election Summary Report for General Election in Franklin County, Ohio," accessed December 13, 2013 | ||||
Endorsements
Nestor-Baker was endorsed by the Franklin County Democratic Party.[6]
Funding
Nestor-Baker reported $500 in contributions, but no expenditures to the Ohio Secretary of State, which left her campaign with $500 on hand.[7]
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nancy Nestor-Baker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2013
Nestor-Baker stated the following on her website as her goals for WCSD:[8]
| “ |
Continued financial stability Ensuring that all students continue to grow by implementing a sound ‘college and career ready program’ and increasing the graduation rate Keeping a high standard Adapting resources to meet changing needs Balancing what the community wants and how to achieve it --everyone owns the schools; they need to be proud of them Strengthening the relationships between the schools and the community Hiring the best and brightest teachers and create pathways so they are able to innovate and to help all students achieve [9] |
” |
See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Candidate Westerville City School District Board of Education At-large |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Westerville News & Public Opinion, "Nestor-Baker hopes to bring experience, vision to board," published September 1, 2013
- ↑ Franklin County, Ohio, "2017 General Certified Candidates," accessed October 3, 2017
- ↑ Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Delaware County Board of Elections, "Live Election Results Viewer," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Jennifer Nesbitt, This Week Community News, "Three announce joint run for Westerville school board," published August 8, 2013
- ↑ Franklin County Democratic Party, "2013 Franklin County Democratic Party Endorsements," accessed October 21, 2013
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Elections & Voting: Campaign Finance," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Return Nancy Nestor-Baker to School Board, "Home," accessed October 28, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
