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Rick A. Vilardo
Rick A. Vilardo was an at-large member of the Westerville City School District Board of Education in Ohio. He assumed office in 2013. He left office on December 31, 2021.
Vilardo ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Westerville City School District Board of Education in Ohio. He lost in the general election on November 2, 2021. Vilardo unofficially withdrew from the race but appeared on the general election ballot on November 2, 2021.
Biography
A Cincinnati native, Vilardo graduated from Withrow High School in the Cincinnati Public School system. Post high school, he attended the University of Cincinnati, earning a bachelor's degree in English literature, as well as a Master's of Divinity from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. He also earned a master's degree in business administration from Franklin University and is a graduate of Leadership Columbus and Leadership Westerville. Vilardo has been the pastor of NewSong Community Church in Westerville. He is married to Cynthia, and the couple has two children.[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
Vilardo was endorsed by the Franklin County Democratic Party.[6]
Funding
Vilardo reported no contributions or expenditures to the Ohio Secretary of State.[7]
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Rick A. Vilardo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2013
Vilardo stated the following on his website as his priorities for WCSD:[8]
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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
- ↑ Vilardo for Schools, "Home," accessed October 29, 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
- ↑ Vilardo for Schools, "Rick's Plan," accessed October 29, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
