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Bob Banta
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Bob Banta was an at-large member of the Middletown Township School Board in New Jersey. He was first elected to the board on November 5, 2013.
Biography
Banta resides in Middletown Township, New Jersey. Banta owned and operated Banta Translation Services for a decade, which offered translation services to legal and medical professionals.[1] He spent three years as an assistant store manager at Lowe's Home Improvement before spending more than 15 years as a regional sales manager with the New City Sales Corporation. Banta also works part-time as a school bus driver and volunteers as a firefighter.[2] He was elected to the Middletown Township school board in April, 2011 but he resigned in May of the same year.[3]
Elections
2013
Banta ran against nine other candidates to win one of three at-large seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Middletown Township School District, At-large General Election, 3-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Michael Donlon |
17.2% | 5,474 | |
| Nonpartisan | Vincent Brand Incumbent |
12.9% | 4,097 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Banta |
11% | 3,489 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Bennett Jr. Incumbent | 10.9% | 3,463 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael J. Ostrander Jr. | 10.9% | 3,462 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard G. Campbell | 9.3% | 2,955 | |
| Nonpartisan | Christopher Aveta Incumbent | 7.8% | 2,482 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Craig | 7.1% | 2,257 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anastasia Millicker | 6.7% | 2,147 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rocco DelGuercio | 6% | 1,924 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 98 | |
| Total Votes | 31,848 | |||
| Source: Monmouth County, New Jersey, "11/05/2013 - November General Election," November 20, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Banta reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[4]
Endorsements
Banta did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
2011
| Middletown Township School District, At-large General Election, 3-year term, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | John Macrae |
25.6% | 3,515 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Banta |
20.8% | 2,862 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gerald Wexelberg |
18.4% | 2,531 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Morrill | 11.9% | 1,642 | |
| Nonpartisan | Barry Allan Travis | 11.9% | 1,632 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Superti | 10.8% | 1,487 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.6% | 76 | |
| Total Votes | 13,745 | |||
| Source: Middletown Township, New Jersey, "2011 School Election," accessed November 1, 2013 | ||||
Recent news
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See also
- Middletown Township School District, New Jersey
- Middletown Township School District Elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Mary Lou Byrd, Middletown Patch, "Six Board of Ed Candidates Vie For Three Open Full-Term Dais Seats," April 26, 2011
- ↑ Banta and Wexelberg for School Board, "Home," accessed November 1, 2013
- ↑ Keith Heumiller, The Hub Independent, "Four school board seats contested in Mid’town," October 4, 2012
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Standard Search," accessed December 27, 2013
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