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Chris Hambuch-Boyle
Chris Hambuch-Boyle is an at-large incumbent on the Eau Claire Area School District Board of Education in Wisconsin. She was re-elected on April 5, 2016.
Biography
Hambuch-Boyle earned her master's degree in speech/language pathology from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1976. Prior to her retirement in June 2012, she was a teacher in the Eau Claire Area School District for over 32 years.[1]
Elections
2016
Four of the seven seats on the Eau Claire Area School District school board were up for general election on April 5, 2016. Incumbents Rich Spindler and Chris Hambuch-Boyle filed for re-election, while fellow board members Chue Xiong and Wendy Sue Johnson opted not to seek a new term. Newcomers Aaron Harder, Jennifer Fager, and Carolyn Barstad all filed as challengers in the race. Fager, Spindler, Hambuch-Boyle, and Barstad won seats in the election.[2]
Spindler resigned from his position in May 2016 effective on June 21, 2016.[3] The district accepted candidate applications for this unexpired position until June 14, 2016. Candidates served a one-year term that expired in April 2017.[3]
Results
| Eau Claire Area School District, At-Large General Election, 3- and 1-year terms, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Rich Spindler Incumbent |
21.31% | 13,101 |
| Chris Hambuch-Boyle Incumbent |
20.85% | 12,820 |
| Carolyn Barstad |
20.78% | 12,772 |
| Jennifer Fager |
18.88% | 11,605 |
| Aaron Harder | 17.80% | 10,944 |
| Write-in votes | 0.38% | 231 |
| Total Votes (100) | 61,473 | |
| Source: Mandy Gillip, "Email correspondence with Julie Streuck," June 15, 2016 | ||
Funding
Hambuch-Boyle reported no campaign funding in the election according to the Eau Claire Area School District.[4]
Endorsements
Hambuch-Boyle was endorsed by the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO.[5]
2013
| Eau Claire Area School District, At-large General Election, 3-year term, April 2, 2013 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Rich Spindler |
21.5% | 5,578 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chue Xiong |
21.2% | 5,487 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chris Hambuch-Boyle |
18.4% | 4,762 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mike Bollinger | 17.4% | 4,504 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Janke | 14.4% | 3,736 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steven Lange | 7.2% | 1,858 | |
| Total Votes | 25,925 | |||
| Source: WEAU, "Local Election Results," accessed February 10, 2014 | ||||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Chris + Hambuch-Boyle + Eau + Claire + Area + School + District"
See also
| Eau Claire Area School District | Wisconsin | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Chris Hambuch-Boyle," accessed September 22, 2014
- ↑ Mandy Gillip, "Email exchange with Julie Steuck, Executive assistant at Eau Claire Area School District," January 12, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ECASD, "Applicants Needed for Open School Board Seat," accessed June 1, 2016
- ↑ Mandy Gillip,"Phone conversation with secretary of district business office, March 31, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, "2016 Spring Election Candidate Endorsements," March 3, 2016
| 2016 Eau Claire Area School District Elections | |
| Eau Claire County | |
| Election date: | April 5, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Chris Hambuch-Boyle • Incumbent, Rich Spindler • Jennifer Fager • Carolyn Barstad • Aaron Harder |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
