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Revision as of 22:33, 12 August 2024
Ballotpedia provides comprehensive election coverage of the 100 largest cities in America by population as well as mayoral, city council, and district attorney election coverage in state capitals outside of the 100 largest cities. This board member is outside of that coverage scope and does not receive scheduled updates.
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
Wilkinson works in the energy sector of the construction industry.[2]
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 |  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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Richard 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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Wendi 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
The Bucks County Board of Elections does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Wilkinson received no official endorsements for his campaign during the election.
About the district
The Council Rock School District is located in east-central Pennsylvania in Bucks County. The county seat is Doylestown. Bucks County was home to 626,976 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] In the 2012-2013 school year, the Council Rock School District was the 12th-largest school district in Pennsylvania and served 11,426 students.[4]
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.[3]
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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.
Recent news
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See also
- Council Rock School District, Pennsylvania
- Council Rock 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 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 - ↑ Bucks County Courier Times, "Valuable construction experience," May 8, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "Bucks County, Pennsylvania," accessed January 9, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Council Rock School District," accessed March 12, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Election Results," accessed August 9, 2013
| 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) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
