Sunil Sivaraman
Sunil Sivaraman was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Troy School District school board in Michigan. Sivaraman was defeated in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Sivaraman received his bachelor's degree in engineering from Bharathiar University. He earned his master's degree in computer science from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Sivaraman is a strategy and operations manager at Ford Motor Company.[1]
Elections
2016
- See also: Troy School District elections (2016)
Two of the seven seats on the Troy School District school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. No incumbents filed for re-election in 2016, leaving four candidates to run for the seats: Steve Gottlieb, Elizabeth Hammond, Bernard Lourim, Kumar Bhatt, and Sunil Sivaraman. Hammond and Gottlieb defeated Sivaraman, Lourim, and Bhatt. A sixth candidate, Evan Agnello, initially filed in the race, but he withdrew his candidacy on July 29, 2016.[2]
Results
| Troy School District, At-Large General Election, 6-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Elizabeth Hammond |
30.13% | 12,794 |
| Steve Gottlieb |
27.54% | 11,696 |
| Sunil Sivaraman | 15.99% | 6,792 |
| Bernard Lourim | 13.65% | 5,798 |
| Kumar Bhatt | 12.33% | 5,238 |
| Write-in votes | 0.35% | 148 |
| Total Votes | 42,466 | |
| Source: Oakland County Elections Division, "November 8, 2016 General Election," 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.[3]
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.[4]
October 28 filing
Candidates received a total of $8,377.97 and spent a total of $6,106.21 as of October 30, 2016, according to the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds.[5]
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gottlieb | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Elizabeth Hammond | $2,526.97 | $2,526.97 | $0.00 |
| Bernard Lourim | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Sunil Sivaraman | $5,851.00 | $3,579.24 | $2,271.76 |
| Kumar Bhatt | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Endorsements
Sivaraman received the following endorsements in the 2016 election:[6]
- Board member Ida Edmunds
- Board member Karl Schmidt
- Former Troy Mayor Jeanne Stine
- Roseville Police Chief James Berlin
- Former principal Gary Wood
- Jim Werpetinski, executive director of Friends of Troy Seniors
About the district
- See also: Troy School District, Michigan
Troy School District is located in Oakland County in southeastern Michigan. The county seat is Pontiac. Oakland County was home to 1,242,304 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[7] The district was the 12th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 12,540 students.[8]
Demographics
Oakland County outperformed Michigan as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 43.7 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 26.4 percent of state residents. The median household income for Oakland County was $66,436, compared to $49,087 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level was 10.0 percent for the county, while it was 16.2 percent statewide.[7]
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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
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Sunil Sivaraman," accessed October 20, 2016
- ↑ Oakland County Elections Division, "Unofficial Candidate List," August 19, 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
- ↑ Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds, "Campaign Finance Reporting System," accessed October 30, 2016
- ↑ Vote 4 Sunil Sivaraman, "Endorsements," accessed September 29, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 United States Census Bureau, "Oakland County, Michigan," accessed September 24, 2015
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Secretary of State - Department of State, "Previous Election Information," accessed August 1, 2014
| 2016 Troy School District Elections | |
| Oakland County, Michigan | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Steve Gottlieb • Elizabeth Hammond • Bernard Lourim • Sunil Sivaraman • Kumar Bhatt |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
