Karl Dommershausen
2017 - Present
2026
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Karl Dommershausen is an at-large representative on the Janesville School District school board in Wisconsin. Dommershausen won in the at-large general election on April 4, 2017.
Dommershausen was a member of the board from 2010 to 2016. He lost a re-election bid in the general election on April 5, 2016.
Biography
Dommershausen graduated from Janesville Senior High School in 1962 and attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, the University of Illinois, Florida State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Rock County. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he has operated 27 West Appraisals and Estate Services since 1985.[1]
Elections
2017
Three of the nine seats on the Janesville School District school board were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. A total of six candidates filed for the seats. Board incumbent Kevin Murray was successful in his bid for re-election and was joined in his victory by newcomer Ben Dobson and former board member Karl Dommershausen. They defeated R. Michael Flynn, Janine Hegle, and Thomas Murphy.[2]
Results
| Janesville School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kevin Murray Incumbent |
26.70% | 4,357 |
| Ben Dobson |
17.46% | 2,849 |
| Karl Dommershausen |
16.83% | 2,747 |
| Janine Hegle | 16.69% | 2,724 |
| Thomas Murphy | 11.60% | 1,893 |
| R. Michael Flynn | 10.56% | 1,723 |
| Write-in votes | 0.15% | 25 |
| Total Votes | 16,318 | |
| Source: Elisabeth Moore, "Email correspondence with Debra Blazer, Board Relations Coordinator," May 24, 2017 | ||
Funding
All candidates in this race claimed exemption from reporting campaign contributions or expenditures, according to the Janesville School District.[3]
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:[4]
- 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.[5]
Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[6]
2016
Three of the nine seats on the Janesville School District school board were up for general election on April 5, 2016. The seats of Kristin Hesselbacher, Karl Dommershausen, and Cathy Myers were up for election. Dommershausen and Myers filed for re-election and faced challengers Michelle Haworth, Jim Millard, and Stephanie Kortyna-Rapach. Myers was successful in her bid for re-election and was joined on the board by newcomers Haworth and Millard. [7]
Results
| Janesville School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Michelle Haworth |
21.11% | 8,141 |
| Jim Millard |
19.00% | 7,326 |
| Stephanie Kortyna-Rapach | 18.68% | 7,203 |
| Karl Dommershausen Incumbent | 14.14% | 5,452 |
| Cathy Myers Incumbent |
26.16% | 10,088 |
| Write-in votes | 0.39% | 148 |
| Total Votes (100) | 38,358 | |
| Source: Rock County Board of Elections, "Election Results - April 5, 2016 Final Results," accessed June 15, 2016 | ||
2013
| Janesville School District, At-large General Election, 3-year terms, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Cathy Myers |
21.5% | 4,018 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kristin Hesselbacher |
17.9% | 3,338 | |
| Nonpartisan | Karl Dommershausen |
17.7% | 3,313 | |
| Nonpartisan | Diane Eyers | 17.2% | 3,220 | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter D. Severson | 16.6% | 3,096 | |
| Nonpartisan | Fred Jackson | 8.9% | 1,659 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 31 | |
| Total Votes | 18,675 | |||
| Source: Rock County Clerk, "2013 Spring Nonpartisan," accessed January 28, 2014 | ||||
See also
- Janesville School District, Wisconsin
- Janesville School District elections (2017)
- Janesville School District elections (2016)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Community Shoppers, "Election: Voters to select three for Janesville School Board," March 28, 2013
- ↑ Rock County Clerk's Office, "April 4, 2017 - Spring Election - Unofficial Results," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email conversation with Debra Blazer," March 30, 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
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, Email conversation with Board Relations Coordinator Debra Weston, January 14, 2016
| Janesville School District elections in 2017 | |
| Rock County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Kevin Murray • Ben Dobson • Karl Dommershausen • R. Michael Flynn • Janine Hegle • Thomas Murphy |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
