Tim Crone
Tim Crone (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Mexico Public Education Commission, representing District 10. Crone assumed office in 2017. Crone left office on December 31, 2020.
Crone (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Mexico Public Education Commission to represent District 10. Crone won in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Crone was initially disqualified from running in the 2016 Democratic primary by the New Mexico Secretary of State.[1] Instead, Crone filed to run as a write-in candidate.[2]
Biography
Crone is the higher education vice president of the American Federation of Teachers New Mexico.[3] He is also an assistant professor at Northern New Mexico College.[4]
Political career
New Mexico Public Education Commission (2017-2020)
Crone won election to District 10 of the New Mexico Public Education Commission on November 8, 2016 and was sworn into office in January 2017. He succeeded two-term incumbent Jeff Carr (D) , who announced that he would not seek re-election in 2016.[5]
Elections
2020
Tim Crone did not file to run for re-election.[6]
2016
- Main article: New Mexico Public Education Commission election, 2016
Crone ran for a seat on the New Mexico Public Education Commission in 2016 as a write-in candidate for District 10. Anthony Justin Trujillo (D) also ran as a write-in candidate for the 10th district.
Tim Crone defeated Anthony Justin Trujillo in the New Mexico public education commission, District 10 election.
| New Mexico Public Education Commission District 10, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Write-in |  Tim Crone |
92.47% | 86 | |
| Write-in | Anthony Justin Trujillo | 7.53% | 7 | |
| Total Votes | 93 | |||
| Source: New Mexico Secretary of State | ||||
Disqualification and write-in status
Crone would have run unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 7, however he was disqualified by New Mexico Secretary of State from appearing on the November ballot.[1] According to Crone, he was disqualified due to a mix-up with his voter registration information. He has been registered as a New Mexico voter since 1973 under the name "K. Tim Crone." However, when he filed to update his address in 2016, he only put the name "Tim Crone" on the application.
Instead of appearing on the ballot, he was one of two candidates who qualified to run a write-in campaign.[2] If only one write-in candidate had filed to run, then he or she would have needed to receive not only the highest number of votes, but also a number of votes equal to the number of signatures required to appear on the ballot. Crone estimated that number to be approximately 900.[2] However, because two candidates filed to run in the 10th district, the candidate receiving the most amount of votes will win.[7]
Issues
Crone said that he was "not anti-charter school," but believes that such schools must be held accountable by the commission. Reviewing and approving charter school applications on the state level is one of the duties of the commission.[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Mexico Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed May 18, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Santa Fe New Mexican, "Two write-in candidates vie for Public Education Commission seats," accessed Oct. 22, 2016
- ↑ "AFT New Mexico, "AFT New Mexico," accessed March 12, 2016
- ↑ Linkedin, "Tim Crone," accessed October 22, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedelection - ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2020 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed March 18, 2020
- ↑ Taos News, Cody Hooks, "State education race pits two contenders, neither on ballot," accessed October 22, 2016
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jeff Carr (D) |
New Mexico Public Education Commission - District 10 2017-2020 |
Succeeded by Steven Carrillo (D) |
