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Sharon Collopy
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Sharon Collopy is the Region 6 representative on the Central Bucks 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. She filed to run in both the Democratic and Republican primaries. Collopy won the nomination in both primaries and continued to the general election.[1][2] Collopy ran with Beth Darcy and Karen Smith as the "Clean Slate" slate.[3]
Sharon Collopy won the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Collopy obtained her bachelor's degree in science from Pennsylvania State University. She previously worked in pharmaceutical sales, but now works as a human resources manager and bookkeeper for an architecture and design firm.[4]
Elections
2015
Five of the nine seats on the Central Bucks Board of Directors were up for election in the general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.
Candidates Karen Smith, Sharon Collopy and Beth Darcy ran together as The Clean Slate. They won without opposition in the general election after defeating their opponents in the primary elections. Smith defeated Jim Duffy in Region 1. Collopy defeated Tyler Tomlinson in Region 6, and Darcy defeated Lou White in Region 8. In Region 3, Glenn Schoeffel (R) defeated Phyllis Melendez (D) in the general election after both candidates defeated Wayne Marquez in the primary election. Dennis Weldon won without opposition in Region 2.[2][1]
Results
Region 6
| Central Bucks School District, Region 6, General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic/Republican |  Sharon Collopy |
100.0% | 2,258 | |
| Total Votes | 2,258 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed January 4, 2016 | ||||
| Central Bucks School District, Region 6 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Sharon Collopy |
64% | 387 | |
| Democratic | Tyler Tomlinson Incumbent | 36% | 218 | |
| Total Votes | 605 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015 | ||||
| Central Bucks School District, Region 6 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Sharon Collopy |
53.2% | 485 | |
| Republican | Tyler Tomlinson Incumbent | 46.8% | 427 | |
| Total Votes | 912 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015 | ||||
Funding
The Bucks County Board of Elections does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Collopy received no official endorsements for her campaign during the election.
Recent news
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See also
- Central Bucks School District, Pennsylvania
- Central Bucks 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Central Bucks School District, " Central Bucks Board of School Directors," accessed March 11, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, " Unofficial Candidate List for the Municipal Primary of May 9, 2015," accessed April 2, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The Clean Slate, "Home," accessed May 14, 2015
- ↑ The Clean Slate, "About Sharon Collopy," accessed May 14, 2015
| 2015 Central Bucks School District Elections | |
| Bucks County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Region 1: • Incumbent, Jim Duffey (R) • Karen Smith (D/R) Region 2: • Dennis Weldon (D/R) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
