Beth Moroney
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Beth Moroney was an at-large representative on the Edison Township Public Schools school board in New Jersey. First elected in 2014, Moroney won a new term in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Moroney spent 39 years as an educator before retiring in June 2013. She earned both her B.A. and M.A. degrees in English literature from Montclair State College and her administrative certification from Kean University. During her career, she served as a classroom teacher, assistant principal at multiple schools, and administrator of both the Edison Early Learning Center and the FDR School. After her retirement, Moroney worked with the New Jersey Commission on the Holocaust and published a book through them. Outside of her professional history, she has also spent more than 40 years as a track and field official with the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association and has sat as the president of the state executive committee in track and field.[1][2]
Elections
2017
Four of the nine seats on the Edison Township Public Schools school board in New Jersey were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Three seats were up for regular three-year terms and one seat was up for a one-year unexpired term. A total of 11 candidates filed for the seats.
Board members Beth Moroney and Jingwei Shi won new three-year terms on the board and were joined in their victory by Falguni Patel. They defeated Carol Bodofsky, Elizabeth Conway, Ruchika Juneja, Aqib Virani, Sunil Vuppula, and Maria Wise. Board member Paul Distefano defeated challenger William Araujo for the one-year term.[3]
Results
| Edison Township Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jingwei Shi Incumbent |
17.62% | 6,401 |
| Falguni Patel |
17.27% | 6,272 |
| Beth Moroney Incumbent |
16.80% | 6,100 |
| Elizabeth Conway | 14.11% | 5,124 |
| Carol Bodofsky | 13.90% | 5,050 |
| Maria Wise | 8.24% | 2,992 |
| Aqib Virani | 4.82% | 1,749 |
| Ruchika Juneja | 3.79% | 1,378 |
| Sunil Vuppula | 3.45% | 1,254 |
| Total Votes | 36,320 | |
| Source: Middlesex County, New Jersey, "Historical Election Results: November 2017," accessed March 22, 2018 | ||
Funding
Moroney did not report campaign contributions or expenditures in this election as of October 17, 2017, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[4]
2014
Moroney and incumbents Jingwei Shi and Frank Heelan defeated five challengers to win the three at-large seats in the general election on April 23, 2014. Shi, Heelan, and Shivi Prasad-Madhukar campaigned as one slate and Moroney, Kiel Thoms, and Chang-Hui Shen campaigned as a separate slate called Team E3.[5][6]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Beth Moroney |
18.1% | 2,133 | |
| Nonpartisan | Frank Heelan Incumbent |
17.7% | 2,089 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jingwei Shi Incumbent |
15% | 1,768 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shivi Prasad-Madhukar | 13.4% | 1,581 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kiel Thoms | 12.4% | 1,466 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patrick Amaral | 11.5% | 1,353 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chang-Hui Shen | 8% | 945 | |
| Nonpartisan | Naseeruddin Mohammad | 4% | 473 | |
| Total Votes | 11,808 | |||
| Source: Edison Township Public Schools, "Public BOE Meeting - Reorganization Meeting," April 28, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Moroney did not report any campaign contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission during the election.[7]
Endorsements
Moroney did not receive any official endorsements for her campaign in this election.
Campaign themes
2014
Moroney shared a campaign website with Kiel Thoms and Chang-Hui Shen where they listed themes for their 2014 campaigns:
| “ | The mission of Team E3 (Education! Education! Education!) is to promote the educational needs of the children of Edison as we prepare them to enter the competitive, global society of the 21st century. We respect the cultural diversity of the Edison community and pledge to address the needs of the students, staff, and greater community. We will listen to the collective voices of the people of Edison and be held accountable for all decisions that we make. Finally, we will seek creative solutions to the challenges facing the Edison Township School District and off innovative ideas to solve problems, both old and new.[8] | ” |
| —Team E3 slate campaign website (2014)[9] | ||
See also
- Edison Township Public Schools, New Jersey
- Edison Township Public Schools elections (2017)
- Edison Township Public Schools elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Edison/Metuchen Sentinel, "School board candidates share goals," April 17, 2014
- ↑ The Alternative Press, "Edison Board of Education Candidate Profile: Beth Moroney," April 12, 2014
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Cassandra Achille, Middlesex County Elections official," August 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Filings," accessed October 17, 2017
- ↑ Heelan, Shi & Prasad for Edison BOE, "About Us," accessed March 17, 2014
- ↑ Facebook, "E3 for Edison BOE," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Facebook, "About," accessed April 18, 2014
| Edison Township Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Middlesex County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large (3-year terms): Incumbent, Beth Moroney • Incumbent, Jingwei Shi • Carol Bodofsky • Elizabeth Conway • Ruchika Juneja • Falguni Patel • Aqib Virani • Sunil Vuppula • Maria Wise At-Large (1-year term): Incumbent, Paul Distefano • William Araujo |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
