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North Penn School District elections (2017)
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Five of the nine seats on the North Penn School District school board in Pennsylvania were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Four seats were up for regular election and one seat was up for special election for a two-year term, due to the death of former board member Carolyn Murphy. A partisan primary election for all five seats was held on May 16, 2017.[1]
A total of eight candidates ran in the general election for the regular terms after all of them advanced from the primary. Four newcomer Democrats won the spots on the board: Christian Fusco, Jonathan Kassa, Tina Stoll, and Mark Warren. Board incumbents Josephine Charnock, Patrick McGee Jr., and Frank O'Donnell cross-filed to run for re-election for both the Democratic and Republican parties in the primary election. They were joined on the ballot by newcomers Fusco, Kassa, Thomas Mancini, Stoll, and Warren, who all cross-filed to run in the primary election. Stoll, Fusco, Warren, and Kassa took the Democratic nominations for the four-year terms, and O'Donnell, Mancini, McGee, and Charnock took the Republican nominations.
In the special election for the two-year term, Jenna Ott defeated Michelle Rupp in the general. Ott won the Democratic nomination and Rupp won the Republican nomination in the primary.[2]
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.[3]
McGee Jr., Mancini, O'Donnell, Charnock, and Rupp ran as part of a candidate slate called "Quality Education Matters".[4]
Fusco, Kassa, Ott, Warren, and Stoll also ran as part of a candidate slate called "North Penn Neighbors for Progress."[5]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The North Penn School District school board is composed of nine members elected at large to four-year, staggered terms. Five seats were up for election on November 3, 2015, and five seats were up for election on November 7, 2017.
Cross-filing
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, 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.
General candidate requirements
To run for a school board in Pennsylvania, one must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, and a resident of the school district for at least one year before the election date. To run in this 2017 school board election, partisan candidates had to file for office by March 7, 2017, and independent candidates had to file by August 1, 2017.[6][7]
Voter requirements
To vote in Pennsylvania, a resident must be a U.S. citizen for at least one month and a resident of the district in which he or she is registering for at least 30 days before the election. A voter must be at least 18 years of age by the next election date. The deadline to register to vote before the primary election was April 17, 2017, and the deadline to register to vote before the general election was October 10, 2017.[8]
- See also: Voting in Pennsylvania and Voter identification laws by state
Candidates and results
At-Large general election (regular)
Results
| North Penn School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Tina Stoll |
14.20% | 10,061 | |
| Democratic | Christian Fusco |
14.16% | 10,034 | |
| Democratic | Mark Warren |
13.70% | 9,703 | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Kassa |
13.58% | 9,622 | |
| Republican | Patrick McGee Jr. Incumbent | 11.21% | 7,944 | |
| Republican | Thomas Mancini | 11.16% | 7,907 | |
| Republican | Josephine Charnock Incumbent | 11.04% | 7,818 | |
| Republican | Frank O'Donnell Incumbent | 10.94% | 7,750 | |
| Total Votes | 70,839 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Municipal Election Tuesday, November 7, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017 and Montgomery County, "Unofficial Results," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||||
Candidates
 Josephine Charnock
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Frank O'Donnell
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Thomas Mancini
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At-Large general election (special)
Results
| North Penn School District, At-Large Special Election, 2-year term, 2017 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jenna Ott |
55.84% | 9,893 | |
| Republican | Michelle Rupp | 44.16% | 7,824 | |
| Total Votes | 17,717 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Municipal Election Tuesday, November 7, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017 and Montgomery County, "Unofficial Results," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||||
Candidates
| Jenna Ott
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Michelle Rupp
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At-Large primary election (regular)
Democratic results
| North Penn School District, At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Tina Stoll |
21.67% | 3,896 | |
| Democratic | Christian Fusco |
21.47% | 3,860 | |
| Democratic | Mark Warren |
20.86% | 3,750 | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Kassa |
19.53% | 3,511 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Mancini | 4.44% | 798 | |
| Democratic | Josephine Charnock Incumbent | 4.38% | 788 | |
| Democratic | Patrick McGee Jr. Incumbent | 3.97% | 714 | |
| Democratic | Frank O'Donnell Incumbent | 3.66% | 658 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.02% | 4 | ||
| Total Votes | 17,979 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 20, 2017 and Montgomery County, "2017 Primary Election Official Results," accessed June 20, 2017 | ||||
Republican results
| North Penn School District, At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Patrick McGee Jr. Incumbent |
18.29% | 2,784 | |
| Republican | Frank O'Donnell Incumbent |
17.89% | 2,723 | |
| Republican | Thomas Mancini |
17.83% | 2,714 | |
| Republican | Josephine Charnock Incumbent |
14.80% | 2,253 | |
| Republican | Tina Stoll | 10.36% | 1,577 | |
| Republican | Christian Fusco | 8.61% | 1,310 | |
| Republican | Mark Warren | 6.99% | 1,063 | |
| Republican | Jonathan Kassa | 5.19% | 790 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.03% | 4 | ||
| Total Votes | 15,218 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 20, 2017 and Montgomery County, "2017 Primary Election Official Results," accessed June 20, 2017 | ||||
At-Large primary election (special)
Democratic results
| North Penn School District, At-Large Democratic Primary Special Election, 2-year term, 2017 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jenna Ott |
80.49% | 3,582 | |
| Democratic | Michelle Rupp | 19.51% | 868 | |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | ||
| Total Votes | 4,450 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 20, 2017 and Montgomery County, "2017 Primary Election Official Results," accessed June 20, 2017 | ||||
Republican results
| North Penn School District, At-Large Republican Primary Special Election, 2-year term, 2017 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Michelle Rupp |
62.20% | 2,258 | |
| Republican | Jenna Ott | 37.71% | 1,369 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.08% | 3 | ||
| Total Votes | 3,630 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 20, 2017 and Montgomery County, "2017 Primary Election Official Results," accessed June 20, 2017 | ||||
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Pennsylvania elections, 2017
The North Penn School District primary election shared the ballot with elections for:[3]
- State judges
- Local trial court judges
- District attorney
- Sheriff
- Prothonotary
- Recorder of deeds
- County controller
The North Penn School District primary election shared the ballot with primary elections for state judges and Lansdale council, mayor, and tax collector.[2]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for this Pennsylvania school board election in 2017:[9]
| Deadline | Event |
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| March 7, 2017 | Partisan candidate filing deadline |
| April 17, 2017 | Deadline to register to vote before the primary election |
| May 16, 2017 | Primary election day |
| August 1, 2017 | Independent candidate filing deadline |
| October 10, 2017 | Deadline to register to vote before the general election |
| November 7, 2017 | General election day |
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
| 2017 Campaign Finance Deadlines in Pennsylvania[10] | |
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| 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.[11]
The table to the left details the four campaign finance deadlines in 2017.[10]
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About the district
- See also: North Penn School District, Pennsylvania
The North Penn School District is primarily located in Montgomery County with parts in Bucks County in south-eastern Pennsylvania. The seat of county government in Montgomery County is Norristown. Montgomery County was home to an estimated 821,725 residents between 2010 and 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau. The district was the seventh-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 12,741 students.[12][13]
Demographics
Montgomery County outperformed Pennsylvania as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 46.9 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 28.6 percent of state residents. The median household income in the county was $80,675, while it was $53,599 for the entire state. County residents lived below the poverty level at a rate of 6.6 percent, while that rate was 13.2 percent for all state residents.[13]
| Racial Demographics, 2015[13] | ||
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| Race | Montgomery County (%) | Pennsylvania (%) |
| White | 80.6 | 82.6 |
| Black or African American | 9.5 | 11.7 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Asian | 7.6 | 3.4 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.9 | 6.8 |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Knight Crier, "Charm and Passion: Remembering Carolyn Murphy," December 13, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Montgomery County, "Official Candidate List," accessed May 11, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bucks County, "Candidate List Municipal Election, November 7, 2017," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ Quality Education Matters, "Home," accessed May 15, 2017
- ↑ North Penn Neighbors for Progress, "Home," accessed May 30, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania School Boards Association, "How to Run for School Board," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ VotesPA, "How to Register," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed March 30, 2017
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed April 19, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Campaign Finance Reporting Law," accessed January 15, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "2010 Census: Quick Facts," "Montgomery County," accessed March 28, 2017
| North Penn School District elections in 2017 | |
| Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary: May 16, 2017 General: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large (regular): Incumbent, Josephine Charnock (R) • Incumbent, Patrick McGee Jr. (R) • Incumbent, Frank O'Donnell (R) • Christian Fusco (D) • Jonathan Kassa (D) • Thomas Mancini (R) • Tina Stoll (D) • Mark Warren (D) At-Large (special): Jenna Ott (D) • Michelle Rupp (R) |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
