Dmitry Becker

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Dmitry Becker

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 9, 2022

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New Berlin West High School

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Dmitry Becker (Republican Party) ran for election for Wisconsin Secretary of State. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 9, 2022.

Becker was a 2016 Republican write-in candidate for District 28 of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography

Becker graduated from New Berlin West High School in 2015. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee prior to joining the Wisconsin National Guard. He is a member of the 135th Medical Company based in Waukesha.

Elections

2022

See also: Wisconsin Secretary of State election, 2022

General election

General election for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Incumbent Douglas J. La Follette defeated Amy Loudenbeck, Neil Harmon, and Sharyl McFarland in the general election for Wisconsin Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Douglas J. La Follette (D)	48.3	1,268,748
		Amy Loudenbeck (R)	48.0	1,261,306
		Neil Harmon (L)	2.1	54,413
		Sharyl McFarland (G)	1.6	41,532
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	944

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,626,943
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Incumbent Douglas J. La Follette defeated Alexia Sabor in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Douglas J. La Follette	63.6	300,773
		Alexia Sabor	36.4	171,954

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 472,727
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Amy Loudenbeck defeated Jay Schroeder and Justin Schmidtka in the Republican primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Loudenbeck	46.3	264,940
		Jay Schroeder	39.9	228,191
		Justin Schmidtka	13.8	78,846

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 571,977
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dmitry Becker (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Neil Harmon advanced from the Libertarian primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Neil Harmon	95.8	769
		Other/Write-in votes	4.2	34

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 803
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2020

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 84

Incumbent Mike Kuglitsch won election in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 84 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Kuglitsch (R)	96.2	25,031
		Other/Write-in votes	3.8	994

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,025
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 84

Incumbent Mike Kuglitsch advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 84 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Kuglitsch	99.5	5,078
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	23

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,101
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• Dmitry Becker (R)

2018

See also: New Berlin School District elections (2018)

Two of the seven seats on the New Berlin School District Board of Education in Wisconsin were up for at-large general election on April 3, 2018. Incumbents Jeffrey Kurth and Susan Manley defeated challenger Dmitry Becker.

General election

General election for New Berlin School District school board At-large (2 seats)

Incumbent Susan Manley and incumbent Jeffrey Kurth defeated Dmitry Becker in the general election for New Berlin School District school board At-large on April 3, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Manley (Nonpartisan)	39.1	3,672
✔		Jeffrey Kurth (Nonpartisan)	36.6	3,437
		Dmitry Becker (Nonpartisan)	24.3	2,282

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,391
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2017

See also: New Berlin School District elections (2017)

Two of seven seats on the New Berlin School District school board were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. Incumbent Amy Crosby and newcomer Krislyn Holaday-Wondrachek defeated incumbent Dave Maxey and challenger Dmitry Becker in the race.

Results

New Berlin School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Amy Crosby Incumbent	31.96%	2,215
Krislyn Holaday-Wondrachek	29.25%	2,027
Dave Maxey Incumbent	27.54%	1,909
Dmitry Becker	11.25%	780
Total Votes		6,931
Source: Waukesha County Clerk, "2017 Spring Election," accessed April 4, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.

2016

See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Wisconsin State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016. Incumbent Mary Lazich (R) did not seek re-election.

Dave Craig ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Senate District 28 general election.

Wisconsin State Senate, District 28 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dave Craig  (unopposed)	100.00%	70,269
Total Votes				70,269
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission

Dave Craig ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Senate District 28 Republican primary.

Wisconsin State Senate, District 28 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Dave Craig  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Dmitry Becker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Dmitry Becker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Dmitry Becker participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on January 23, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Dmitry Becker's responses follow below.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

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1) Establishing Financial Security for the Future: Debt Reduction, Expenditure Reduction and Tax Stability 2) Reforming the Educational Atmosphere: Revamping Technical/ Vocational Opportunities, Opening New Post-Secondary Educational Options, and New Academic Planning 3) Building a Better Community Relationship: Better Transparency and Opening New Lines of Communications

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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

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Public Education, Fiscal Responsibility, and District Transparency are all items that I believe in strongly as they work off of each other. By building a strong public education system that works to the advantage of the students and instills strong civic ethics in them, we see that financial responsibility will naturally occur and greater transparency will as well. I believe strongly in building a better community for all.

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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Dmitry Becker answered the following:

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

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Two people look up to are Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio due to their moderate beliefs that work for everyone within their respected communities.

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What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

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Being the youngest candidate for the position, I bring a new set of ideas that doesn't currently exist on the board as well as bringing a need voice for one of the primary stakeholders, students.

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What is the primary job of a school board member in your view?

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The primary job of the school board is to provide the best possible educational atmosphere that they can within the limits of the resources that exist to them.

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2017

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's school board candidate survey

Dmitry S. Becker participated in Ballotpedia's 2017 survey of school board candidates. In response to the question "What do you hope to achieve if elected to the school board?" the candidate stated on January 21, 2017:

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N/A

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Ranking the issues

The candidate was asked to rank the following issues based on how they should be prioritized by the school board, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. Each ranking could only be used once.

Education policy
Click here to learn more about education policy in Wisconsin.
Education on the ballot

Issue importance ranking
Candidate's ranking	Issue
1	Improving post-secondary readiness
2	Balancing or maintaining the district's budget
3	Improving relations with teachers
4	Expanding school choice options
5	Closing the achievement gap
6	Expanding arts education
7	Improving education for special needs students

“	N/A	”
—Dmitry S. Becker (January 21, 2017)

Positions on the issues

The candidate was asked to answer eight questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. The questions are highlighted in blue and followed by the candidate's responses. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions. The candidate was also provided space to elaborate on their answers to the multiple choice questions.

Should new charter schools be approved in your district? (Not all school boards are empowered to approve charter schools. In those cases, the candidate was directed to answer the question as if the school board were able to do so.)
No. Our district has enough schools already that adding more would be unrealistic and inefficient.
Which statement best describes the ideal relationship between the state government and the school board? The state should always defer to school board decisions, defer to school board decisions in most cases, be involved in the district routinely or only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement.
The state should defer to school board decisions in most cases.
Are standardized tests an accurate metric of student achievement?
No. Students in the same state, let alone district, do not learn the same ways as other students in completely different states. Standardized testing fails students who are not good test takers and cause skewed results which causes even more problems.
How should the district handle underperforming teachers? Terminate their contract before any damage is done to students, offer additional training options, put them on a probationary period while they seek to improve or set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district?
Set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district.
Should teachers receive merit pay?
No. At this time, I don't believe we have a good way of determining of how to show achievement in the classroom other than tests. As such, I don't believe at this time a merit pay system should exist within the school district, however, I do believe that a system could exist with a plan in place to determine standards.
Should the state give money to private schools through a voucher system or scholarship program?
No. Money that is allocated to a public school district should go to that district.
How should expulsion be used in the district?
It must be a last resort. For many of these students kicking them out of the district will not help their case in any way or form so in doing so we place a burden on them that will effect them for a very long time.
What's the most important factor for success in the classroom: student-teacher ratio, the curriculum, teachers, parent involvement or school administration?
Teachers Teachers are the driving force behind education. They are the one who wake up in the morning and go into schools to teach your students. They are the most important factor in a child's success in education.

Additional themes

Becker's campaign website listed the following themes for 2017:

“	Standards of Education: Common Core to School Policy Creating and Keeping the Standards of Educations are one of the many jobs of the New Berlin School Board. However, It is time to look at the existing standards and reform them to fit the student of today. This means getting rid of the failure that is Common Core while reforming school policy to be more in line with students instead of administrators. For more information, contact me below. Budget: Reforming and Creating a More Efficient Budget The last three school districts budgets have seen a rise in nearly $6 million dollars while state funding and other source funding have fallen nearly one million. This means your taxes must be raised to balance the budget. This is just bad stewardship on the board's behalf. I plan to cut the overhead budget by 6-8% over the next three years while cutting our deficit by 10% in the same period. It is time we stop spending money we don't have. Community Involvement: For a Unified Community Behind Education Community Involvement in our students education is a key and critical part of their development into productive members of society. I want to see the school district become more involved in the community while also working with other school districts around New Berlin to promote positive programs to better the lives of all our students. A unified community behind our students means these students have support base for the rest of their school careers in New Berlin.	”
—Dmitry Becker (2017)

2016

In a biographical submission to Ballotpedia, Becker detailed the following campaign themes:

Education

• Excerpt: "Within the Education sector, I want to replace Common Core with a system for Wisconsin that stops comparing our students with other states. The second major education item I want to tackle is reducing or cutting the cost of attending public universities for Wisconsin students. We can do this by reforming the state's welfare system and other systems to free up unnecessarily spent money."

Job Creation/Employment

• Excerpt: "Within the Job Sector, I have three main goals. One, make sure that companies and jobs don't leave our state. Two, bring new companies and jobs into the state in order to open up the job market. Three, make sure that college students who graduate in the next 20 years have a reasonable job and security behind it."

State Rights

• Excerpt: "The last issue is State Rights. I want to see the role of the federal government in Wisconsin to be decreased and allow the state to take over some of its responsibilities. I also want to see them stop involving themselves in state affairs such homosexual marriage which should be decided by the people of a state not a federal court."

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