Cathy Myers
Catherine Myers (Democratic Party) is a member of the Janesville School District Board of Education At-large in Wisconsin. She assumed office in 2013. Her current term ends in 2025.
Myers (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 44. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 13, 2024.
Myers completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Myers was a Democratic candidate for Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House. Myers lost the primary on August 14, 2018.
Biography
Catherine Myers was born in Iowa City, Iowa. Myers earned a bachelor's degree from the Westminster College in 1980, a master's degree in arts teaching from University of Iowa in 1993, and a master's degree in technology in the classroom from Walden University in 2005. Her career experience includes teaching English at Hononegah High School in Rockton, IL, for over 20 years. She has been affiliated with the Zonta Club of Janesville and The Woman's Club.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 44
Ann Roe defeated Bruce Danielson in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 44 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ann Roe (D) ![]() | 56.4 | 17,335 | |
| Bruce Danielson (R) | 43.5 | 13,371 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 37 | ||
| Total votes: 30,743 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 44
Ann Roe defeated Catherine Myers in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 44 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ann Roe ![]() | 54.3 | 3,771 | |
Catherine Myers ![]() | 45.6 | 3,170 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 6,945 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 44
Bruce Danielson advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 44 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bruce Danielson | 99.3 | 2,699 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 2,718 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1
Bryan Steil defeated Randy Bryce and Ken Yorgan in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bryan Steil (R) | 54.6 | 177,492 | |
| Randy Bryce (D) | 42.3 | 137,508 | ||
| Ken Yorgan (Independent) | 3.1 | 10,006 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 325,013 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1
Randy Bryce defeated Catherine Myers in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Randy Bryce | 59.6 | 36,406 | |
| Catherine Myers | 40.4 | 24,699 | ||
| Total votes: 61,105 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bryan Steil | 51.6 | 30,885 | |
| Nick Polce | 14.9 | 8,948 | ||
| Paul Nehlen | 11.1 | 6,638 | ||
| Kevin Steen | 10.5 | 6,262 | ||
| Jeremy Ryan | 10.4 | 6,226 | ||
| Bradley Thomas Boivin | 1.5 | 924 | ||
| Total votes: 59,883 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeff Wamboldt (R)
2016
| Janesville School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| 21.11% | 8,141 | |
| 19.00% | 7,326 | |
| Stephanie Kortyna-Rapach | 18.68% | 7,203 |
| Karl Dommershausen Incumbent | 14.14% | 5,452 |
| 26.16% | 10,088 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.39% | 148 |
| Total Votes (100) | 38,358 | |
| Source: Rock County Board of Elections, "Election Results - April 5, 2016 Final Results," accessed June 15, 2016 | ||
2013
| Janesville School District, At-large General Election, 3-year term, April 2, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | 21.5% | 4,018 | ||
| Nonpartisan | 17.9% | 3,338 | ||
| Nonpartisan | 17.7% | 3,313 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Diane Eyers | 17.2% | 3,220 | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter D. Severson | 16.6% | 3,096 | |
| Nonpartisan | Fred Jackson | 8.9% | 1,659 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 31 | |
| Total Votes | 18,675 | |||
| Source: Rock County Clerk, "2013 Spring Nonpartisan," accessed January 28, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Catherine Myers completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Myers' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Wisconsin's public schools have been underfunded for years; teachers are leaving the profession, and too few young people are going into education. I will support public education in Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin's public workers deserve a seat at the table. I will work to reverse anti-labor legislation in Wisconsin.
- I trust women when it comes to making decisions about their healthcare and bodies. I will work to guarantee the right to reproductive healthcare and access to abortion services.
Jim Millard - Janesville School Board
Karl Dommershausen - Janesville School Board
John Hanewall - Janesville School Board
Amiee Leavy - Beloit School Board
Megan Miller - Beloit School Board
Sean Leavy - Beloit School Board
Genia Stevens - Rock County Board of Supervisors
Yuri Rashkin - Rock County Board of Supervisors
R.J. Sutterlin - Rock County Board of Supervisors
Phil Gorman - Rock County Board of Supervisors
Kevin Leavy - Rock County Board of Supervisors, Beloit City Council
Anissa Welch - Mayor of Milton
Emily Kuhn - Mayor of Middleton
The Assembly Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment
Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
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2018
Campaign website
Myers' campaign website included the following themes:
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Healthcare is a Right I want small business owners to profit, not insurance companies. While obstructionists in Congress block progress on Medicare for All, I will actively advocate for universal healthcare and Medicaid expansion legislation at the state level, which does not require federal action. To win, we must organize and elevate the stories of people affected by our broken system. Children, like my friend Jack, would be unable to pay for life-saving medication if Representative Ryan got his way. Defending Public Education Our democracy depends on quality public education. Donald Trump’s appointment of Betsy DeVos was a travesty and we must resist her persistent attacks on our neighborhood schools. I oppose her ideological crusade to shift federal education funding from public to religious schools. I believe we should invest in free public college and provide the resources our technical and trade schools need to adapt to the rapidly-evolving global economy. End Mass Shootings to Protect Our Kids This is a societal problem that we all must take action to address. Get active by forming or joining community groups to advocate for stricter laws at the state and local level, promote gun storage safety, and establish buyback programs to get guns off our streets. Real reform is achievable if we work together to reduce gun violence, suicides, and mass shootings in our communities. Make College More Affordable Student debt relief will unleash innovation and improve our economy. The nearly $1.5 trillion student loan bubble is expanding before our eyes, so we must take action to address it. More than 44 million Americans are burdened by student loans and over 11% of borrowers are unable to make payments. I will work hard to make student loan repayment more affordable so young Americans can afford to buy a home, start a family, and follow their passions to start new businesses that create jobs in our communities. Hands Off Women I have always been 100% pro-choice and will never compromise on women’s health. I have spent my life fighting for women’s equality. I was part of the first full class of women to graduate from Westminster College, a formerly all-male college. I have actively organized women locally to build political and economic power. As a member of Zonta in Janesville, I volunteer to empower women in my community and world. I am a graduate of the Emerge political training program, and have consistently supported women running for political office. Championing LGBT Rights The LGBT community can trust me to be a consistent and vocal ally. I have always stood up for my friends in the LGBT community. When a student asked for my help starting a Gay-Straight Alliance in 2007, I did not hesitate. When dozens of protesters spoke out at a routine school board committee hearing to approve the group, I spoke against them and then we organized local residents to show their support for our group at the next meeting. The school board approved our Gay-Straight Alliance, and our group has played a leading role in successfully changing the culture for LGBT students at our school. Fixing Our Broken Immigration System I support policies that unite families and communities. We must take the enforcement of federal immigration laws out of the hands of state and local police. Minority populations should feel safe and secure in this country, so we should not allow them to be one election away from constant harassment by an out of control politician like Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. We must put an end to the private prison industry, which benefits the most from our broken immigration system. Protecting Our Natural Resources We must take action to address this threat to our planet. As demand for fresh water increases, so too should our efforts to protect the Great Lakes, Wisconsin’s greatest treasure. Our economy relies on our natural resources, so we cannot continue to watch them be destroyed in pursuit of short-term corporate profits. As a member of Citizen’s Climate Lobby, I paid my own way to go to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress to support reasonable solutions to climate change. I will stand up to powerful special interests to protect our environment. Stopping Enbridge Pipelines We need to keep oil in the ground and shift the American economy to 100% renewable energy. You can count on me to use my platform to raise the voices of landowners and indigenous communities directly affected by the expansion of tar sands infrastructure, specifically Enbridge pipelines. Unrigging Our Economy We must rebuild our economy from the bottom up. That’s why I believe that all workers deserve to make at least $15/hour and be represented by a union. I will work to make our tax code progressive again by taxing Wall Street financial transactions and ensuring that CEOs no longer pay a lower rate than their secretaries. More Voting, Less Money in Politics The only defense against organized money is organized people. I will continue to do the hard work of organizing with local groups against money in politics at the federal, state, and local level. We should expand ballot access through automatic voter registration, restore faith in democracy through ranked-choice voting, and guarantee every citizen a constitutional right to vote. The Republican movement to disenfranchise large swaths of Americans is reminiscent of our racist history of poll taxes, literacy tests, and other forms of voter suppression targeting the black community. We must restore the Voting Rights Act, which had been our most successful defense against voter suppression for over 50 years.[3] |
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| —Cathy for Congress[4] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
- Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2018
- Janesville School District, Wisconsin
- Janesville School District elections (2016)
External links
- Campaign website
- Cathy Myers on Facebook
- Cathy Myers on Twitter
- Janesville School District
- Office website
- Cathy Myers school board Facebook page
- LinkedIn page
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 14, 2024
- ↑ Janesville School District, "Board of Education 2014-2015," accessed September 22, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Cathy Myers for Congress, "On the Issues," accessed April 26, 2018
| 2016 Janesville School District Elections | |
| Election date: | April 5, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Karl Dommershausen • Incumbent, Cathy Myers • Michelle Haworth • Jim Millard • Stephanie Kortyna-Rapach |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |

