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Dale Thompson
Dale Thompson is an at-large representative on the Janesville Board of Education in Wisconsin. He was appointed to the board in April 2018 to replace Ben Dobson.
Thompson previoulsy served on the board from 2014 to 2017, when he did not seek re-election. He also served two terms on the board in the 1990s.[1]
Biography
Thompson served as the director of the Rock County Development Disabilities Board until his retirement in 2000.[2]
Elections
2014
Dale Thompson ran against incumbents Kevin Murray and Bill Sodemann as well as challengers Diane Eyers and Fred Jackson during the general election on April 1, 2014.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Kevin Murray Incumbent |
29% | 4,360 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dale Thompson |
20.3% | 3,051 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bill 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
Thompson was exempted from filing a pre-election campaign finance report to the school district clerk by the March 24 deadline.[3]. 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.[4]
Endorsements
Thompson did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
Campaign themes
2014
In an interview with The Gazette, Thompson noted his concerns about the board's lack of clear goals:
| “ |
There has been a lot of emphasis in the paper on bringing in foreign students. My concern is, what's going on with the rest of the things in the school system? You can only spend so much time on different issues, and I'd like to look at what are the real priorities of the board. [5] |
” |
| —GazetteXtra (2014) | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Dale + Thompson + Janesville + School + District"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ GazetteXtra, "Former Janesville School Board member wants to run again," December 12, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 GazetteXtra, "Five in the running for three Janesville School Board seats," January 8, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted through email from Debra Blazer on March 25, 2014.
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Campaign Finance Overview: Local Candidates," May 2010
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2014 Janesville School District Elections | |
| Janesville, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 1, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large • Diane Eyers • Fred Jackson • Kevin Murray • Bill Sodemann • Dale Thompson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
