West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District elections (2017)
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Three of the nine seats on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District school board in New Jersey were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. For the Plainsboro Township seat, board member Isaac Cheng filed for re-election and defeated former candidate Russel Melville and newcomer Peter Syrek. For the two seats in the West Windsor Township, board member Dana Krug and newcomer Martin Whitfield defeated former candidate Rakesh Kak and newcomers Veronica Mehno and Yanping "Helen" Ming.[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional school board consists of nine members who are elected by district to three-year terms.
To run for a school board in New Jersey, candidates must be U.S. citizens, registered to vote in the district for which they are running, and have lived in that district for at least one year. Candidates must also submit nominating petitions with the signatures of at least 10 registered voters in the district to get on the ballot. The filing deadline for this election was on July 31, 2017.[2]
To vote in New Jersey, you must be a U.S. citizen and a resident of the county for at least 30 days prior to the election. A voter must also be at least 18 years old by the time of the next election in order to register. The voter registration deadline in this election was October 17, 2017.[3]
- See also: Voting in New Jersey and Voter identification laws by state
Candidates and results
Plainsboro Township
Results
| West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, Plainsboro Township General Election, 3-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Isaac Cheng Incumbent |
55.73% | 1,677 |
| Peter Syrek | 32.60% | 981 |
| Russel Melville | 11.67% | 351 |
| Total Votes | 3,009 | |
| Source: Middlesex County, New Jersey, "Historical Election Results: November 2017," accessed March 22, 2018 | ||
Candidates
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West Windsor Township
Results
| West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor Township General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Dana Krug Incumbent |
26.86% | 3,582 |
| Martin Whitfield |
26.80% | 3,573 |
| Yanping Ming | 16.56% | 2,208 |
| Veronica Mehno | 16.52% | 2,203 |
| Rakesh Kak | 12.99% | 1,732 |
| Write-in votes | 0.27% | 36 |
| Total Votes | 13,334 | |
| Source: Mercer County, "General Election November 7, 2017: Official Results," accessed March 22, 2018 | ||
Candidates
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: New Jersey elections, 2017
This 2017 school board election in New Jersey shared the ballot with elections for:
Both the Mercer and Middlesex County Boards of Elections did not have information posted on their websites about any local elections sharing the ballot with this election as of October 26, 2017.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines in this 2017 New Jersey school board race:
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
Reports
No candidate in this election reported campaign contributions or expenditures as of October 24, 2017, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[4]
General guidelines
School board candidates in New Jersey had to file reports of their campaign financial activity with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Each candidate is required to appoint a treasurer (a candidate may serve as his or her own treasurer) and create a campaign bank account and file this information with the commission. Candidates must establish a reporting committee, and no later than 10 days after establishing a committee, the candidate must file the Single Candidate Committee Certificate of Organization and Designation of Campaign Treasurer and Depository form.[5][6]
A candidate must begin filing reports with the commission on a date that depends upon when the committee's financial activity begins. If a candidate committee is set up within five months or less of the due date of the 29-Day Pre-Election Report, the committee must file a 29-Day Pre-Election Report as the initial election fund report. If the committee is established more than five months prior to the due date of the 29-Day Pre-Election Report, the committee must file a quarterly report as its initial election fund report. Beginning the thirteenth day before the election day and ending on election day, if a candidate receives more than $1,600 from a single source, the committee must file a report within 48 hours.[7]
The table below displays the campaign finance reporting dates for this 2017 school board election.
Past elections
To see results from past elections in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, click here.
What was at stake?
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About the district
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is located in central New Jersey in both Middlesex County and Mercer County. The county seat of Middlesex County is New Brunswick, and Mercer County's seat of government is Trenton. Mercer County and Middlesex County were home to an estimated 371,023 and 837,073 residents, respectively, between 2010 and 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[8] The district was the 22nd-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 9,782 students.[9]
Demographics
Both Middlesex County and Mercer County outperformed New Jersey as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 39.6 percent of Mercer County residents and 41.0 percent of Middlesex County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 36.8 percent of the state as a whole. Mercer County's median household income was $72,804 and Middlesex County's was $79,593, compared to $72,093 for the entire state. Mercer County's poverty rate was 11.2 percent and Middlesex County's was 8.5 percent, while it was 10.8 for all state residents.[8]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[8] | |||
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| Race | Mercer County (%) | Middlesex County (%) | New Jersey (%) |
| White | 64.3 | 61.0 | 72.4 |
| Black or African American | 21.5 | 11.4 | 15.0 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Asian | 11.1 | 24.8 | 9.8 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17.1 | 20.7 | 20.0 |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
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See also
| West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District | New Jersey | School Boards |
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External links
- West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
- Middlesex County Board of Elections
- Mercer County Board of Elections
Footnotes
- ↑ West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, "Board of Education Election," accessed August 30, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey School Boards Association, "How to Become a School Board Member," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Register to Vote!" accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Filings," accessed October 24, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Permanent Statutes, "Title 19:44A-11," accessed January 9, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Permanent Statutes, "Title 19:44A-10," accessed January 9, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Compliance Manual for Candidates," accessed January 9, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 United States Census Bureau, "Mercer County, New Jersey and Middlesex County, New Jersey," accessed September 6, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District elections in 2017 | |
| Mercer and Middlesex Counties | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Plainsboro Township: Incumbent, Isaac Cheng • Russel Melville • Peter Syrek West Windsor Township: Incumbent, Dana Krug • Rakesh Kak • Veronica Mehno • Yanping "Helen" Ming • Martin Whitfield |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
