Samuel H. Hazleton V
Samuel H. Hazleton V was a candidate seeking an at-large seat on the Shenendehowa Central School District Board of Education in New York. He was defeated in the general election on May 19, 2015.[1]
Biography
Hazleton is the owner and CEO of Efficiency Partners, LLC. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Albany. He and his wife have five children, all of whom attend or have graduated from the Shenendehowa Central School District.[2]
Elections
2015
Two of the seven at-large seats on the Shenendehowa Central School District Board of Education were up for general election on May 19, 2015. Because the election was held at-large, every qualified voter in the school district was able to vote for both seats. The two candidates who received the most votes in the election were elected to the board.
The seats held by incumbents Janet Grey and Robert Pressly were on the ballot. Grey did not file for re-election, leaving Pressly to run against three challengers: Samuel H. Hazleton V, Christina Rajotte and Kerensa Rybak. Pressley retained his seat and Rajotte won her first term.
Results
| Shenendehowa Central School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Robert Pressly Incumbent |
29% | 1,811 | |
| Nonpartisan | Christina Rajotte |
26.2% | 1,636 | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel H. Hazleton V | 22.7% | 1,420 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kerensa Rybak | 22.1% | 1,378 | |
| Total Votes | 6,245 | |||
| Source: Abbey Smith, "Phone communication with Shenendehowa Superintendent's Office," June 30, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Hazleton reported no contributions or expenditures to the New York State Board of Elections in the election.[3][4]
School board candidates had to file finance statements if they spent more than $500 on their campaign. The statements had to be filed with the clerk of the school district as well as the New York Commissioner of Education on April 20, 2015, May 14, 2015, and June 8, 2015. Candidates who did not spend more than $500 on their campaign had to file a signed statement to that effect with the clerk of the school district.[5]
Endorsements
Hazleton did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Campaign themes
2015
Hazleton highlighted the following reasons he ran for school board on his campaign website:
| “ | Why am I Running? On December 2, 2014, I attended a school board meeting in which a policy was passed permitting certain biological males to gain access to share bathrooms and locker rooms with our daughters. This policy had been developed by the board in secret over an eight month period. One parent after another stood up during public comments to denounce the proposed policy. To my bewilderment, the board passed it anyway. This demonstrated to me that the school board as a whole is simply not listening to the parents they were elected to represent. At the next meeting I watched the same board vote 6-1 to suppress, within the meeting minutes, all references to the nature and content of the community’s public comments during the previous December 2 meeting. Thus the board was not only acting in defiance to the parents, but also covering up its defiance by suppressing the record. Sadly, the deeper I dig, the more I am learning that this bathroom policy is just the tip of the iceberg. |
” |
| —Samuel H. Hazleton V's campaign website (2015)[7] | ||
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See also
- Shenendehowa Central School District, New York
- Shenendehowa Central School District elections (2015)
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states (May 21, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Shenendehowa Central School District, "Budget," accessed April 27, 2015
- ↑ Shenendehowa Central School District, "Board of Education," accessed May 19, 2015
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Campaign Financial Disclosure: Expenditure Search Page," accessed June 30, 2015
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Campaign Financial Disclosure: Contribution Search Page," accessed June 30, 2015
- ↑ Shenendehowa Central School District, "1230 -- By-Laws: Reporting of Contributions and Expenditures," accessed April 24, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Sam Hazleton for Shen School Board, "Vote Sam Hazleton for Shenendehowa School Board May 19th!" accessed May 19, 2015
| 2015 Shenendehowa Central School District Elections | |
| Saratoga County, New York | |
| Election date: | May 19, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Robert Pressly • Samuel H. Hazleton V • Christina Rajotte • Kerensa Rybak |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
