Thomas Maras
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Thomas Maras was a candidate for at-large representative on the Woodbridge Township School District school board in New Jersey. Maras was defeated in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Maras was an unsuccessful candidate for the board in 2016; he lost the general election on November 8, 2016.
Maras was also a 2015 Republican candidate for District 19 of the New Jersey General Assembly and a candidate for an at-large seat on the Woodbridge school board in 2013. He lost both elections.
Biography
Maras has worked at Union Carbide as well as construction firms Foster Wheeler and Stone & Webster. He has also written a blog about local politics for the Woodbridge Patch. Maras studied at Middlesex County College and Raritan Valley Community College.[1]
Elections
2017
Three of the nine seats on the Woodbridge Township School District school board in New Jersey were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Board members Marie Anderson, Frank Della Pietro III, and Brian Molnar filed for re-election and defeated Thomas Maras.[2]
Results
| Woodbridge Township School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Brian Molnar Incumbent |
31.13% | 9,037 |
| Marie Anderson Incumbent |
30.91% | 8,972 |
| Frank Della Pietro III Incumbent |
19.91% | 5,779 |
| Thomas Maras | 18.05% | 5,240 |
| Total Votes | 29,028 | |
| Source: Middlesex County, New Jersey, "Historical Election Results: November 2017," accessed March 22, 2018 | ||
Funding
Maras did not report campaign contributions or expenditures in this election as of October 24, 2017, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[3]
2016
Three of the nine seats on the Woodbridge Township School District school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Joseph Velez and Jonathan Triebwasser, along with A.J. Sidana, won election to the board by defeating Mubashir Ahmad, Rupal Patel, and Thomas Maras.[4]
Results
| Woodbridge Township School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Joseph Velez Incumbent |
23.41% | 14,100 |
| Jonathan Triebwasser Incumbent |
21.22% | 12,776 |
| A.J. Sidana |
19.88% | 11,971 |
| Thomas Maras | 16.50% | 9,936 |
| Rupal Patel | 10.15% | 6,110 |
| Mubashir Ahmad | 8.84% | 5,325 |
| Total Votes | 60,218 | |
| Source: Middlesex County, New Jersey, "Historical Election Results," accessed December 1, 2016 | ||
Funding
Maras reported $1,632.00 in contributions but no expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, which left his campaign with $1,632.00 on hand as of December 12, 2016.[5]
2015
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.[6] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Incumbent John Wisniewski and incumbent Craig Coughlin were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Thomas E. Maras and Reyes Ortega were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Ortega did not appear on the official candidate list for the general election; he was replaced by Jesus Varela.[7][8] Wisniewski and Coughlin defeated Varela and Maras in the general election.[9][10][11][12]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 19 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | John Wisniewski Incumbent |
36.3% | 16,159 | |
| Democratic | Craig Coughlin Incumbent |
35.6% | 15,880 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Maras | 14.8% | 6,597 | |
| Republican | Jesus Varela | 13.3% | 5,916 | |
| Total Votes | 44,552 | |||
2013
Maras sought one of three available seats against incumbents John Golden, Brian F. Small, and Jonathan Triebwasser as well as challenger Biren J. Jhaveri.
Results
| Woodbridge Township School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | John Golden Incumbent |
29.4% | 8,554 | |
| Nonpartisan | Brian F. Small Incumbent |
28.5% | 8,284 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jonathan Triebwasser Incumbent |
17.5% | 5,088 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Maras | 17% | 4,943 | |
| Nonpartisan | Biren J. Jhaveri | 7.7% | 2,238 | |
| Total Votes | 29,107 | |||
| Source: Middlesex County, "Election Results," November 12, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Maras reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in this election.[13]
Endorsements
Maras did not receive any endorsements for the 2013 campaign.
2010
Maras ran for a board seat on April 20, 2010, but placed last out of six candidates for three available seats.
| Woodbridge Township School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Brian F. Small |
21.5% | 5,171 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Golden |
18.1% | 4,336 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jonathan Triebwasser |
15.9% | 3,815 | |
| Nonpartisan | Debra Reinhart | 15.4% | 3,711 | |
| Nonpartisan | Scott Brescher | 15.1% | 3,633 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Maras | 14% | 3,355 | |
| Total Votes | 24,021 | |||
| Source: Middlesex County, "Historical Election Results," accessed August 14, 2017 | ||||
See also
- Woodbridge Township School District, New Jersey
- Woodbridge Township School District elections (2017)
- Woodbridge Township School District elections (2016)
- Woodbridge Township School District elections (2013)
- New Jersey General Assembly
- New Jersey General Assembly District 19
- New Jersey State Legislature
- New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Patch, "Candidates' Night, Oh What a Night!" October 15, 2013
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Cassandra Achille, Middlesex County Elections official," August 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Filings," accessed October 24, 2017
- ↑ Mandy Gillip, "Email communication with the Mercer County Clerk's Office," July 29, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Public Information," accessed December 12, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidates for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Amended Certification," September 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Standard Search," accessed December 27, 2013
| Woodbridge Township School District elections in 2017 | |
| Middlesex County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large: Incumbent, Marie Anderson • Incumbent, Frank Della Pietro III • Incumbent, Brian Molnar • Thomas Maras |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
