Wayne Marquez
Wayne Marquez was a candidate for the Region 3 seat on the Central Bucks Board of Directors in Pennsylvania. The seat was up for general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015. He filed to run in both the Democratic and Republican primaries. He did not win a nomination in either primary.[1][2]
Biography
Marquez obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from the State University of New York at Albany. He went on to earn his J.D. at New York University School of Law. He has worked as a teacher and as a nonprofit executive. He is the chief executive officer at his educational software design company, American Dream 101.[3]
Elections
2015
Five of the nine seats on the Central Bucks Board of Directors were up for election in the general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.
Candidates Karen Smith, Sharon Collopy and Beth Darcy ran together as The Clean Slate. They won without opposition in the general election after defeating their opponents in the primary elections. Smith defeated Jim Duffy in Region 1. Collopy defeated Tyler Tomlinson in Region 6, and Darcy defeated Lou White in Region 8. In Region 3, Glenn Schoeffel (R) defeated Phyllis Melendez (D) in the general election after both candidates defeated Wayne Marquez in the primary election. Dennis Weldon won without opposition in Region 2.[2][1]
Results
Region 3
| Central Bucks School District, Region 3 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Phyllis Melendez |
37.2% | 119 | |
| Democratic | Glenn Schoeffel | 33.8% | 108 | |
| Democratic | Wayne Marquez | 29.1% | 93 | |
| Total Votes | 320 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015 | ||||
| Central Bucks School District, Region 3 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Glenn Schoeffel |
57.2% | 329 | |
| Republican | Phyllis Melendez | 30.6% | 176 | |
| Republican | Wayne Marquez | 12.2% | 70 | |
| Total Votes | 575 | |||
| Source: Bucks County, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015 | ||||
Funding
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Endorsements
Marquez received no official endorsements for his campaign during the election.
Recent news
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See also
- Central Bucks School District, Pennsylvania
- Central Bucks School District elections (2015)
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states (May 21, 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Central Bucks School District, " Central Bucks Board of School Directors," accessed March 11, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, " Unofficial Candidate List for the Municipal Primary of May 9, 2015," accessed April 2, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ LinkedIn, "Wayne Marquez," accessed May 14, 2015
| 2015 Central Bucks School District Elections | |
| Bucks County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Region 1: • Incumbent, Jim Duffey (R) • Karen Smith (D/R) Region 2: • Dennis Weldon (D/R) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
