Does Democrats keep hold on Board of Education Waterbury republican voters return incumbents?
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 2:40 AM EST Democrats keep hold on Board of Education Waterbury voters return incumbents BY MICHAEL PUFFER REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN WATERBURY — Democrats kept hold of the Board of Education on Tuesday. Voters did little to change the political makeup of a board responsible for spending most of the city budget. The four incumbents among a field of nine candidates kept their seats, including two Democrats, a Republican and an unaffiliated. Former Superintendent of Police Neil O’Leary, a Democrat, decided not to run for re-election to the school board and the fifth open seat went to Jose Morales, a 35-year-old Democrat. That leaves Democrats holding a six-member majority on the 10-member board. Under the city charter, only three Democrats could have won this year, Board of Education President Patrick J. Hayes Jr. said. Hayes said he’s happy that voters returned the two familiar minority party members, in addition to the two incumbent Democrats and Morales. “Charles
Voters did little to change the political makeup of a board responsible for spending most of the city budget. The four incumbents among a field of nine candidates kept their seats, including two Democrats, a Republican and an unaffiliated. Former Superintendent of Police Neil O’Leary, a Democrat, decided not to run for re-election to the school board and the fifth open seat went to Jose Morales, a 35-year-old Democrat. That leaves Democrats holding a six-member majority on the 10-member board. Under the city charter, only three Democrats could have won this year, Board of Education President Patrick J. Hayes Jr. said. Sources: http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2009/11/04/news/elections/447497.
Voters did little to change the political makeup of a board responsible for spending most of the city budget. … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_1_0_t&usg=AFQjCNHV0OpKF3MNRinDj8SKj5bOQevjmQ&sig2=iXuJzbLKlFtI1zZ_OqBsvA&cid=0&ei=54bxSvikOqji8gSLrIftAw&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rep-am.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F11%2F04%2Fnews%2Felections%2F447497.
