Andy Ziegler

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Andy Ziegler

Prior offices

Brevard Public Schools school board District 5

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 28, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Florida Institute of Technology

Contact

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Personal website

Andy Ziegler was a member of the Brevard Public Schools school board in Florida, representing District 5. Ziegler assumed office in 2010. Ziegler left office in 2018.

Ziegler ran for re-election to the Brevard Public Schools school board to represent District 5 in Florida. Ziegler lost in the primary on August 28, 2018.

He was first elected to the office in 2008.

Biography

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Ziegler graduated from the Florida Institute of Technology with a B.S. in computer science. He is an honorary lifetime member of the Melbourne Beach Volunteer Fire Department which he served with for seven years. He is a member of the board of directors for the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Space Coast Early Intervention Center and the Brevard Cultural Alliance. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Palm Bay. Zeigler's family includes his wife, Patty, and their daughter, who attends Brevard Community College.

Elections

2018

See also: Brevard Public Schools elections (2018)

General election

General election for Brevard Public Schools school board District 5

Katye Campbell defeated Kelly Damerow in the general election for Brevard Public Schools school board District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katye Campbell (Nonpartisan)	57.0	26,077
		Kelly Damerow (Nonpartisan)	43.0	19,661

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,738
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Brevard Public Schools school board District 5

Katye Campbell and Kelly Damerow defeated incumbent Andy Ziegler and Dean Paterakis in the primary for Brevard Public Schools school board District 5 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katye Campbell (Nonpartisan)	37.0	8,246
✔		Kelly Damerow (Nonpartisan)	29.0	6,459
		Andy Ziegler (Nonpartisan)	23.1	5,156
		Dean Paterakis (Nonpartisan)	10.9	2,439

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 22,300
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2014

See also: Brevard Public Schools elections (2014)

The August 26, 2014, general election in Brevard County featured three seats up for election. Andy Ziegler was the only incumbent to seek re-election in 2014. He faced challengers Denise Coyle, Dale D. Davis and Dean Paterakis in the District 5 election. The general elections for Districts 1 and 2 featured challengers seeking to replace outgoing board members Barbara A. Murray and Michael Krupp. Misty Belford and Paul Chinaris were competing in the District 1 race while John Craig, Bob Mentillo and Keith Yarbrough were vying for the District 2 seat.

The general election determined if candidates for each seat could garner a majority of the vote total. Since no candidate received 50 percent plus one of the general election votes in Districts 3 and 5, the top two vote recipients in those races advanced to the runoff election on November 4, 2014.

Belford won the general election for District 1. The races for Districts 3 and 5 were decided in the runoff election. Craig and Yarbrough advanced to the runoff election for District 3, while Ziegler and Coyle advanced for District 5.

Results

Runoff

Brevard Public Schools, District 5 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Andy Ziegler Incumbent	53%	17,847
	Nonpartisan	Denise Coyle	47%	15,825
Total Votes				33,672
Source: Brevard County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 General Election Official Results," November 14, 2014

General

Brevard Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Andy Ziegler Incumbent	47.9%	5,663
	Nonpartisan	Denise Coyle	22.5%	2,661
	Nonpartisan	Dean Paterakis	17.9%	2,114
	Nonpartisan	Dale D. Davis	11.7%	1,381
Total Votes				11,819
Source: Brevard County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 Primary Election Official Results," September 2, 2014

Funding

As of October 27, 2014, Ziegler reported $44,241.00 in monetary contributions and $33,179.27 in expenditures to the Brevard County Supervisor of Elections, which left his campaign with $11,061.73 on hand.

Endorsements

Ziegler received endorsements from Florida Today and the Brevard Federation of Teachers (BFT).

2010

Ziegler won his first re-election on August 24, 2010.

Brevard Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Andy Ziegler	62.8%	9,725
	Nonpartisan	Dean Paterakis	37.2%	5,761
Total Votes				15,486
Source: Brevard County Supervisor of Elections, "August 24, 2010, Official Results," accessed August 20, 2014

2008

Ziegler was first chosen to represent District 5 on the Brevard School Board in 2008.

Runoff election

Brevard Public Schools, District 5 Runoff Election, 2-year term, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Andy Ziegler	52.7%	25,030
	Nonpartisan	Stuart Rowan	47.3%	22,432
Total Votes				47,462
Source: Brevard County Supervisor of Elections, "November 4, 2008, Official Results," accessed August 20, 2014

General election

Brevard Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 2-year term, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Andy Ziegler	36.2%	4,644
	Nonpartisan	Stuart Rowan	34%	4,367
	Nonpartisan	Margie Kinder	29.8%	3,823
Total Votes				12,834
Source: Brevard County Supervisor of Elections, "August 26, 2008, Official Results," accessed August 20, 2014

Campaign themes

2014

Ziegler's campaign website included statements on the following issues:

Generating revenue

“	It is with extreme satisfaction that I have seen my many years of efforts result in more than just lowering expenses. One effort resulted in the generation of new revenue for Brevard Public Schools. For over 4 years I have been learning all I can about benefits, which in most organizations is the largest expense right behind payroll. Not being an expert on insurance, I have been consulting with a wide range of industry experts both in and out of Brevard. This included hospital CEO’s, doctors, insurance companies and brokers. BPS is large enough to benefit from being self-insured. With approximately 7000 employees on the plan, covering approximately 13000 lives. However with the insurance industry changing regularly and being extremely complicated, it is necessary to stay on top of the health care market to know how to find significant savings. I have many ongoing efforts in this area that I am convinced will save BPS millions. One effort that I brought to fruition occurred after I had our Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) contract analyzed. Consulted experts found many things that I was advised to have changed. The most glaring change was for BPS to keep pharmacy rebates, which were being kept by the PBM Company, for no good reason! It was estimated that this contractual change would generate up to $1 Million in revenue back to our insurance trust fund (which pays our self-insured medical claims). The results of my efforts reaped BPS’s $492,000.00 in rebates for the first three months of 2014. Running at an average of over $131,000.00 in rebates per month, we can expect new revenue of between $1.5 – $2 Million per year. While many candidates tell you they will fix a wide range of problems that they can’t even explain, I have been engaging in complex business analysis looking for the unobvious efficiencies. Even though I have been very successful in my efforts, I am happy to report that BPS has some of the most efficient business practices of any business. We do acknowledge that while we know of BPS’s extensive efficiencies, we continue to look for ways to do better.	”
—Andy Ziegler campaign website (2014)

Common Core

“	It is my opinion that there are too many components to common core that are not in the best interest of students, society or our culture to support in Brevard County. There is already too much data collection in our society—and there’s no need to increase data collection, especially as a component to education as identified within Common Core. Additionally, there is clear evidence of history and cultural changes ebbing into various areas of education. It is evident that common core is an inadequately vetted plan that is being allowed to be a major influence on educational direction. These concerns must be guarded against at the state level, since this is federally driven. It becomes extremely complicated and burdensome for local school districts to be analyzing all curriculum and text provided by the state. Although the Brevard School Board has already taken a unanimous stance in addressing a history text book of concern, efforts to protect education from these concerns must be continued at the local level.	”
—Andy Ziegler campaign website (2014)

Exceptional Student Education (ESE)

“	Exceptional Student Education (ESE) services are a very important part of Brevard Public Schools. ESE is valued here, as it is in any school district, and students present significant challenges in education. Staff is trained to meet these challenges, however the varying exceptionalities of these students create a lot of unexpected situations. The goal is to provide the best services possible to meet a student’s needs. As an advocate for ESE students I frequently assist parents with making sure unexpected situations are resolved quickly and properly. I have been an avid supporter of the Space Coast Early Intervention Center for 19 years now. This included a 6 year term as a board member which ended in 2012. I am proud to say that I have honored, and will always honor my 2008 campaign commitment to be an advocate for ESE students. Be it autistic, downs, severely emotionally disabled, or other ESE students, these are the students I like to check on first when I visit a school. Historically we know these students have gotten the least attention. I can assure you that since I have been a Brevard School Board member, Brevard has had a pro ESE board. There hasn’t been a single ESE issue that has been brought before the board that didn’t get full support. Fortunately these issues rarely have to reach the board to be properly resolved. Teachers and administrators do care about what is in a child’s best interest. They tell me that it helps to know they have a district administration and school board that supports them in serving our special students. I vow to keep it that way.	”
—Andy Ziegler campaign website (2014)

Noteworthy events

Recall attempt

There was an effort to recall Ziegler from the Brevard School Board. The website dedicated to gathering petition signatures listed multiple offenses on Ziegler's part, including unlawfully causing the arrest of a citizen without justification, breaching the oath of office to support the U.S. and Florida constitutions, and ignoring the "best interests of Brevard County Schools, its teachers, and students."

See also

• Brevard Public Schools, Florida
• Brevard Public Schools elections (2018)

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