Ken French
Ken French was an at-large incumbent on the La Crosse Board of Education in Wisconsin. French sought another term in the general election on April 5, 2016.[1] French lost the election.[2]
Biography
French is retired from Trane Co. He is a graduate of Logan High School in the La Crosse School District.[3]
Elections
2016
Three of the nine seats on the La Crosse Board of Education were up for at-large general election on April 5, 2016. Incumbents Ken French, Mary Larson, and Tom Thompson faced challenger Dawn Comeau in their bids for re-election.[1] Larson and Thompson were re-elected to the board, but Comeau defeated French to win a seat.[2]
French, Larson, Thompson, and Comeau faced each other in a previous school board election. In 2013, the three incumbents won re-election, and Comeau came in fourth place.[4]
Results
| La Crosse School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mary Larson Incumbent |
27.90% | 11,685 |
| Tom Thompson Incumbent |
27.15% | 11,370 |
| Dawn Comeau |
22.32% | 9,348 |
| Ken French Incumbent | 21.73% | 9,100 |
| Write-in votes | 0.9% | 375 |
| Total Votes | 41,878 | |
| Source: La Crosse School District, "Board of Education: School Board Election," accessed April 22, 2016 | ||
Funding
French reported no contributions or expenditures to the School District of La Crosse in the election.[5]
Endorsements
French received no official endorsements in the election.
2013
| School District of La Crosse, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Larson Incumbent |
29.1% | 6,833 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tom Thompson Incumbent |
25.5% | 6,001 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ken French Incumbent |
23.3% | 5,483 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dawn Comeau | 21.7% | 5,110 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 94 | |
| Total Votes | 23,521 | |||
| Source: La Crosse County Clerk, "2013 Spring Election," accessed July 29, 2015 | ||||
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See also
- La Crosse School District, Wisconsin
- La Crosse School District elections (2016)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state...
- Wisconsin school districts 2014 review
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 La Crosse School District, "Board of Education: School Board Election," accessed January 12, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 La Crosse County Clerk, "Unofficial Summary: 2016 Pres Pref & Spring April 5, 2016," accessed April 6, 2016
- ↑ La Crosse Tribune, "Three seats up for grabs on La Crosse School Board," March 29, 2013
- ↑ La Crosse County Clerk, "2013 Spring Election," accessed July 29, 2015
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Judy Stangl, School District of La Crosse Executive Assistant and Board Secretary," March 29, 2016
| 2016 La Crosse School District Elections | |
| La Crosse County | |
| Election date: | April 5, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Ken French • Incumbent, Mary Larson • Incumbent, Tom Thompson • Dawn Comeau |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
