Pennsbury School District elections (2015)

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2015 Pennsbury School District Elections
Primary Election date:
May 19, 2015
General Election date:
November 3, 2015
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
Pennsylvania Pennsbury School District Bucks County, Pennsylvania ballot measures Local ballot measures, Pennsylvania

Six seats on the Pennsbury School District Board of Directors were up for general election on November 3, 2015. A primary election was held on May 19, 2015.

In Region 1, T.R. Kannan (D) defeated David Gibbon (R). Gibbon was selected by the Republican Party as the replacement for Carla Neubaum who withdrew from the race after the primary election. Incumbents Jacqueline Redner, John Palmer and Gary Sanderson won election without opposition for the three seats in Region 2. Kim Hilty (D) defeated Annette Dearolf (R) for a two-year term left by former board member Debra Deblasio in Region 3. Christian Schwartz (D) defeated Allan Weisel (R) for a four-year term in Region 3. No independent candidates filed for the general election.

About the district

See also: Pennsbury School District, Pennsylvania

The Pennsbury School District is located in Bucks County, Pa.

The Pennsbury School District is located in east-central Pennsylvania in Bucks County. The city of Doylestown is the county seaty. In 2013, the county had a population of 626,976 according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2012-2013 school year, the Pennsbury School District was the 15th-largest school district in Pennsylvania and served 10,434 students.

Demographics

According to the United States Census Bureau, Bucks County outperformed the state in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The percentage of residents over 25 with a bachelor's degree was 35.8 percent, compared to rest of the state of Pennsylvania which was 27.5 percent. The median household income in the county was $76,555 compared to Pennsylvania's statewide median of $52,548. The poverty rate for the county was 5.4 percent, while the state as a whole had a poverty rate of 13.3 percent.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Bucks County (%)	Pennsylvania (%)
White	89.8	83.2
Black or African American	4.0	11.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.3	0.3
Asian	4.4	3.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	1.5	1.8
Hispanic or Latino	4.7	6.3

Presidential Voting Pattern, Bucks County
Year	Democratic Vote (%)	Republican Vote (%)
2012	50.0	48.8
2008	54.0	45.0
2004	51.1	48.3
2000	50.5	46.3

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.

Voter and candidate information

The Pennsbury Board of Directors consists of nine members elected to four-year terms. The members of the board are elected by voters in three geographical district. The primary election for the Pennsbury School Board of Directors was held on May 19, 2015, and the general election was held on November 3, 2015. Six seats were up for election on November 3, 2015.

School board candidates had to file for this election with Bucks County by March 10, 2015. Those wishing to run as an independent candidate had until August 3, 2015, to file. To vote in the primary election, residents had to register by April 20, 2015, and to vote in the general election, residents had to register by October 5, 2015.

Region 1

T.R. Kannan		David Gibbon		Carla Neubaum
	Cross-filed as a Democrat and a Republican Democratic primary winner Director of enterprise systems, Bristol-Myers Squibb Bachelor's degree, Andhra University Master's degree, Pennsylvania State University		Republican Replaced Carla Neubaum in general election		Withdrew from race Cross-filed as Democrat and Republican Republican primary winner Educator, Vantage Learning Bachelor's degree, Wheaton College

Region 2

Jacqueline Redner		John Palmer (Pennsylvania)		Gary Sanderson
	Cross-filed as a Democrat and a Republican Incumbent, member from 2011-2015 Independent public relations consultant		Cross-filed as a Democrat and a Republican Incumbent, member from 2011-2015 Operations manager		Cross-filed as a Democrat and a Republican Incumbent, Member from 2007-2015 Environmental specialist Bachelor's degree, State University of New York

Region 3

Two-year term

Annette Dearolf		Kim Hilty
	Cross-filed as a Democrat and a Republican Republican primary winner Structural engineer Bachelor's degree, Pennsylvania State University		Cross-filed as a Democrat and a Republican Democratic primary winner Auditor, Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission

Four-year term

Christian Schwartz		Allan Weisel
	Cross-filed as a Democrat and a Republican Democratic primary winner Owner, Stoney Brook Electric		Cross-filed as a Democrat and a Republican Republican primary winner President, Weisel Associates, Inc. Bachelor's degree, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Bachelor's degree, Robert Morris University Master's degree, Cairn University

Election results

Region 1

Pennsbury School District, Region 1, General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	T.R. Kannan	54.1%	2,936
	Republican	David Gibbon	45.9%	2,487
Total Votes				5,423
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed January 4, 2016

Pennsbury School District, Region 1 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	T.R. Kannan	67.9%	579
	Democratic	Carla Neubaum	32.1%	274
Total Votes				853
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015

Pennsbury School District, Region 1 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Carla Neubaum	66.5%	795
	Republican	T.R. Kannan	33.5%	401
Total Votes				1,196
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015

Region 2

Pennsbury School District, Region 2, General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic/Republican	Jacqueline Redner Incumbent	35.0%	2,787
	Democratic/Republican	John Palmer Incumbent	32.8%	2,617
	Democratic/Republican	Gary Sanderson Incumbent	32.2%	2,564
Total Votes				7,968
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed January 4, 2016

Pennsbury School District, Region 2 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jacqueline Redner Incumbent	36.5%	654
	Democratic	John Palmer Incumbent	32.3%	579
	Democratic	Gary Sanderson Incumbent	31.1%	557
Total Votes				1,790
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015

Pennsbury School District, Region 2 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jacqueline Redner Incumbent	36.8%	247
	Republican	Gary Sanderson Incumbent	32.3%	217
	Republican	John Palmer Incumbent	30.8%	207
Total Votes				671
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015

Region 3

Four-year term

Pennsbury School District, Region 3, (4-year term), General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Christian Schwartz	56.2%	2,655
	Republican	Allan Weisel	43.8%	2,069
Total Votes				4,724
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed January 4, 2016

Pennsbury School District, Region 3 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Christian Schwartz	59.2%	620
	Democratic	Allan Weisel	40.8%	427
Total Votes				1,047
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015

Pennsbury School District, Region 3 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Allan Weisel	68.4%	644
	Republican	Christian Schwartz	31.6%	298
Total Votes				942
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015

Two-year term

Pennsbury School District, Region 3, (2-year term), General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kim Hilty	54.2%	2,575
	Republican	Annette Dearolf	45.8%	2,179
Total Votes				4,754
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed January 4, 2016

Pennsbury School District, Region 3 Democratic Primary Election, 2-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kim Hilty	55.1%	575
	Democratic	Annette Dearolf	44.9%	468
Total Votes				1,043
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015

Pennsbury School District, Region 3 Republican Primary Election, 2-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Annette Dearolf	80.7%	764
	Republican	Kim Hilty	19.3%	183
Total Votes				947
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015

Endorsements

Kannan received official endorsements from state Rep. Steve Santarsiero (D-31), Bucks County Commissioner Diane Marseglia and current school board directors Debra Wachspress and Josh Waldorf in the primary election.

Hilty received an official endorsement from Robert Harvie, the chairman of the Falls Township Board of Supervisors in the primary election.

Schwartz received official endorsements from state Rep. Steve Santarsiero (D-31), Robert Harvie, chairman of the Falls Township Board of Supervisors and Dave Rivella, the mayor of Morrisville Borough in the primary election.

Dearolf and Weisel received an official endorsement from the Lower Makefield GOP Club.

Campaign finance

The Bucks County Board of Elections does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.

Past Elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2013 See also: Pennsbury School District elections (2013) Pennsbury School District, Region 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democrat Debra Wachspress 26.6% 3,154      Democrat Joshua L. Waldorf 25.4% 3,009      Republican Simon Campbell Incumbent 24.5% 2,904      Republican Susan Simon 23.5% 2,781 Total Votes 11,848 Source: Bucks County Election Results, "School District - Pennsbury School District SD," accessed December 24, 2013 Pennsbury School District, Region 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democrat Alison Smith 27.3% 2,530      Democrat Debra E. DeBlasio 25.2% 2,337      Republican Casey Lawrence 24.5% 2,275      Republican Skip Tenney 23.1% 2,142 Total Votes 9,284 Source: Bucks County Election Results, "School District - Pennsbury School District SD," accessed December 24, 2013

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Pennsbury School District election in 2015:

Deadline	Event
March 10, 2015	Partisan candidate filing deadline
March 11, 2015 - August 3, 2015	Independent candidate filing period
March 25, 2015	Withdrawal deadline for primary election
April 20, 2015	Voter registration deadline for primary election
May 8, 2015	Pre-primary election campaign finance deadline
May 12, 2015	Last day to file for absentee ballot for primary election
May 15, 2015	Absentee ballot deadline for primary election
May 19, 2015	Primary election day
June 18, 2015	Post-primary election campaign finance deadline
August 10, 2015	Withdrawal deadline for general election
October 5, 2015	Last day to register to vote in general election
October 23, 2015	Pre-general election campaign finance deadline for general election
October 27, 2015	Voter registration deadline for general election
October 30, 2015	Absentee ballot deadline for general election
November 3, 2015	General Election Day
December 3, 2015	Post-general election campaign finance deadline for general election

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Pennsylvania elections, 2015

This election shared the ballot with primary and general elections for county offices such as commissioner, register of wills, treasurer, clerk of courts and coroner. Township and borough offices on the ballot included supervisor, treasurer, auditor, council member, controller, constable and tax collector. There were also judicial positions on the ballot including justice of the supreme court, judge of the superior court, judge of the commonwealth court, judge of the court of common pleas and magisterial district judge.

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See also

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Pennsbury School District elections (2013) List of school districts in Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania school board elections, 2015 Public education in Pennsylvania Local ballot measures, Pennsylvania	School board elections, 2015 School board elections, 2014 School board election data analysis, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2014

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