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Kenneth Reeder
Kenneth Reeder was an at-large member of the St. Joseph School District Board of Education in Missouri. He assumed office on April 19, 2021. He left office on April 15, 2024.
Reeder ran for election for an at-large seat of the St. Joseph School District Board of Education in Missouri. He lost in the general election on April 8, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: St. Joseph School District, Missouri, elections (2025)
General election
General election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large on April 8, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jennifer Kerns (Nonpartisan) | 23.3 | 4,836 | |
| ✔ | Kim Miller (Nonpartisan) | 21.2 | 4,391 | |
| Brian Kirk (Nonpartisan) | 18.6 | 3,859 | ||
| Cassandra Veale (Nonpartisan) | 17.7 | 3,674 | ||
| Kenneth Reeder (Nonpartisan) | 12.3 | 2,545 | ||
| James Mrkvicka (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 1,456 | ||
| Total votes: 20,761 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Reeder in this election.
2024
See also: St. Joseph School District, Missouri, elections (2024)
General election
General election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large on April 2, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | LaTonya Williams (Nonpartisan) | 15.0 | 4,383 | |
| ✔ | Mike Moore (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 4,193 | |
| ✔ | Ronda Chesney (Nonpartisan) | 13.8 | 4,012 | |
| Jacob McMillian (Nonpartisan) | 13.0 | 3,789 | ||
 | Tami Pasley (Nonpartisan) | 11.9 | 3,480 | |
| Kenneth Reeder (Nonpartisan) | 10.1 | 2,946 | ||
| Sean Connors (Nonpartisan) | 8.8 | 2,564 | ||
| Kim Dragoo (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 2,098 | ||
| Warren Ingram III (Nonpartisan) | 4.0 | 1,170 | ||
| Steve Carillo (Nonpartisan) | 1.8 | 529 | ||
| Total votes: 29,164 | |||
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Endorsements
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2021
See also: St. Joseph School District, Missouri, elections (2021)
General election
General election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large on April 6, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kenneth Reeder (Nonpartisan) | 14.5 | 4,982 | |
| ✔ |  | David Foster (Nonpartisan) | 14.2 | 4,876 |
| ✔ | LaTonya Williams (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 4,200 | |
| Colby Oyerly (Nonpartisan) | 11.6 | 3,994 | ||
 | Lute Atieh (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 3,921 | |
| David Jordan (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 3,864 | ||
 | Larry Koch (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 3,267 | |
| Rick Gehring (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 3,151 | ||
| Michelle Traster (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 5.1 | 1,754 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 437 | ||
| Total votes: 34,446 | |||
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2020
See also: St. Joseph School District, Missouri, elections (2020)
General election
General election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lori Witham (Nonpartisan) | 29.2 | 3,295 | |
| ✔ | Rick Gilmore (Nonpartisan) | 23.0 | 2,593 | |
| Michelle Traster (Nonpartisan) | 19.4 | 2,191 | ||
| Kenneth Reeder (Nonpartisan) | 12.9 | 1,456 | ||
| Brian Shewell (Nonpartisan) | 9.8 | 1,102 | ||
| Josh Hall (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 600 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 56 | ||
| Total votes: 11,293 | |||
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2019
See also: St. Joseph School District, Missouri, elections (2019)
General election
General election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large (2 seats)
Incumbent Tami Pasley and incumbent Bryan Green defeated David Mason Jr. and Kenneth Reeder in the general election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tami Pasley (Nonpartisan) | 36.1 | 7,502 |
| ✔ |  | Bryan Green (Nonpartisan) | 32.7 | 6,800 |
| David Mason Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 15.8 | 3,283 | ||
| Kenneth Reeder (Nonpartisan) | 14.6 | 3,036 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 150 | ||
| Total votes: 20,771 | |||
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2018
Three seats on the St. Joseph School District school board in Missouri were up for general election on April 3, 2018. The seats of Larry Koch, Martin Rucker, and Dennis Snethen were up for grabs in this election. Koch was the only incumbent who filed for re-election and faced challengers Lute Atieh, Aaron Duncan, Lorrie Lynn Hollis, David Jordan, Kenneth Reeder, and Seth Wright.[1]
The three winners of this race were sworn in shortly before the contract of the district's new superintendent commences. The school board announced Dr. Doug Van Zyl as the district's new superintendent on February 1, 2018, following Dr. Robert Newhart's announcement in late 2017 that he would retire as the district's superintendent at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.
Results
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General election
General election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Joseph School District school board, At-large on April 3, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Seth Wright (Nonpartisan) | 22.0 | 6,491 |
| ✔ | | Lute Atieh (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 5,445 |
| ✔ | | Larry Koch (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 4,684 |
| David Jordan (Nonpartisan) | 15.4 | 4,563 | ||
| Kenneth Reeder (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 3,351 | ||
 | Lorrie Lynn Hollis (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 3,336 | |
| Aaron Duncan (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 1,571 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 104 | ||
| Total votes: 29,545 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kenneth Reeder did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2024
Kenneth Reeder did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Kenneth Reeder did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Kenneth Reeder did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kenneth Reeder did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. Responding to the question why he wanted to be on the board, Reeder said he was particularly motivated when he saw that fellow candidate Seth Wright had filed. He also stated he's been involved in what he called "this fight" since 2009, when he fought against a ballot measure. “I’ve been ostracized, derided by the most elite group of people in this town … but I’ve stayed with the fight,” he said. Reeder also said his priority objectives as a board member would be fighting for taxpayers and teachers, and that "people that are underpaid and underappreciated notoriously in this district." When asked what set him apart from the other candidates, he replied that he would be the watchdog on the board; “somebody who is going to raise their hand and take the bullets. There’s not much else I can prove along that line.”[2]
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 'Buchanan County Board of Elections, "April 3, 2018 - General Municipal," accessed April 5, 2018
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