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====Endorsements====
Lafornara {{Greener|start=5/17/2016 9:00pm CST|before=had received|after=received}} no official endorsements {{Greener|start=5/17/2016 9:00pm CST|before=as of May 11, 2016|after=during the election}}.
Lafornara {{Greener|start=5/17/2016 9:00pm CST|before=had received|after=received}} no official endorsements {{Greener|start=5/17/2016 9:00pm CST|before=as of May 11, 2016|after=during the election}}.
===Demographics===
Erie County underperformed in comparison to New York as a whole in terms of higher education achievement in 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 31.2 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 33.7 percent of state residents. The median household income in Erie County was $51,050, compared to $58,687 for the state of New York. The poverty rate in the county was 15.2 percent, while it was 15.9 percent for the entire state.<ref name=Census/>
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2014<ref name=Census/>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Erie County (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | New York (%)
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| White || 80.3 || 70.4
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| Black or African American || 13.9 || 17.6
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.7 || 1.0
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| Asian || 3.2 || 8.5
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0.0 || 0.0
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| Two or More Races || 1.9 || 2.4
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| Hispanic or Latino || 5.1 || 18.6
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' 2016 Party Affiliation, Erie County<ref>[http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_apr16.pdf ''New York State Board of Elections,'' "NYS Voter Enrollment by County, Party Affiliation and Status - Voters Registered as of April 01, 2016," accessed April 15, 2016]</ref>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Party
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Registered Voters
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | % of Total 613501
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| Democratic || 298,511 || 48.7
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| Republican || 155,046 || 25.3
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| Independent || 30,035 || 4.9
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| Constitution || 14,019 || 2.3
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| Working Families || 3,287 || 0.54
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| Green || 1,735 || 0.28
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| Other || 517 || 0.08
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| Unaffiliated || 110,292 || 17.98
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==Recent news==
==Recent news==

Revision as of 17:45, 3 July 2024

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Anthony Lafornara
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Prior offices
Williamsville Central School District school board, At-large

Education

Graduate

Canisius College

Personal
Profession
Physical education teacher

Anthony Lafornara was an at-large representative on the Williamsville Central Board of Education in New York. Lafornara sought another term and was defeated in the general election on May 17, 2016.[1]

Biography

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Lafornara is a physical education teacher in the Buffalo school district.[2]

Elections

2016

See also: Williamsville Central School District elections (2016)

Three of the nine at-large seats on the Williamsville Central School District school board were up for general election on May 17, 2016. Newcomers Mary Bieger, Teresa Leatherbarrow, and Suzanne Van Sice defeated incumbent Anthony Lafornara and challenger Shonda Brock in the race for the three seats.[3]

Results

Williamsville Central School District,
At-large General Election, 3-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Mary Bieger 26.01% 2,501
Green check mark transparent.png Teresa Leatherbarrow 25.09% 2,412
Green check mark transparent.png Suzanne Van Sice 24.65% 2,370
Shonda Brock 12.20% 1,173
Anthony Lafornara Incumbent 11.17% 1,074
Write-in votes 0.87% 84
Total Votes 9,614
Source: Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with Williamsville Central School District Clerk Mitzie Serafin," July 8, 2016

Funding

Lafornara reported no contributions or expenditures to the New York State Board of Elections as of May 11, 2016.[4]

Endorsements

Lafornara received no official endorsements during the election.

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named candidates
  2. ↑ Williamsville Central School District, "Anthony Lafornara III," accessed May 13, 2016
  3. ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with Williamsville District Clerk Mitzie Serafin," April 25, 2016
  4. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed May
2016 Williamsville Central School District Elections
Erie County, New York
Election date:May 17, 2016
Candidates:At-large: • Incumbent, Anthony Lafornara • Mary Bieger • Shonda Brock • Teresa Leatherbarrow • Suzanne Van Sice
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