Samuel Nazario
Samuel Nazario was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Bethlehem Area Board of Directors in Pennsylvania. The seat was up for general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015. He filed to run in both the Democratic and Republican primaries. Nazario did not win a primary nomination.[1][2]
Elections
2015
Five of the nine seats on the Bethlehem Area Board of Directors were up for election in the general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.
Incumbent Craig Neiman ran unopposed and won re-election to the Region 2 seat. He cross-filed in the primary election and won both the Republican and Democratic nominations for the seat. He originally filed to run for an at-large seat as well but withdrew from that race.
Region 3 candidates included incumbent Eugene McKeon and newcomer Dan Treffinger, who also ran for an at-large position in the primaries. McKeon won both primaries for the Region 3 seat and was, therefore, the sole candidate to advance to the general election for the region. While Treffinger did not advance in the Region 3 race, he did advance from the Republican primary for the at-large seat.
In addition to Treffinger, the race for the at-large seat included Dean Donaher and Thomas Thomasik running as cross-filed candidates, as well as Karen Beck Pooley running as a Democrat. Donaher, Thomasik and Pooley defeated Treffinger in the general election.
Other candidates that ran in the primary election but did not win a nomination were incumbent Basilio Bonilla, Inez Aguilar and Samuel Nazario. No independent candidates filed to run in the general election.[3][4]
Results
At-Large
| Bethlehem Area School District, At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Dean Donaher |
22.2% | 2,949 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Thomasik |
17.3% | 2,297 | |
| Democratic | Karen Beck Pooley |
16.4% | 2,178 | |
| Democratic | Basilio Bonilla Incumbent | 15.4% | 2,042 | |
| Democratic | Samuel Nazario | 13% | 1,732 | |
| Democratic | Inez Aguilar | 8.6% | 1,138 | |
| Democratic | Dan Treffinger | 7.1% | 944 | |
| Democratic | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 13,290 | |||
| Source: Lehigh County, "Municipal Primary - May 19, 2015: Bethlehem School District," accessed July 7, 2015Ballotpedia confirmed these results are official by phone. and Northhampton County, "May 19, 2015: Summary Report," accessed July 7, 2015 | ||||
| Bethlehem Area School District, At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Dean Donaher |
26.5% | 1,662 | |
| Republican | Thomas Thomasik |
25.6% | 1,602 | |
| Republican | Dan Treffinger |
17.1% | 1,068 | |
| Republican | Samuel Nazario | 16.5% | 1,032 | |
| Republican | Karen Beck Pooley | 14.3% | 893 | |
| Republican | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 6,262 | |||
| Source: Lehigh County, "Municipal Primary - May 19, 2015: Bethlehem School District," accessed July 7, 2015Ballotpedia confirmed these results are official by phone. and Northhampton County, "May 19, 2015: Summary Report," accessed July 7, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Nazario reported no contributions or expenditures to the Lehigh County Voter Registration Department in the election.[5]
Endorsements
Nazario received no official endorsements for his campaign during the election.
Recent news
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See also
- Bethlehem Area School District, Pennsylvania
- Bethlehem Area School District elections (2015)
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states (May 21, 2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Bethlehem Area School District, "Board of School Directors," accessed April 15, 2015
- ↑ Northampton County, "2015 Unofficial Ballot," accessed March 17, 2015
- ↑ Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, "Unofficial List of Candidates, Municipal Election, November 3, 2015," accessed September 22, 2015
- ↑ Northampton County, "Unofficial General Municipal Ballot," accessed September 22, 2015
- ↑ Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed February 3, 2016
| 2015 Bethlehem Area School District Elections | |
| Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and Northampton County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Basilio Bonilla (D) • Incumbent, Craig Neiman (D/R) • Inez Aguilar (D) • Dean Donaher (D/R) • Samuel Nazario (D/R) • Karen Beck Pooley (D/R) • Thomas Thomasik (D/R) • Dan Treffinger (D/R)
Region 2: • Incumbent, Craig Neiman (D/R) Region 3: • Incumbent, Eugene McKeon (D/R) • Dan Treffinger (D/R) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
