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Jacqueline Pinager
Jacqueline Pinager was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Racine Board of Education in Wisconsin. She lost election to the board in the general election on April 1, 2014.
Biography
Pinager earned a B.A. in business management and computer science from Alverno College in 1998. She has worked with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs since 1980 and was working as a clinical application coordinator at the time of her candidacy.[1]
Elections
2014
Jacqueline Pinager ran against six other candidates for four available seats in the general election on April 1, 2014.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Melvin Hargrove Incumbent |
18.6% | 4,326 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dennis Wiser Incumbent |
17.2% | 3,996 | |
| Nonpartisan | Pamala Handrow Incumbent |
17% | 3,954 | |
| Nonpartisan | Wally Rendón Incumbent |
14.4% | 3,355 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jacqueline Pinager | 12% | 2,795 | |
| Nonpartisan | Henry Perez | 12% | 2,790 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Fineran | 8.2% | 1,915 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 95 | |
| Total Votes | 23,226 | |||
| Source: Racine Unified School District, "Canvass Committee Report," April 8, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Pinager was exempted from filing a pre-election campaign finance report to the school district clerk by the March 24, 2014 deadline.[2] 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.[3]
Endorsements
Pinager did not receive any official endorsements for her campaign.
Campaign themes
2014
Pinager explained her campaign themes for 2014 in an interview with The Journal Times:
| “ |
What makes you most qualified for a board seat? Interested in education rules and regulations. I can get a better understanding that I could help educate others in the community on how important it is for them to be involved in the school system and giving back some volunteer time. Are you familiar with the Common Core State Standards, and do you support or oppose them? Not familiar with standards. Do you favor fixing school building components like boilers when they break down or, proactively, when they outlive their life expectancies? I support being proactive. … There is a saying: ‘If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.’ But when it comes to housing or buildings where children are going to be getting their education I think you want to take care of that type of maintenance. If I were to have to think of how we would pay for it, I think I would basically try to go out to the public and get some of their feedback on how we can get money. [4] |
” |
| —The Journal Times (2014) | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jacqueline + Pinager + Racine + School + District"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Jacqueline Pinager," accessed February 6, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through email from Patricia Meyer 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.
- ↑ Journal Times, "Racine School Board candidates on the issues," March 18, 2014
| 2014 Racine Unified School District Elections | |
| Racine, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 1, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Thomas Fineran • Pamala Handrow • Melvin Hargrove • Henry Perez • Jacqueline Pinager • Wally Rendón • Dennis Wiser |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
