Vincent Brand
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Vincent Brand was an at-large representative on the Middletown Township School District Board of Education in New Jersey. He was first elected to the board in 2010 and won re-election on November 5, 2013. Brand lost a re-election bid in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Brand earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers College before starting his own flower shop and construction businesses. He began performing stand-up routines on open mic nights as a hobby, but as he grew more successful as a comedian, he left the other two businesses and opened the Stress Factory Comedy Club with his wife.[1][2]
Elections
2016
Three of the nine seats on the Middletown Township School District school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. John Little Jr., Leonora Caminiti, and incumbent Michael Donlon won election to the three seats by defeating incumbent Vincent Brand, Donald Hager, and Frank Higgins. Andrew Nicholes originally filed to run in the race but was appointed to the Middletown board in August 2016 after incumbent Helene Henkel resigned.[3]
Results
| Middletown Township School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 John Little Jr. |
19.07% | 11,246 |
| Leonora Caminiti |
18.96% | 11,184 |
| Michael Donlon Incumbent |
17.56% | 10,355 |
| Donald Hager | 15.88% | 9,365 |
| Frank Higgins | 15.79% | 9,314 |
| Vincent Brand Incumbent | 12.34% | 7,276 |
| Write-in votes | 0.4% | 237 |
| Total Votes | 58,977 | |
| Source: Monmouth County, New Jersey, "Official Results," accessed December 1, 2016 | ||
Funding
Brand reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in the election.[4]
2013
Brand ran against nine other candidates to win one of three at-large seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Middletown Township School District, At-large General Election, 3-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Donlon |
17.2% | 5,474 | |
| Nonpartisan | Vincent Brand Incumbent |
12.9% | 4,097 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Banta |
11% | 3,489 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Bennett Jr. Incumbent | 10.9% | 3,463 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael J. Ostrander Jr. | 10.9% | 3,462 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard G. Campbell | 9.3% | 2,955 | |
| Nonpartisan | Christopher Aveta Incumbent | 7.8% | 2,482 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Craig | 7.1% | 2,257 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anastasia Millicker | 6.7% | 2,147 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rocco DelGuercio | 6% | 1,924 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 98 | |
| Total Votes | 31,848 | |||
| Source: Monmouth County, New Jersey, "11/05/2013 - November General Election," November 20, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Brand reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[5]
Endorsements
Brand did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
2010
| Middletown Township School District, At-large General Election, 3-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Vincent Brand |
16.8% | 4,826 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Mascone |
16.8% | 4,814 | |
| Nonpartisan | Christopher Aveta |
15.3% | 4,399 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dawn Diorio Incumbent | 14.5% | 4,142 | |
| Nonpartisan | Leonora Caminiti Incumbent | 13.1% | 3,755 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Walsh Incumbent | 11.9% | 3,398 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gerald Wexelberg | 11.6% | 3,326 | |
| Total Votes | 28,660 | |||
| Source: Daily Record, "Monmouth County, Ocean County school election results," accessed November 1, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2013
In response to a survey conducted by The Hub Independent, Brand argued that the following was the most significant issue confronting the school district:[2]
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One of the biggest challenges facing the district is preparing our children to compete in a world that has seen a dramatic shift in employment patterns and unprecedented growth in the numbers of people competing for jobs. Our children will increasingly compete with a global workforce. We must prepare them, and the dialogue must become more positive. We have strong, intelligent, dedicated teachers and administrators; excellent students; involved parents; and a diverse vibrant community worthy of our best efforts to celebrate excellence, discover weaknesses and work on them collaboratively so that we may improve. |
Recent news
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See also
- Middletown Township School District, New Jersey
- Middletown Township School District elections (2016)
- Middletown Township School District elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Vinnie Brand's Stress Factory Comedy Club, "Vinnie Brand," accessed November 1, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Keith Heumiller, The Hub Independent, "Board of Education candidates focus on taxes, curriculum," October 31, 2013
- ↑ Mandy Gillip,"Phone conversation with Monmouth County Clerk," August 1, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Public Information," accessed December 12, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Standard Search," accessed December 27, 2013
| 2016 Middletown Township School District Elections | |
| Monmouth County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Vincent Brand • Incumbent, Michael Donlon • Leonora Caminiti • Donald Hager • Frank Higgins • John Little Jr. |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
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