Buffalo News articles | Candidates/profiles | Map of subdistricts
Date of election: Tuesday, May 7
The election: 13 candidates for 6 available openings
Term: 3 years
Note: This year's elections are solely by subdistrict; the three at-large spots on the nine-member board (5-year terms) come up for election in 2014
The articles
April 10 preview: Voters to decide future of city schools in ‘pivotal’ elections for 6 board seats
April 14: 3 weeks before vote for School Board, blocs assert power
April 15: First financial disclosure statements showing donations
April 19: East District school board member falls short of needed signatures
April 23: School board candidates, donors skirt finance disclosure law
April 24: Hernandez, Mascia, knocked off the ballot
April 25: Paladino effect on school board races seen in mailers
April 27: Much rests on school board race
May 1: Judge keeps Hernandez off School Board ballot
May 3: Mailers may be new low for school election
May 5: Much is riding on Buffalo school board vote
May 6: Illegal mailers muddle elections for school posts
Coming up
- How-to guide on Election Day voting
- School Board election results
The candidates (by subdistrict)
Central | East | Ferry | North | Park | West
Central (2):
Mary Ruth Kapsiak (i)
Byron J. McIntyre
East (2):
Theresa A. Harris-Tigg
Rosalyn L. Taylor (write-in) (i)
Ferry (2):
Sharon Belton-Cottman (i)
Kinzer M. Pointer (write-in)
North (3):
Susan Gillick
Jason M. McCarthy (i)
Wendy Mistretta
Park (2):
Adrian Fitzgerald Harris
Carl P. Paladino
West (2):
Ralph R. Hernandez (write-in) (i)
James M. Sampson
i=incumbent