Samuel Lebreault
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Samuel Lebreault was an at-large member of the Perth Amboy Public Schools school board in New Jersey. He first won election in 2013. Lebreault lost his bid for re-election in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Lebreault was born in the Dominican Republican and moved to Newark, New Jersey when he was 13 years old. He graduated from Newark Public Schools and eventually earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Lebreault is a project engineer with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and spends his free time coaching youth baseball and supporting Latino candidates for local office. He and his wife, Sonia, have two children.[1]
Elections
2016
Three of the nine seats on the Perth Amboy Public Schools school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Randy Convery, Junior Iglesia, and Tashi Vazquez won election to the three seats on the board by defeating incumbents Samuel Lebreault, Israel Varela, and Anthony Bermudez, as well as challengers Ruben Cruz and Hattie Harrell.[2]
Results
| Perth Amboy Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Junior Iglesia |
17.99% | 3,611 |
| Tashi Vazquez |
15.94% | 3,200 |
| Randy Convenry |
15.27% | 3,065 |
| Ruben Cruz | 12.19% | 2,446 |
| Anthony Bermudez Incumbent | 10.10% | 2,028 |
| Hattie Harrell | 10.01% | 2,010 |
| Israel Varela Incumbent | 9.73% | 1,954 |
| Samuel Lebreault Incumbent | 8.76% | 1,759 |
| Total Votes | 20,073 | |
| Source: Middlesex County, New Jersey, "Historical Election Results," accessed December 1, 2016 | ||
Funding
Lebreault reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in the election.[3]
2013
Lebreault sought election to the board against eight other candidates in the November 5, 2013 general election. He ran with fellow challenger Anthony Bermudez and incumbent Israel Varela as part of the Together for Quality Schools slate.[4]
Results
| Perth Amboy Board of Education, At-large General election, 3-year term, 2013, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Israel Varela Incumbent |
17.1% | 1,741 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anthony Bermudez |
16.4% | 1,666 | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel Lebreault |
15.3% | 1,559 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Carvajal Incumbent | 11.4% | 1,161 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anton J. Massopust Incumbent | 10.7% | 1,090 | |
| Nonpartisan | Reyes Ortega | 10.4% | 1,061 | |
| Nonpartisan | Benjamin L. Salerno | 10.1% | 1,026 | |
| Nonpartisan | Junior Iglesia | 4.6% | 472 | |
| Nonpartisan | Damaris Isales | 3.9% | 392 | |
| Total Votes | 10,168 | |||
| Source: Middlesex County, "Election Results," November 12, 2013</ref> | ||||
Funding
Lebreault reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[5]
Endorsements
Lebreault did not receive any endorsements in this election.
2012
Lebreault ran for re-election to the board on November 6, 2012 but placed eighth out of ten candidates for three available seats.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | William Ortiz |
15.8% | 2,237 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kenneth J. Puccio |
12.6% | 1,785 | |
| Nonpartisan | Obdulia Gonzalez |
12.1% | 1,722 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nina Perkins Nieves | 9.5% | 1,347 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeanette Gonzalez | 8.9% | 1,263 | |
| Nonpartisan | Junior Iglesia | 8.8% | 1,255 | |
| Nonpartisan | Reyes Ortega | 8.5% | 1,208 | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel Lebreault | 8.5% | 1,205 | |
| Nonpartisan | Benjamin L. Salerno | 7.7% | 1,092 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria Rojas | 7.6% | 1,077 | |
| Total Votes | 14,191 | |||
| Source: City of Perth Amboy | ||||
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See also
- New Jersey
- Perth Amboy Public Schools, New Jersey
- Perth Amboy Public Schools elections (2013)
- Perth Amboy Public Schools elections (2016)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ PAF-AFT, "Biography," accessed October 21, 2013
- ↑ New Brunswick Today, "Perth Amboy’s Elusive BOE Election Back on For November 8," August 21, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Public Information," accessed December 12, 2016
- ↑ MyCentralJersey.com, "Two Perth Amboy BOE candidates sever campaign ties," October 8, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Standard Search," accessed December 27, 2013
| 2016 Perth Amboy Public Schools Elections | |
| Middlesex County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Samuel Lebreault • Incumbent, Israel Varela • Anthony Bermudez • Randy Convery • Ruben Cruz • Hattie Harrell • Junior Iglesia • Tashi Vazquez |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
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