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Paul Distefano

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Paul Distefano
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Prior offices:
Edison Township Public Schools school board, At-large
Year left office: 2018

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 7, 2017

Paul Distefano was an at-large representative on the Edison Township Public Schools school board in New Jersey. Distefano won a new term in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.

Elections

2017

See also: Edison Township Public Schools elections (2017)

Four of the nine seats on the Edison Township Public Schools school board in New Jersey were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Three seats were up for regular three-year terms and one seat was up for a one-year unexpired term. A total of 11 candidates filed for the seats.

Board members Beth Moroney and Jingwei Shi won new three-year terms on the board and were joined in their victory by Falguni Patel. They defeated Carol Bodofsky, Elizabeth Conway, Ruchika Juneja, Aqib Virani, Sunil Vuppula, and Maria Wise. Board member Paul Distefano defeated challenger William Araujo for the one-year term.[1]

Results

Edison Township Public Schools,
At-Large General Election, 1-year term, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Paul Distefano Incumbent 63.94% 7,223
William Araujo 36.06% 4,073
Total Votes 11,296
Source: Middlesex County, New Jersey, "Historical Election Results: November 2017," accessed March 22, 2018

Funding

Distefano did not report campaign contributions or expenditures in this election as of October 17, 2017, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[2]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Cassandra Achille, Middlesex County Elections official," August 14, 2017
  2. New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Filings," accessed October 17, 2017