Bayonne School District elections (2017)
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Three of the nine seats on the Bayonne School District school board in New Jersey were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Christopher Munoz and former candidates Michael Alonso and Maria Valado defeated seven candidates, including incumbent Mikel Lawandy, to win the at-large seats. Newcomers Daniel Acosta, Anthony D'Amico, Dorothy Patterson, and Gene Perry and former candidates John Cupo and Sharma Montgomery were defeated in their election bids.[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Bayonne School District school board is composed of nine at-large members. They are elected to three-year staggered terms. The board was appointed by the mayor instead of elected from 1979 to 2014. On November 4, 2014, voters approved a ballot question changing the board from a system of appointed membership to one of elected membership, with 76.5 percent voting for the change. The board's first elected members won their seats in the November 2015 general election.[2]
To run for a school board in New Jersey, candidates must be U.S. citizens, registered to vote in the district for which they are running, and have lived in that district for at least one year. Candidates must also submit nominating petitions with the signatures of at least 10 registered voters in the district to get on the ballot. The filing deadline for this election was on July 31, 2017.[3]
To vote in New Jersey, you must be a U.S. citizen and a resident of the county for at least 30 days prior to the election. A voter must also be at least 18 years old by the time of the next election in order to register. The voter registration deadline in this election was October 17, 2017.[4]
- See also: Voting in New Jersey and Voter identification laws by state
Candidates and results
At-Large
Results
| Bayonne School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Christopher Munoz Incumbent |
15.90% | 2,675 |
| Michael Alonso |
12.67% | 2,132 |
| Maria Valado |
11.51% | 1,937 |
| Dorothy Patterson | 10.94% | 1,840 |
| Mikel Lawandy Incumbent | 10.85% | 1,826 |
| Sharma Montgomery | 10.69% | 1,799 |
| Gene Perry | 10.37% | 1,745 |
| Anthony D'Amico | 7.06% | 1,187 |
| John Cupo | 5.91% | 995 |
| Daniel Acosta | 3.82% | 643 |
| Write-in votes | 0.27% | 45 |
| Total Votes (100) | 16,824 | |
| Source: Hudson County Clerk's Office, "General Election 2017," accessed March 22, 2018 | ||
Candidates
| Mikel Lawandy | Christopher Munoz 
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Daniel Acosta | Michael Alonso
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John Cupo |
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| Anthony D'Amico | Sharma Montgomery | Dorothy Patterson | Gene Perry | Maria Valado
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: New Jersey elections, 2017
This 2017 school board election in New Jersey shared the ballot with elections for:
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines in this 2017 New Jersey school board race:
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
Reports
No candidate in this election reported campaign contributions or expenditures as of October 17, 2017, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[5]
General guidelines
School board candidates in New Jersey had to file reports of their campaign financial activity with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Each candidate is required to appoint a treasurer (a candidate may serve as his or her own treasurer) and create a campaign bank account and file this information with the commission. Candidates must establish a reporting committee, and no later than 10 days after establishing a committee, the candidate must file the Single Candidate Committee Certificate of Organization and Designation of Campaign Treasurer and Depository form.[6][7]
A candidate must begin filing reports with the commission on a date that depends upon when the committee's financial activity begins. If a candidate committee is set up within five months or less of the due date of the 29-Day Pre-Election Report, the committee must file a 29-Day Pre-Election Report as the initial election fund report. If the committee is established more than five months prior to the due date of the 29-Day Pre-Election Report, the committee must file a quarterly report as its initial election fund report. Beginning the thirteenth day before the election day and ending on election day, if a candidate receives more than $1,600 from a single source, the committee must file a report within 48 hours.[8]
The table below displays the campaign finance reporting dates for this 2017 school board election.
Past elections
To see results from past elections in the Bayonne School District, click here.
What was at stake?
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About the district
- See also: Bayonne School District, New Jersey
Bayonne School District is located in northwest New Jersey in Hudson County. The seat of county government is Jersey City. Hudson County was home to an estimated 677,983 residents between 2010 and 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[9] The district was the 20th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 10,007 students.[10]
Demographics
Hudson County slightly outperformed New Jersey as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 37.5 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had obtained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 36.8 percent of all state residents. The median household income in the county was $59,741, compared to $72,093 statewide. County residents lived below the poverty level at a rate of 17.7 percent, while that rate was 10.8 percent for all state residents.[9]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[9] | ||
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| Race | Hudson County (%) | New Jersey (%) |
| White | 65.1 | 72.4 |
| Black or African American | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Asian | 15.9 | 9.8 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43.2 | 20.0 |
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
| Bayonne School District | New Jersey | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NJ.com, "Hudson County real-time election results, Nov. 7, 2017," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ NJ.com, "Overwhelming majority of Bayonne voters choose to have an elected school board," November 5, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey School Boards Association, "How to Become a School Board Member," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Register to Vote!" accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Filings," accessed October 17, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Permanent Statutes, "Title 19:44A-11," accessed January 9, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Permanent Statutes, "Title 19:44A-10," accessed January 9, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Compliance Manual for Candidates," accessed January 9, 2014
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 United States Census Bureau, "Hudson County, New Jersey," accessed September 5, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| Bayonne School District elections in 2017 | |
| Hudson County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large: Incumbent, Mikel Lawandy • Incumbent, Christopher Munoz • Daniel Acosta • Michael Alonso • John Cupo • Anthony D'Amico • Sharma Montgomery • Dorothy Patterson • Gene Perry • Maria Valado |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
