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Bill Sodemann

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Bill Sodemann
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Prior offices
Janesville School District Board of Education At-large

Education

Bachelor's

University of Wisconsin, Whitewater

Personal
Profession
Business owner

Bill Sodemann was an at-large representative on the Janesville Board of Education in Wisconsin. He first won election to the board in 2005. Sodemann won re-election to the board in the general election on April 1, 2014. He did not seek re-election to the board in 2017.

Biography

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Sodemann earned his B.S. in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1983. He is the owner and president of Phones Plus.[1]

Elections

2014

See also: Janesville School District elections (2014)

Bill Sodemann ran against fellow incumbent Kevin Murray as well as challengers Diane Eyers, Fred Jackson and Dale Thompson in the general election on April 1, 2014.

Results

Janesville School District, At-large General Election, 3-year term, April 1, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Murray Incumbent 29% 4,360
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDale Thompson 20.3% 3,051
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBill Sodemann Incumbent 17.4% 2,612
     Nonpartisan Diane Eyers 17% 2,554
     Nonpartisan Fred Jackson 16.3% 2,448
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.2% 29
Total Votes 15,054
Source: Rock County Clerk, "2014 Spring General Election," April 1, 2014

Funding

Sodemann was exempted from filing a pre-election campaign finance report to the school district clerk by the March 24 deadline.[2] State law allows candidates to claim exempt status from campaign finance reporting if contributions and expenditures do not exceed $1,000 during a calendar year.[3]

Endorsements

Sodemann received the endorsement of The Gazette in the April 1 general election.[4]

2011

Janesville School District, At-large General Election, 3-year term, April 5, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Murray 25.1% 8,498
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBill Sodemann 22% 7,434
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngScott Feldt 18% 6,072
     Nonpartisan Fred Shahlapour 13.7% 4,630
     Nonpartisan John Burt 11.6% 3,922
     Nonpartisan Kirk Henry 9.4% 3,179
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 86
Total Votes 33,821
Source: Rock County Clerk, "Nonpartisan Spring Election," accessed January 29, 2014

Campaign themes

2014

In an interview with The Gazette, Sodemann stated that he considered not seeking re-election in December 2013. He decided to run for another term to ensure that the Journey to Excellence evaluation system would be implemented. This system establishes goals for administrators and educators in the district to determine staff development each year.[5]

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes