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Jeff Ebel
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Jeff Ebel is an at-large incumbent on the Stevens Point Area Public School Board in Wisconsin. He was first elected to the board in 2013. Ebel won re-election to his seat in the general election held on April 5, 2016.
Biography
Ebel is a native of Stevens Point. He is the founder of Ebel Woodworking, Inc., a company he started in 1989. Ebel is also a musician, business consultant and an adjunct instructor at Fox Valley Technical College.[1]
Elections
2016
Four of the nine at-large seats on the Stevens Point Area Public School District school board were up for general election on April 5, 2016. Three of the seats came with a three-year term, and one seat came with a one-year term. Incumbent Jeff Ebel ran for re-election. He faced challengers Rory Suomi, Amy Dailey, Daniel Kontos and Barb Portzen in the general election. Ebel, Kontos, and Portzen won seats with three-year terms, and Dailey won a seat with a one-year term. Incumbent Angel Faxon filed to run for re-election but withdrew from the race in March 2016. Her name still appeard on the ballot since she withdrew after the candidate withdrawal deadline.[2]
Results
| Stevens Point Area Public School District, At-Large General and Special Elections, 3- and 1-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Daniel Kontos |
19.64% | 8,178 |
| Jeff Ebel Incumbent |
19.55% | 8,138 |
| Barb Portzen |
18.45% | 7,680 |
| Amy Dailey |
16.43% | 6,840 |
| Rory Suomi | 15.30% | 6,371 |
| Angel Faxon Incumbent | 10.63% | 4,424 |
| Total Votes | 41,631 | |
| Source: Stevens Point Area School District, "Election Information," accessed May 18, 2016 | ||
Funding
Ebel reported no contributions or expenditures to the Stevens Point Area School District in the election.[3] Any candidate spending or receiving less than $2,000 was not required to file a campaign finance report.[4]
Endorsements
Ebel received no official endorsements for his campaign during the election.
2013
Note: The top three winners of the 2013 general election were elected to regular, three-year terms. The fourth-place finisher was elected to an unexpired one-year term. This special term was needed to fill a vacancy due to the death of board member Elmer Fournier in 2012.[5]
| Stevens Point Area Public School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year & 1-year terms, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lisa Totten (3-year) |
15.6% | 3,851 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kim Shirek (3-year) |
15.5% | 3,829 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Ebel (3-year) |
14.3% | 3,526 | |
| Nonpartisan | Terry Rothmann (1-year) |
13.8% | 3,411 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Presley | 11.7% | 2,891 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lynda Laszewski-Louis | 11.1% | 2,751 | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel Levin | 10.4% | 2,567 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dwight Stevens (write-in votes) | 7.7% | 1,908 | |
| Total Votes | 24,734 | |||
| Source: Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Karlyn Krautkramer, Administrative Assistant to the Director of Business Services, Stevens Point Area Public School District," September 26, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Jeff Ebel," accessed September 24, 2014
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with Stevens Point Area Public School District's Administrative Assistant to the Director of Business Services Karlyn Krautkramer," January 11, 2016
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with Stevens Point Area School District Executive Assistant to the Director of Business Services Karlyn Krautkramer," April 4, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "Campaign Financing," accessed January 25, 2016
- ↑ Stevens Point City Times, "School Board to See New Faces," April 4, 2013
| 2016 Stevens Point Area Public School District Elections | |
| Portage County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 5, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Incumbent, Angel Faxon • Incumbent, Jeff Ebel • Amy Dailey • Daniel Kontos • Barb Portzen • Rory Suomi |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
