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====Endorsements====
====Endorsements====
Wilkinson received no official endorsements for his campaign {{Greener | start=11/3/2015 8:00pm CDT | before=as of October 29, 2015.| after=during the election.}}
Wilkinson received no official endorsements for his campaign {{Greener | start=11/3/2015 8:00pm CDT | before=as of October 29, 2015.| after=during the election.}}
==About the district==
:: ''See also: [[Council Rock School District, Pennsylvania]]''
[[File:Bucks County.png|200px|thumb|left|link=Council Rock School District, Pennsylvania|The Council Rock School District is located in Bucks County, Pa.]]The Council Rock School District is located in east-central [[Pennsylvania]] in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]]. The county seat is [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]]. Bucks County was home to 626,976 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.<ref name=Census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42/42017.html ''United States Census Bureau,'' "Bucks County, Pennsylvania," accessed January 9, 2014]</ref> In the 2012-2013 school year, the Council Rock School District was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|12th-largest school district]] in [[Pennsylvania]] and served 11,426 students.<ref name=enrollment>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=1&details=1&InstName=council+rocks&DistrictType=1&DistrictType=2&DistrictType=3&DistrictType=4&DistrictType=5&DistrictType=6&DistrictType=7&NumOfStudentsRange=more&NumOfSchoolsRange=more&ID2=4206960 ''National Center for Education Statistics,'' "Council Rock School District," accessed March 12, 2015]</ref>
===Demographics===
Bucks County outperformed the rest of Pennsylvania in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 35.8 percent of Bucks County residents age 25 and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.5 percent for Pennsylvania as a whole. The median household income in Bucks County was $76,555, compared to $52,548 for the state of Pennsylvania. The poverty rate in Bucks County was 5.4 percent, compared to 13.4 percent for the entire state.<ref name=Census/>
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2013<ref name=Census/>
|-
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Bucks County (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Pennsylvania (%)
|-
| White || 89.8 || 83.2
|-
| Black or African American || 4.0|| 11.5
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.3 || 0.3
|-
| Asian || 4.4 || 3.1
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0.1 || 0.1
|-
| Two or More Races || 1.5 || 1.8
|-
| Hispanic or Latino || 4.7|| 6.3
|}
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern, Bucks County<ref>[http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/states/president/pennsylvania.html ''The New York Times,'' "Election Results," accessed August 9, 2013]</ref>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Year
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Democratic Vote (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Republican Vote (%)
|-
| 2012 || 50.0|| 48.8
|-
| 2008 || 54.0 || 45.0
|-
| 2004 || 51.1|| 48.3
|-
| 2000 || 50.5|| 46.3
|}
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==Recent news==
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Richard Wilkinson

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Richard Wilkinson was a candidate for the Region 4 seat on the Council Rock 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. Wilkinson won the Democratic nomination and advanced to the general election.[1] Richard Wilkinson (Pennsylvania) lost the general election on November 3, 2015.

Biography

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Wilkinson works in the energy sector of the construction industry.[2]

Elections

2015

See also: Council Rock School District elections (2015)


Five of the nine seats on the Council Rock Board of Directors were up for election in the general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.

Region 1 incumbent Bill Foster and Region 2 candidate Edward Tate won election without opposition. Region 4 incumbent Wendi Thomas (R) defeated challenger Richard Wilkinson (D). Region 5 incumbent Jerold S. Grupp (R) won re-election against challenger Leslie Rothberg (D). Michael Thorwart (R) defeated Michelle Held (D) in the Region 7 race. No independent candidates filed for the election.[1]

Results

Council Rock School District, Region 4, General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Wendi Thomas Incumbent 61.7% 1,126
     Democratic Richard Wilkinson 38.3% 699
Total Votes 1,825
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed January 4, 2016


Council Rock School District,
Region 4 Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Wilkinson 52.2% 130
     Democratic Wendi Thomas Incumbent 47.8% 119
Total Votes 249
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015


Council Rock School District,
Region 4 Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngWendi Thomas Incumbent 54.4% 265
     Republican Richard Wilkinson 45.6% 222
Total Votes 487
Source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, "Bucks County Election Results," accessed July 6, 2015

Funding

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Endorsements

Wilkinson received no official endorsements for his campaign during the election.

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
  2. ↑ Bucks County Courier Times, "Valuable construction experience," May 8, 2015
2015 Council Rock School District Elections
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Election date:Primary election: May 19, 2015
General election: November 3, 2015
Candidates:Region 1: • Incumbent, Bill Foster (D/R)

Region 2: • Edward Tate (D/R)
Region 4: • Incumbent Wendi Thomas (D/R) • Richard Wilkinson (D/R)
Region 5: • Incumbent, Jerold S. Grupp (D/R) • Leslie Rothberg (D/R)

Region 7: • Michelle Held (D/R) • Michael Thorwart (D/R)
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