Ed Hughes
Ed Hughes was the Seat 7 representative on the Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education in Wisconsin. First elected in 2008, Hughes filed to run for re-election in the at-large general election on April 4, 2017. However, he dropped out of the race in March 2017 due to the return of his wife's cancer. His name still appeared on the ballot.
Hughes won re-election to the board without opposition in the general election on April 1, 2014.
Biography
Hughes earned his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1974. He later earned a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1978. Hughes previously worked in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. He was the telecommunications advocate for the state of Wisconsin from 1997 to 1999.[1]
Elections
2017
Two seats on the Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. A total of six candidates filed for the seats. A primary election was held on February 21, 2017, because there were over twice as many candidates as seats on the board to be elected.[2]
Three newcomers filed for Seat 6, which was left open when board incumbent Michael Flores chose not to seek re-election. Ali Muldrow and Kate Toews advanced to the general election, defeating Cris Carusi in the primary. Toews defeated Muldrow in the general. In Seat 7, incumbent Ed Hughes filed for re-election and faced challengers Matt Andrzejewski and Nicki Vander Meulen in the primary. Hughes and Vander Meulen advanced to the general, but Hughes dropped out of the race in March. His name still appeared on the ballot, but Vander Meulen won the seat.[3][4][5][6]
General results
| Madison Metropolitan School District, Seat 7 General Election, 3-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Nicki Vander Meulen |
68.30% | 29,028 |
| Ed Hughes Incumbent | 31.01% | 13,181 |
| Write-in votes | 0.68% | 291 |
| Total Votes | 42,500 | |
| Source: Dane County, "2017 Spring Election Official Canvas," accessed June 5, 2017 | ||
Primary results
| Madison Metropolitan School District, Seat 7 Primary Election, 3-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Ed Hughes Incumbent |
38.64% | 13,898 |
| Nicki Vander Meulen |
36.39% | 13,089 |
| Matt Andrzejewski | 24.19% | 8,700 |
| Write-in votes | 0.77% | 278 |
| Total Votes | 35,965 | |
| Source: Dane County Clerk, "2017 Spring Primary Unofficial Canvass," accessed February 21, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Funding
Hughes had not filed a campaign finance report with the City of Madison as of March 1, 2017.[7]
All school board candidates in Wisconsin were required to file a campaign registration statement with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission after qualifying as candidates. This statement declares their candidacy to the county clerk's office and allows them to claim exemption from reporting campaign contributions and expenditures. Candidates were only required to report campaign contributions and expenditures if they did one or both of the following:[8]
- Accepted contributions, made disbursements, or incurred debt in excess of $2,000 during the calendar year
- Accepted more than $100 from a single source during the calendar year, barring contributions made by candidates to their own campaigns
There were three campaign finance report deadlines in 2017:
- The pre-primary report was due February 13, 2017,
- The pre-election report was due March 27, 2017, and
- The post-election report was due July 15, 2017.[9]
Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[10]
2014
Ed Hughes sought re-election without opposition during the general election on April 1, 2014.
Results
Hughes did not face an opponent in the general election.
Funding
Hughes did not report any expenditures or contributions to the Madison City Clerk by the March 24 pre-election reporting deadline.[11] State law allowed candidates to claim exempt status from campaign finance reporting if contributions and expenditures did not exceed $1,000 during a calendar year.[12]
Endorsements
Hughes did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
2011
Hughes won a second term on the board without opposition in April 2011.[13]
Campaign themes
2014
Hughes explained his views on the district's tech plan in a blog post:
| “ |
My personal view is that it is not a question of whether we make a large investment in providing our students with improved technology but rather how we do it. Whether it is Kindergarten students with iPads or high school students communicating through some software platform I don’t understand, technology is increasingly prevalent in the lives of our students. If we are to prepare out students to be college, career and community ready, we have to provide them with the tools and help them develop the skills they need. We’ll also need an upgrade in technology to enable us to explore potentially effective instructional strategies, like “flipped” classrooms. A one-to-one computing strategy should also help our students who have less access to technology at home and so could be a step toward bridging our community’s digital divide. To this end, we’d certainly look for opportunities to work with the city and other interested parties on efforts to make free or low-cost, high-speed internet access available in all our neighborhoods. In the end, the path we pursue will be shaped by the understanding that any technology we acquire must be a complement to, and not a substitute for, great teaching, which remains the heart of our enterprise. [14] |
” |
| —Ed Hughes (2014) | ||
See also
- Madison Metropolitan School District, Wisconsin
- Madison Metropolitan School District elections (2017)
- Madison Metropolitan School District elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, "Edwin Hughes," accessed January 28, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "Election of School Board Members," accessed January 4, 2017
- ↑ Wisconsin State Journal, "Let Madison's great school debate begin," January 6, 2017
- ↑ Dane County Clerk, "2017 Spring Primary Unofficial Canvass," accessed February 21, 2017
- ↑ The Cap Times, "Madison School Board candidates debate how to narrow achievement gap," March 17, 2017
- ↑ Dane County, "2017 Spring Election Unofficial Canvas," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ City of Madison, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed March 1, 2017
- ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "11.0104 Reporting exemptions: limited activity," accessed December 15, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Filing Deadlines and Reporting Periods," accessed December 15, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Checklist," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ City of Madison, "Madison Metropolitan School District: 2014 Campaign Finance filings," accessed March 26, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Campaign Finance Overview: Local Candidates," May 2010
- ↑ Madison.com, "No contest: No one files challenge in coming Madison School Board election," January 4, 2011
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ed Hughes School Blog, "A Technology Plan for Madison Schools," January 25, 2014
| Madison Metropolitan School District elections in 2017 | |
| Dane County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | Primary: February 21, 2017 General: April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Seat 6: Cris Carusi • Ali Muldrow • Kate Toews Seat 7: Incumbent, Ed Hughes (Withdrawn) • Matt Andrzejewski • Nicki Vander Meulen |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
