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Sonya Byes
Sonya Byes was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Erie City 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. She filed to run in the Democratic primary. Byes did not win a nomination in the primary election.[1][2]
Biography
Byes is a policy processing clerk at Erie Insurance Group.[3]
Elections
2015
Five of the nine seats on the Erie City Board of Directors were up for election in the general election on November 3, 2015. There was a primary election on May 19, 2015.
Incumbents Linda Aleksandrowsicz, Robert S. Casillo, Robbie Fabrizi, John C. Harkins, and Frank Petrungar Jr. defeated challengers Sonya Byes, Felix Lohitai, and Tashana Pulliam in the primary election and won without opposition in the general election. Aleksandrowsicz, Casillo, Fabrizi, Harkins, and Petrungar ran in both the Democratic and Republican primaries. Byes, Lohitai, and Pulliam ran in the Democratic primary only. No independent candidates filed to run in the general election.[1][2]
Results
Primary election
| Erie City School District, At-Large Democratic Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  John C. Harkins Incumbent |
17.6% | 4,741 | |
| Democratic | Robbie Fabrizi Incumbent |
15.1% | 4,073 | |
| Democratic | Linda Aleksandrowicz Incumbent |
14.9% | 4,027 | |
| Democratic | Robert S. Casillo Incumbent |
13.2% | 3,565 | |
| Democratic | Frank Petrungar Jr. Incumbent |
12.2% | 3,285 | |
| Democratic | Tashana Pulliam | 10.6% | 2,866 | |
| Democratic | Sonya Byes | 10.5% | 2,826 | |
| Democratic | Felix Lohitai | 5.7% | 1,536 | |
| Democratic | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 56 | |
| Total Votes | 26,975 | |||
| Source: Erie County, Pennsylvania, "2015 Erie County Primary Election Results," accessed July 7, 2015 Ballotpedia confirmed these results are official by phone. | ||||
| Erie City School District, At-Large Republican Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | John C. Harkins Incumbent |
21.8% | 1,399 | |
| Republican | Linda Aleksandrowicz Incumbent |
20.2% | 1,298 | |
| Republican | Robbie Fabrizi Incumbent |
20.1% | 1,290 | |
| Republican | Robert S. Casillo Incumbent |
19% | 1,221 | |
| Republican | Frank Petrungar Jr. Incumbent |
17.8% | 1,144 | |
| Republican | Write-in votes | 1.2% | 75 | |
| Total Votes | 6,427 | |||
| Source: Erie County, Pennsylvania, "2015 Erie County Primary Election Results," accessed July 7, 2015Ballotpedia confirmed these results are official by phone. | ||||
Funding
The Erie County Elections Department 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
Byes received an official endorsement from the Erie County Democratic Party.[4]
About the district
- See also: Erie City School District, Pennsylvania
The Erie City School District is located in northwestern Pennsylvania in Erie County. The county seat is Erie. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county was home to 280,294 residents in 2013.[5] In the 2012-2013 school year, the Erie City School District was the 10th-largest school district in Pennsylvania and served 11,908 students.[6]
Demographics
Erie County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Pennsylvania in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 24.8 percent of Erie County residents age 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.5 percent for Pennsylvania as a whole. The median household income in the county was $45,202, compared to $52,548 for the state of Pennsylvania. The poverty rate in the county was 16.9 percent, compared to 13.3 percent for the entire state.[5]
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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
- Erie City School District, Pennsylvania
- Erie City 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 Erie City School District, "School Board Overview," accessed March 13, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Erie County, "Offices that are Running in 2015 Municipal Primary," accessed March 17, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Go Erie, "Eight vie for five open seats on Erie School Board," May 15, 2015
- ↑ Erie County Democratic Party, "Candidates," accessed May 14, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "Erie County," accessed March 19, 2015"
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Erie City School District," accessed March 13, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Election Results," accessed October 8, 2013
| 2015 Erie City School District Elections | |
| Erie County, Pennsylvania | |
| Election date: | Primary election: May 19, 2015 General election: November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Linda Aleksandrowsicz (D/R) • Incumbent, Robert S. Casillo (D/R) • Incumbent, Robbie Fabrizi (D/R) • Incumbent, John C. Harkins (D/R) • Incumbent, Frank Petrungar Jr. (D/R) • Sonya Byes (D) • Felix Lohitai (D) • Tashana Pulliam (D) |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
