W. Anthony Stacy
W. Anthony Stacy was a candidate for Mount Vernon District representative on the Fairfax County School Board in Virginia. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[1] W. Anthony Stacy lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Stacy earned a B.A. in business administration from Malone University in 1990. He earned his master's degree in public administration from Syracuse University in 1999. Stacy worked as the chief of staff for philanthropy at The Nature Conservancy from 2007 to 2009. He has worked as a strategy associate at Booz Allen Hamilton since 2009.[2]
Elections
2015
The Fairfax County School Board is a 12-member board elected to serve four-year terms. Three seats are elected at large and nine seats are elected by district.[3] All 12 seats were on the ballot on November 3, 2015.
At-large incumbents Ryan McElveen, Ilryong Moon and Ted Velkoff faced Robert Copeland, Omar Fateh, Jeanette Hough, Manar Jean-Jacques, Peter Marchetti and Burnette Scarboro for three seats. While Moon and McElveen won re-election, Velkoff was defeated, placing fourth to challenger Hough.
Braddock District incumbent Megan McLaughlin, Hunter Mill District incumbent Pat Hynes and Providence District incumbent Patricia Reed faced Katherine Pettigrew, Mark Wilkinson and Dalia Palchik, respectively. Dranesville District incumbent Jane Strauss competed against challenger Peter Kurzenhauser. McLaughlin, Hynes, and Strauss won re-election; the fourth incumbent, Reed, lost to Palchik.
The races for both the Mount Vernon District and Sully District seats featured newcomers after neither incumbent filed for re-election. Karen Corbett Sanders defeated W. Anthony Stacy in the Mount Vernon race, while Karen Keys-Gamarra lost to Thomas Wilson in the Sully District race. Lee District incumbent Tamara Derenak Kaufax, Mason District incumbent Sandra Evans and Springfield District incumbent Elizabeth Schultz all ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats.
Results
| Fairfax County School Board, Mount Vernon District, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Karen Corbett Sanders |
61.8% | 11,927 |
| W. Anthony Stacy | 38.0% | 7,322 |
| Write-in votes | 0.23% | 44 |
| Total Votes | 19,293 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 3, 2015 | ||
Funding
Stacy reported $15,129.82 in contributions and $10,831.52 in expenditures to the Virginia State Board of Elections, which left his campaign with $4,298.30 on hand as of October 28, 2015.[4]
Endorsements
Stacy received an official endorsement for his campaign from the Fairfax County Republican Committee.[5]
Campaign themes
2015
Candidate website
Stacy's campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:
| “ |
We as parents are blessed to have our children learn in the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). While FCPS provides a quality education, we can do better. For example, some of our schools are ranked among the best in the nation, while others are on the verge of losing their accreditation. Some of our students are learning in state of the art facilities, while others are having classes in trailers. We can do better than allowing a county with the resources of Fairfax County to be burdened with a forecasted $100 million budget deficit. The health of our public schools matters for all Fairfax County residents, not only those of us with children. Approximately 53 percent of taxes paid in the county goes to FCPS. Quality schools are a magnet for economic development and business expansion. A declining school district slows business expansion and lowers housing values. Having our schools slowly decline is not an option – it affects all of us. I will work each day to restore all of our schools in the Mount Vernon District to be ranked among the best in Fairfax County and the state by:
I am asking for your vote on November 3. It would be an honor to serve you as Mount Vernon District’s representative on the Fairfax County School Board. |
” |
| —W. Anthony Stacy, (2015), [7] | ||
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See also
- Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia
- Fairfax County Public Schools elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Candidates," September 9, 2015
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Anthony Stacy," accessed October 14, 2015
- ↑ Fairfax County Public Schools, "School Board: Overview," May 14, 2015
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Fairfax County Republican Committee, "2015 Elections," accessed October 12, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Friends of Anthony Stacy, "Issues," accessed October 14, 2015
