Tracey Farmer
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2027
Tracey Farmer was a candidate for at-large representative on the Greece Central School District school board in New York. Farmer was defeated in the at-large general election on May 16, 2017.
Elections
2017
Four of the nine seats on the Greece Central School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on May 16, 2017. Three of the seats were up for election to regular three-year terms, and the fourth seat was up for election to a one-year term due to an appointment on the board.[1] In their bids for re-election, incumbents Bill Maloney, Sean McCabe, and Lloyd Ruffle III faced challengers Tracey Farmer, John Siwicki, and Mary Caitlin Wight. Incumbents Maloney and McCabe and newcomer Siwicki were elected to regular three-year terms. Wight was elected to the one-year term.[2][3]
Results
| Greece Central School District, At-large General Election, 3- and 1-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sean McCabe Incumbent |
21.09% | 1,761 |
| Bill Maloney Incumbent |
18.44% | 1,540 |
| John Siwicki |
17.00% | 1,420 |
| Mary Caitlin Wight |
16.88% | 1,410 |
| Tracey Farmer | 16.52% | 1,380 |
| Lloyd Ruffle III Incumbent | 10.06% | 840 |
| Total Votes | 8,351 | |
| Source: Greece Central School District, "Annual School Meeting, Budget Vote and School Board Election, May 16, 2017," accessed September 5, 2017 | ||
Funding
Farmer reported no contributions or expenditures to the New York State Board of Elections in the election.[4]
What was at stake?
2017
Election trends
- See also: School boards in session: 2015 in brief
The 2017 Greece Central Board of Education election was guaranteed to add one newcomer to the board due to an open seat. Newcomers were also added to the board in the district's 2014, 2015, and 2016 elections. One was added in 2016, and two were added in 2014 and 2015. All five of those newcomers won open seats.
Three incumbents ran for re-election in the 2017 election. No incumbents lost their bids for another term on the board in the district's 2014, 2015, and 2016 elections.
| School board election trends | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbents running for re-election | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
| Greece Central School District | ||||||
| 2017 | 1.50 | 0.00% | 75.00% | 66.67% | 50.00% | |
| 2016 | 1.33 | 0.00% | 66.67% | 100.00% | 33.33% | |
| 2015 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 33.33% | 100.00% | 66.67% | |
| 2014 | 1.67 | 0.00% | 33.33% | 100.00% | 66.67% | |
| New York | ||||||
| 2015 | 1.66 | 25.00% | 63.64% | 67.86% | 50.00% | |
| 2014 | 2.02 | 23.40% | 72.34% | 82.35% | 40.43% | |
| United States | ||||||
| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 70.37% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Greece Central School District, "Board of Education Members," accessed March 10, 2017
- ↑ Greece Central School District, "Spotlight: School Budget Passes!" accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ Greece Central School District, "Learn More about the Proposed Budget; Board Candidates," accessed April 18, 2017
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance View Disclosure Reports: Candidate and Committee Search," accessed June 6, 2017
| Greece Central School District elections in 2017 | |
| Suffolk County, New York | |
| Election date: | May 16, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Bill Maloney • Incumbent, Sean McCabe • Incumbent, Lloyd Ruffle III • Tracey Farmer • John Siwicki • Mary Caitlin Wight |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
