Robert Onofrietti Jr.
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Robert Onofrietti Jr. is the former Toms River District representative on the Toms River Regional Schools school board in New Jersey. First elected in 2014, Onofrietti lost a re-election campaign in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
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Biography
Onofrietti's professional experience includes serving as vice president of Impac Mortgage. He earned his undergraduate degree from Monmouth University in 1997. [1]
Elections
2017
Three of the nine seats on the Toms River Regional Schools school board in New Jersey were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. All three seats up for election were those representing the Toms River District. One former candidate and two newcomers joined the board: Ginny Rhine, Michael Horgan, and Michele Williams. The defeated candidates included board member Robert Onofrietti Jr., former candidates Al Caporaso and Teri Kubiel, and newcomers Tammy Coyle, Stephen Kaczala, and Al Schwartz.[2]
Results
| Toms River Regional Schools, Toms River District General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ginny Rhine |
18.58% | 8,443 |
| Michele Williams |
17.38% | 7,899 |
| Michael Horgan |
15.34% | 6,970 |
| Teri Kubiel | 14.91% | 6,774 |
| Stephen Kaczala | 11.61% | 5,276 |
| Robert Onofrietti Jr. Incumbent | 10.94% | 4,972 |
| Al Schwartz | 10.90% | 4,952 |
| Write-in votes | 0.34% | 156 |
| Total Votes (100) | 45,442 | |
| Source: Ocean County Clerk, "2017 General Election November 7, 2017: Official Report," accessed March 22, 2018 | ||
Funding
Onofrietti did not report campaign contributions or expenditures in this election as of October 24, 2017, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[3]
2014
Three seats on the Toms River school board were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Three incumbents of the Toms River Township district, Alex Pavliv, Loreen Torrone, and Ben Giovine were up for re-election, but Pavliv did not file to run. Torrone and Giovine faced challengers Robert Onofrietti Jr., Jeremy D. Grunin, Christopher Raimann, Teri Kubiel, Valarie T. Seidner, and Thomas E. Kunz in the general election. Grunin, Kubiel, and Kunz ran as a slate called Accomplishing More Together, while Giovine, Torrone, and Onofrietti ran as The Clean Slate for TRBOE.[4]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Robert Onofrietti Jr. |
15.9% | 6,688 | |
| Nonpartisan | Loreen Torrone Incumbent |
15.7% | 6,601 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ben Giovine Incumbent |
15.5% | 6,516 | |
| Nonpartisan | Teri Kubiel | 13.6% | 5,739 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas E. Kunz | 11% | 4,615 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeremy D. Grunin | 10.7% | 4,504 | |
| Nonpartisan | Christopher Raimann | 9.3% | 3,918 | |
| Nonpartisan | Valarie T. Seidner | 8.2% | 3,436 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in candidate | 0.2% | 95 | |
| Total Votes | 42,112 | |||
| Source: Ocean County Clerk, "Official General Election Results," accessed December 23, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Onofrietti ran as part of The Clean Slate for TRBOE committee, which reported $300.00 in contributions but no expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission as of October 16, 2014.[5]
Endorsements
Onofrietti did not receive any official endorsements in this election.
2013
Onofrietti sought election to the Toms River seat on the board against challengers Joyce Blair and James G. Sigurdson on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Toms River Regional School Board, Toms River District, 3-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | James G. Sigurdson |
40.8% | 5,399 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joyce Blair | 31.8% | 4,210 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Onofrietti Jr. | 20.8% | 2,748 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 6.6% | 877 | |
| Total Votes | 13,234 | |||
| Source: Ocean County, New Jersey "November 2013 Election Results," November 14, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Onofrietti reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in this election.[6]
Endorsements
Onofrietti did not receive any endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2017
Onofrietti posted the below statement on his Facebook campaign page:
| “ | Before I took office, the district did not have a clear understanding of how to go after grants and how to properly acquire them. While I served as president last year, I worked very closely with the Jay and Linda Grunin foundation in order to centralize this process in order to be more competitive and successful with our grant applications. Last year the Toms River Board of Education hired a full-time grant writer with the help of the Jay and Linda Grunin foundation. In that time we have successfully been awarded over $700,000 of new money into the district with an additional $400,000 in our pipeline.
I plan on continuing this work and supporting these effort's when I am re elected. Thank you so much for your support!![7] |
” |
| —Robert Onofrietti Jr. (2017)[8] | ||
2014
The Clean Slate for TRBOE posted the following joint statement on their Facebook campaign page:
| “ | We Pledge to Take Politics Out of Our Schools
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” |
| —The Clean Slate's Facebook campaign page (2014)[9] | ||
See also
- Toms River Regional Schools, New Jersey
- Toms River Regional Schools elections (2017)
- Toms River Regional Schools elections (2014)
- Toms River Regional Schools elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Robert Onofrietti, CMB," accessed October 22, 2013
- ↑ Ocean County New Jersey, "2017 General Election November 7, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Filings," accessed October 24, 2017
- ↑ Ocean County Clerk's Office, "2014 School Board Candidate List," accessed September 8, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed October 16, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Standard Search," accessed December 27, 2013
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Robert Onofrietti Jr. 2017 Facebook campaign page, "Timeline," accessed September 25, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "The Clean Slate: About," accessed October 16, 2014
| Toms River Regional Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Ocean County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Toms River District: Incumbent, Robert Onofrietti Jr. • Al Caporaso • Tammy Coyle • Michael Horgan • Stephen Kaczala • Teri Kubiel • Ginny Rhine • Al Schwartz • Michele Williams |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
