Tashana Pulliam
Tashana Pulliam was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Erie City 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 the Democratic primary. Pulliam did not win a nomination in the primary election.[1][2]
Biography
Pulliam obtained her bachelor's degree in criminology and social work at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. She works as an activity aide at Bethesda Trinity Center.[3]
Elections
2015
Five of the nine seats on the Erie City Board of Directors were up for election in the general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.
Incumbents Linda Aleksandrowsicz, Robert S. Casillo, Robbie Fabrizi, John C. Harkins, and Frank Petrungar Jr. defeated challengers Sonya Byes, Felix Lohitai, and Tashana Pulliam in the primary election and won without opposition in the general election. Aleksandrowsicz, Casillo, Fabrizi, Harkins, and Petrungar ran in both the Democratic and Republican primaries. Byes, Lohitai, and Pulliam ran in the Democratic primary only. No independent candidates filed to run in the general election.[1][2]
Results
Primary election
| Erie City School District, At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  John C. Harkins Incumbent |
17.6% | 4,741 | |
| Democratic | Robbie Fabrizi Incumbent |
15.1% | 4,073 | |
| Democratic | Linda Aleksandrowicz Incumbent |
14.9% | 4,027 | |
| Democratic | Robert S. Casillo Incumbent |
13.2% | 3,565 | |
| Democratic | Frank Petrungar Jr. Incumbent |
12.2% | 3,285 | |
| Democratic | Tashana Pulliam | 10.6% | 2,866 | |
| Democratic | Sonya Byes | 10.5% | 2,826 | |
| Democratic | Felix Lohitai | 5.7% | 1,536 | |
| Democratic | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 56 | |
| Total Votes | 26,975 | |||
| Source: Erie County, Pennsylvania, "2015 Erie County Primary Election Results," accessed July 7, 2015 Ballotpedia confirmed these results are official by phone. | ||||
| Erie City School District, At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | John C. Harkins Incumbent |
21.8% | 1,399 | |
| Republican | Linda Aleksandrowicz Incumbent |
20.2% | 1,298 | |
| Republican | Robbie Fabrizi Incumbent |
20.1% | 1,290 | |
| Republican | Robert S. Casillo Incumbent |
19% | 1,221 | |
| Republican | Frank Petrungar Jr. Incumbent |
17.8% | 1,144 | |
| Republican | Write-in votes | 1.2% | 75 | |
| Total Votes | 6,427 | |||
| Source: Erie County, Pennsylvania, "2015 Erie County Primary Election Results," accessed July 7, 2015Ballotpedia confirmed these results are official by phone. | ||||
Funding
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Endorsements
Pulliam received no official endorsements for her campaign during the election.
Recent news
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See also
- Erie City School District, Pennsylvania
- Erie City 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 Erie City School District, "School Board Overview," accessed March 13, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Erie County, "Offices that are Running in 2015 Municipal Primary," accessed March 17, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ LinkedIn, "Tashana Pulliam," accessed May 15, 2015
| 2015 Erie City School District Elections | |
| Erie County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Linda Aleksandrowsicz (D/R) • Incumbent, Robert S. Casillo (D/R) • Incumbent, Robbie Fabrizi (D/R) • Incumbent, John C. Harkins (D/R) • Incumbent, Frank Petrungar Jr. (D/R) • Sonya Byes (D) • Felix Lohitai (D) • Tashana Pulliam (D) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
