Patricia Mullen
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Patricia Mullen is an at-large representative on the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools school board in Michigan. Mullen won the seat in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Mullen earned her B.A. and M.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia. She has been an instructor at Baker College since 2012.[1]
Elections
2016
Four of the seven seats on the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. These seats included three seats with six-year terms and one seat with a four-year term. No incumbents filed for a six-year term, leaving nine candidates to fill three seats: Douglas Brooks, Bharat Malhotra, Patti McCoin, Patricia Mullen, Pete Puzzuoli, Leonardo Savage, Michael Scopone, Girish Tiwari, and Gurunath Vemulakonda. Mullen, Brooks, and McCoin won in the general election. Incumbent Patrick Kehoe won re-election to a four-year term without opposition.[2] Malhotra, Vemulakonda, and Tiwari ran as a candidate slate.[3]
Results
| Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, At-Large General Election, 6-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Patricia Mullen |
21.41% | 20,434 |
| Patti McCoin |
18.30% | 17,464 |
| Douglas Brooks |
15.06% | 14,375 |
| Pete Puzzuoli | 10.71% | 10,221 |
| Michael Scopone | 8.81% | 8,408 |
| Gurunath Vemulakonda | 7.37% | 7,039 |
| Leonardo Savage | 6.71% | 6,406 |
| Girish Tiwari | 5.92% | 5,651 |
| Bharat Malhotra | 5.10% | 4,864 |
| Write-in votes | 0.61% | 585 |
| Total Votes | 95,447 | |
| Source: Wayne County, Michigan, "Elections Division-Results," November 22, 2016 | ||
Funding
School board candidates in Michigan were required to file pre-election campaign finance reports with their county election offices by October 28, 2016. Post-election reports were due by December 8, 2016.[4]
In Michigan, candidates are prohibited from receiving contributions from corporations or labor organizations. Within 10 days of becoming a candidate, candidates must form a candidate committee. Following the creation of the committee, candidates have an additional 10 days to register the committee with the school district filing official by filing a statement of organization. A candidate committee that does not expect to receive or spend more than $1,000 during the election cycle is eligible to receive a reporting waiver, which allows that committee not to file pre-election, post-election, and annual campaign statements.[5]
October 28 filing
Candidates received a total of $12,746.00 and spent a total of $10,042.85 as of October 30, 2016, according to the Wayne County Clerk.[6]
Six-year terms
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Brooks | $3,229.00 | $2,972.13 | $256.87 |
| Bharat Malhotra | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Patti McCoin | $5,780.00 | $3,801.32 | $1,978.68 |
| Patricia Mullen | $3,737.00 | $3,269.40 | $467.60 |
| Pete Puzzuoli | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Leonardo Savage | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Michael Scopone | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Girish Tiwari | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Gurunath Vemulakonda | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Four-year term
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Kehoe (incumbent) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Campaign themes
2016
Mullen provided the following responses to questions compiled by MLive for its 2016 voter guide:
| “ |
Why are you running for office? What are your top three priorities? What is the most pressing issue for this office? |
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| —Patricia Mullen (2016) | ||
About the district
Plymouth-Canton Community Schools is located in southeastern Michigan in Wayne County, Michigan. The county seat is Detroit. Wayne County was home to an estimated 1,759,335 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[8] The district was the fourth-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 17,646 students.[9]
Demographics
Wayne County underperformed in comparison to Michigan as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 21.6 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree during this period, compared to 29.3 percent of all state residents. The median household income in the county was $41,421, compared to $53,482 for the state. The poverty rate in Wayne County was 24.1 percent, compared to 14.8 percent statewide.[8]
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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.
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MLive, "Voter Guide," accessed October 26, 2016
- ↑ Washtenaw County Elections Division, "Official List of Candidates-November 8, 2016 General Election," August 26, 2016
- ↑ PCCS Good Becomes Great, "Home," accessed October 26, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Bureau of Elections, "2016 and 2017 Campaign Finance Filing Schedule," January 12, 2016
- ↑ Genesee County, "Filing Requirements under Michigan's Campaign Finance Act," February 7, 2014
- ↑ Wayne County Clerk, "Wayne County Campaign Finance Information System," accessed October 30, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 United States Census Bureau, "Quickfacts: Wayne County, Michigan," accessed August 1, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Department of State, "Previous Election Information," accessed February 3, 2014
| 2016 Plymouth-Canton Community Schools Elections | |
| Wayne County, Michigan | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Six-year terms (Three seats): Douglas Brooks • Bharat Malhotra • Patti McCoin • Patricia Mullen • Pete Puzzuoli • Leonardo Savage • Michael Scopone • Girish Tiwari • Gurunath Vemulakonda Four-year term (One seat): Incumbent, Patrick Kehoe |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
