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John Gadd
John T. Gadd ran for election to the Alpine School District to represent District 5 in Utah. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Gadd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
John T. Gadd earned a high school diploma from Brighton High School, a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 2000, and a law degree from the Ave Maria School of Law in 2005. Gadd's career experience includes working in business, software, and technology law.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Alpine School District, Utah, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Alpine School District, District 5
Incumbent Mark Clement defeated John T. Gadd in the general election for Alpine School District, District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Clement (Nonpartisan)  | 65.1 | 15,147 |
 | John T. Gadd (Nonpartisan) | 34.9 | 8,135 | |
| Total votes: 23,282 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Alpine School District, District 5
Incumbent Mark Clement and John T. Gadd defeated Tracy McMillan in the primary for Alpine School District, District 5 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Clement (Nonpartisan) | 48.5 | 4,512 |
| ✔ | | John T. Gadd (Nonpartisan) | 30.3 | 2,818 |
 | Tracy McMillan (Nonpartisan) | 21.2 | 1,975 | |
| Total votes: 9,305 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alicia Alba (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gadd in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John T. Gadd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gadd's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am a strong conservative dedicated to fiscal responsibility - I want to bring some common sense from the business world to Alpine School Board - My priority number one is to stop Alpine School Board from raising our taxes - I also want the board to cut wasteful spending and prioritize teaching
- I am a long-time Pleasant Grove resident where my wife and I have raised our six kids- - My top priority is to stop Alpine School Board from raising our taxes
- We recently voted No on the $595 Million bond that the board requested, and they raised our taxes anyway - twice! - Alpine School District has plenty of money (over a Billion of our tax dollars) to do a great job without any tax increases - But just as he has repeatedly in the past, Mark Clement will likely vote to raise our taxes in the future
- If elected, I will never vote to raise our taxes - no more tax increases, period! - - We can avoid our taxes being raised if the board would cut wasteful spending from its billion-dollar annual budget - The board wastes millions of our tax dollars every year on extravagant school buildings - If elected, I will never vote for an extravagant school building - Over the last 7 years, Mark Clement's compensation for his school board seat went up drastically by 457%! - If elected, I will refuse any compensation for serving on the board - If elected, I will also vote to repeal the board compensation increases that the board members have voted for themselves
- - The board should free up money in the budget to prioritize what matters most - great teaching! - The budget should prioritize teaching by compensating teachers fairly and providing them with the resources they need - The school district has become bloated with unnecessary programs and layers of bureaucracy, such as their DEI program - If elected, I will vote to eliminate the DEI program at Alpine School District - If elected, I will vote to gradually scale down any other unnecessary programs and bureaucracy in the budget and shift those dollars over to support teachers and teaching resources
- We can avoid our taxes being raised if the board would cut wasteful spending from its billion-dollar annual budget
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 9, 2024
