Beloit School District elections (2017)
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Two of the seven seats on the Beloit School District school board were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017, and a third seat was up for special election on the same date. The top two vote-getters in this election were incumbent Shelly Cronin and newcomer Wendy Sanchez, who were elected for three-year terms. Board incumbent Laurie Endres had the third-highest amount of votes and thus was elected to a two-year term. The three candidates defeated newcomer Adam Aberle and former board member Tia Johnson.[1]
Former board member Shannon Scharmer resigned in 2016, and Endres was appointed to fill the vacancy, causing one extra seat to be up for special election in 2017. Endres was on the board from 2015 to 2016 and ran for re-election on April 5, 2016, but lost the election.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Beloit School District school board consists of seven members elected at large to three-year terms on a staggered basis. Two seats were up for election in 2014 and 2015, respectively, and four seats were up for election in 2016. The general election was held on April 4, 2017.
School board candidates had to be at least 18 years old, U.S. citizens, and residents of the school district for a minimum of 28 consecutive days before filing as a candidate. They also could not be disqualified from voting under Wisconsin law.[2]
To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file nomination papers with the school district clerk by January 3, 2017. If incumbents whose terms were up for re-election did not file to run in the race and did not file written notification that they would not be running, the candidate filing deadline could have been extended until January 6, 2017. The terms of candidates elected in the race started on April 24, 2017.[2]
Candidates and results
At-large
Results
| Beloit School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Wendy Sanchez |
24.15% | 1,407 |
| Shelly Cronin Incumbent |
22.47% | 1,309 |
| Laurie Endres Incumbent |
20.41% | 1,189 |
| Adam Aberle | 17.24% | 1,004 |
| Tia Johnson | 15.73% | 916 |
| Total Votes | 5,825 | |
| Source: Elisabeth Moore, "Email correspondence with Michelle Shope," May 23, 2017 | ||
Candidates
| Laurie Endres | Shelly Cronin | Adam Aberle | |||
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| Wendy Sanchez | Tia Johnson | ||
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Additional elections on the ballot
This Beloit School District election shared the ballot with elections for the following offices:[3]
- Office of Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
- One seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Court of appeals judge
- Circuit court judge
- Multi-jurisdictional judge
- Town, village, and city boards/chairs
- Town, village, and city clerks
- Town, village, and city treasurers
- Constables
- Municipal judges
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Wisconsin school board elections in 2017:[4][5]
| Deadline | Event |
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| January 3, 2017 | Candidate filing deadline |
| January 16, 2017 | Campaign finance deadline for candidates registered before January 1 |
| February 13, 2017 | Campaign finance deadline for districts holding primary elections |
| March 27, 2017 | Campaign finance deadline for general election |
| April 4, 2017 | Election Day |
| April 24, 2017 | Board members take office |
| July 15, 2017 | Post-election campaign finance deadline |
Endorsements
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Adam Aberle, Shelly Cronin, and Wendy Sanchez received official endorsements from the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO.[6]
Campaign finance
All school board candidates in Wisconsin were required to file a campaign registration statement with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission after qualifying as candidates. This statement declares their candidacy to the county clerk's office and allows them to claim exemption from reporting campaign contributions and expenditures. Candidates were only required to report campaign contributions and expenditures if they did one or both of the following:[7]
- Accepted contributions, made disbursements, or incurred debt in excess of $2,000 during the calendar year
- Accepted more than $100 from a single source during the calendar year, barring contributions made by candidates to their own campaigns
There were three campaign finance report deadlines in 2017:
- The pre-primary report was due February 13, 2017,
- The pre-election report was due March 27, 2017, and
- The post-election report was due July 15, 2017.[8]
Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[5]
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Election trends
- See also: School board elections, 2017
In 2017, the number of candidates running per seat in the Beloit School District (2.50) was higher than it was in the previous two years. In 2016, that number was 1.50, and in 2015 it was 2.00. In 2015, the district's rate of unopposed seats was 00.00 percent, the Wisconsin state average was 32.00 percent, and the U.S. average was 35.95 percent. During the same year, 35.29 percent of the seats up for election in Wisconsin were filled by newcomers, while newcomers won 40.81 percent of school board seats in the largest school districts across the United States. The state saw a lower rate of seats won by newcomers in 2014 when that rate was 23.33 percent, while it was 38.24 percent in the U.S.
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
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| 2017 | 2.50 | 00.00% | TBD | TBD | |
| 2016 | 1.50 | 00.00% | 50.00% | 75.00% | |
| 2015 | 2.00 | 00.00% | 00.00% | 100.00% | |
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| 2015 | 1.38 | 32.00% | 84.00% | 35.29% | |
| 2014 | 1.40 | 46.67% | 88.46% | 23.33% | |
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| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
| 2014 | 1.89 | 32.59% | 81.31% | 38.24% | |
About the district
- See also: Beloit School District, Wisconsin
The Beloit School District is located in Rock County in southern Wisconsin. The county seat is Janesville. Rock County was home to 161,448 residents between 2010 and 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau. The district was the 18th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 7,133 students.[9][10]
Demographics
Higher education achievement
Rock County underperformed in comparison to Wisconsin as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 20.4 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 27.8 percent for the state as a whole.[10]
Median household income
Between 2011 and 2015, the median household income in Rock County was $50,324. At the same time, the median household income for Wisconsin as a whole was $53,357, and for the entire United States it was $53,889.[10]
Poverty rate
The poverty rate in Rock County was 13.9 percent from 2011 to 2015, while it was 12.1 percent for the state as a whole. During that same time period, the poverty rate for the country as a whole was 13.5 percent.[10]
| Racial Demographics, 2015[10] | ||
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| Race | Rock County (%) | Wisconsin (%) |
| White | 90.7 | 87.6 |
| Black or African American | 5.2 | 6.6 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Asian | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8.4 | 6.6 |
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
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Footnotes
- ↑ Beloit Daily News, "Most local ballots set in election," January 4, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wisconsin Association of School Boards, "Guide for Candidates: 2017 Spring Election Edition," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ Rock County Clerk, "Election Info," accessed January 4, 2017
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Guided for Candidates," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Checklist," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ [http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2017/03/spring-election-endorsed-candidates.html Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, "Spring Election Endorsements," accessed March 19, 2017
- ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "11.0104 Reporting exemptions: limited activity," accessed December 15, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Filing Deadlines and Reporting Periods," accessed December 15, 2016
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 United States Census Bureau, "Rock County, Wisconsin," accessed December 14, 2016
| Beloit School District elections in 2017 | |
| Rock County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Laurie Endres • Incumbent, Shelly Cronin • Adam Aberle • Wendy Sanchez • Tia Johnson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
