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Vijay Khanna
Vijay Khanna was a Democratic candidate for Region 6 representative on the Council Rock School District school board in Pennsylvania. Khanna was defeated in the by-district primary election on May 16, 2017.
Elections
2017
Five of the nine seats on the Council Rock School District school board in Pennsylvania were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. Four seats were up for regular election and the Region 1 seat was up for special election after former board member Bill Foster resigned in July 2017. A partisan primary election for the four regular seats was held on May 16, 2017.
In the special election for Region 1, Republican member Kathleen Mulholland, who was appointed to fill the seat until the general election, was defeated by Democratic challenger Mariann McKee for a two-year term. Region 3 incumbent Denise Brooks cross-filed to appear on the Democratic and Republican primary ballots and faced challenger Robert Hickey in the primary, who also cross-filed. Brooks won the Democratic nomination and Hickey won the Republican nomination, with both advancing to the general, where Hickey defeated the incumbent. In his bid for re-election to the Region 6 seat, incumbent Mark Byelich cross-filed and faced challenger Vijay Khanna in the primary, who filed as a Democrat. Byelich won both party nominations and moved on to the general, which he won unopposed. The Region 8 and Region 9 incumbents, Andy Block and Kyle Mckessy, respectively, cross-filed for re-election and both ran unopposed in the primary, so both advanced to the general and won without opposition.[1][2][3]
These candidates could have faced independent candidates in the general election. However, no independent candidate filed by the August 1, 2017, deadline to get on the ballot.[4]
Results
| Council Rock School District, Region 6 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Mark Byelich Incumbent |
53.99% | 203 | |
| Democratic | Vijay Khanna | 46.01% | 173 | |
| Total Votes | 376 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed June 19, 2017 | ||||
Funding
Khanna signed a waiver of exemption from campaign finance reporting, according to the Bucks County Board of Elections.[5]
| 2017 Campaign Finance Deadlines in Pennsylvania[6] | |
|---|---|
| Date | Deadline |
| May 5, 2017 | 2nd Friday Pre-Primary report due |
| June 15, 2017 | 30-Day Post-Primary report due |
| October 27, 2017 | 2nd Friday Pre-Election report due |
| December 7, 2017 | 30-Day Post-Election report due |
School board candidates in Pennsylvania were required to report their campaign finance activity. Those who spent or received more than $250 in a reporting period had to file full reports. Those below the threshold had to file forms to declare they were exempt from reporting. Candidates could have, but were not required to, form committees to handle campaign finance transactions. They were not required to have separate bank accounts for campaign purposes.[7]
The table to the left details the four campaign finance deadlines in 2017.[6]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Bucks County, "Unofficial Candidate List," accessed April 7, 2017
- ↑ Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed May 16, 2017
- ↑ Bucks County Election Results, "Municipal Election Tuesday, November 07, 2017," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Bucks County, "Candidate List Municipal Election, November 7, 2017," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Thomas Freitag, Bucks County Election Coordinator," June 20, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pennsylvania Department of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed April 19, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Campaign Finance Reporting Law," accessed January 15, 2014
| Council Rock School District elections in 2017 | |
| Bucks County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary: May 16, 2017 General: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Region 1: Incumbent, Kathleen Mulholland (R) • Mariann McKee (D) Region 3: Incumbent, Denise Brooks (D) • Robert Hickey (R) |
| Important information: | What's at stake? |
