Joel Nelson (Minnesota)

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Joel Nelson

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Prior offices
Elk River Area School District school board At-large

Joel Nelson represents the at-large seat on the Elk River Area School District school board in Minnesota. Nelson won the seat in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016. He advanced to the general election after winning the primary election on August 9, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Elk River Area School District elections (2016)

Three of the seven seats on the Elk River Area School District school board were up for election on November 8, 2016. A fourth seat was up for special election on August 9, 2016, which was held in conjunction with the school district's primary election. In her bid for re-election, incumbent Holly Thompson faced six challengers in the primary: Andrew Kennedy, Gary Kowalkowski, Kristian Mortenson, Joel Nelson, John Parker, and Christi Tullbane. Every candidate but Kennedy—who received the lowest number of votes in the primary—advanced to the general election. Thompson, Tullbane, and Nelson won the general election. The special election to fill the unfinished term in District 2 left by Jane Bunting’s resignation featured three candidates: Jerry Jaker, Gregg Peppin, and Anthony Martin Pietrzak Jr. Peppin won election to the seat.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Results

Elk River Area School District,
At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Holly Thompson Incumbent 22.36% 13,708
Green check mark transparent.png Christi Tullbane 16.64% 10,203
Green check mark transparent.png Joel Nelson 16.15% 9,902
Kristian Mortenson 15.47% 9,487
John Parker 15.37% 9,426
Gary Kowalkowski 14.01% 8,589
Total Votes 61,315
Source: Elk River Area School District, "Resolution Canvassing Returns Of Votes Of School District General Election," accessed December 22, 2016


Elk River Area School District,
At-large Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Holly Thompson Incumbent 21.36% 1,203
Green check mark transparent.png Christi Tullbane 16.00% 901
Green check mark transparent.png Joel Nelson 14.88% 838
Green check mark transparent.png Kristian Mortenson 14.77% 832
Green check mark transparent.png Gary Kowalkowski 12.18% 686
Green check mark transparent.png John Parker 11.93% 672
Andrew Kennedy 8.81% 496
Write-in votes 0.07% 4
Total Votes 5,632
Source: Elk River Area School District, "2016-2017 Agendas/Minutes: 8/12/2016 Special Meeting Minutes," accessed October 21, 2016

Funding

See also: Campaign finance in the Elk River Area School District election

Nelson reported no contributions or expenditures to the Elk River Area School District in the election.[7]

Endorsements

Nelson received no official endorsements in the election.

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