Zhanna Funaro
Zhanna Funaro was a Democratic candidate for at-large representative on the Fairfield Board of Education in Connecticut. Funaro was nominated by the Democratic Town Committee for the general election on November 3, 2015, but withdrew from the race and her name was removed from the ballot.[1]
Elections
2015
Opposition
Five of the nine seats on the Fairfield Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. Five at-large incumbents' seats were up for election in 2015: Philip Dwyer (D), Paul Fattibene (R), Jessica Gerber (D), Jennifer Maxon-Kennelly (D) and John Convertito (R). Dwyer, Gerber and Maxon-Kennelly won re-election, along with two Republican newcomers: Anthony Calabrese and Trisha Pytko. The partisan makeup of the board going into this election was five Democrats and four Republicans; this election did not shift the overall Democrat/Republican split.
Incumbents Dwyer, Gerber and Maxon-Kennelly were nominated to retain their seats by the Fairfield Democratic Town Committee. Also receiving Democratic nominations were Zhanna Funaro and Matthew Hutzelmann; Funaro withdrew from the race prior to the election.[2] Dwyer and Maxon-Kennelly were also endorsed by the Working Families Party.[3]
Meanwhile, the Fairfield Republican Town Committee nominated a field of newcomers for the board: Laura Bernaschina, Anthony Calabrese, Patricia Donavan, Jason Li and Trisha Pytko.[4] Donavan and Bernaschina ran as a slate called "The Team to Move Fairfield Forward."
Results
| Fairfield Public Schools, At-Large, General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Anthony Calabrese |
15.0% | 10,226 | |
| Democratic/WFP | Philip Dwyer Incumbent |
13.2% | 8,973 | |
| Republican | Trisha Pytko |
13.2% | 8,943 | |
| Democratic/WFP | Jennifer Maxon-Kennelly Incumbent |
13.1% | 8,941 | |
| Democratic | Jessica Gerber Incumbent |
12.7% | 8,607 | |
| Republican | Patricia Donavan | 9.8% | 6,683 | |
| Republican | Jason Li | 8.7% | 5,906 | |
| Republican | Laura Bernaschina | 8.3% | 5,647 | |
| Democratic | Matthew Hutzelmann | 5.9% | 4,044 | |
| Total Votes | 67,970 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Prescribed Form for Return of Votes Cast at a Municipal Election: Fairfield," Novemeber 3, 2015 | ||||
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See also
- Fairfield Public Schools, Connecticut
- Fairfield 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
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcandidates - ↑ Fairfield Citizen, "Democrats back Tetreau, Marmion to lead ticket," July 24, 2015
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Betsy Brown, Fairfield Town Clerk," September 3, 2015
- ↑ Fairfield Citizen, "Kiley dumped by GOP as Tymniak gets nod for top slot," July 22, 2015
