Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.
Lester Spies
Lester Spies is an at-large representative on the Germantown School District school board in Wisconsin. First elected in 2005, Spies won a new term in the at-large general election on April 4, 2017.
Biography
Spies is the pastor at Lutheran Church of the Living Christ.[1]
Elections
2017
Two of seven seats on the Germantown School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. Incumbents Bob Soderberg and Lester Spies were unopposed and won re-election to their seats.[2]
Results
| Germantown School District, General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lester Spies Incumbent |
50.55% | 1,932 |
| Bob Soderberg Incumbent |
49.45% | 1,890 |
| Total Votes | 3,822 | |
| Source: Washington County, Wisconsin, "Election Summary Report," accessed April 4, 2017These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Funding
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:[3]
- 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.[4]
Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[5]
2014
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lester Spies |
98% | 1,337 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 2% | 27 | |
| Total Votes | 1,364 | |||
| Source: Washington County, Wisconsin, "Election Summary Results," accessed January 22, 2016 | ||||
See also
- Germantown School District, Wisconsin
- Germantown School District elections (2017)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state...
- Wisconsin school districts 2014 review
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Lutheran Church of the Living Christ, "Contact," accessed January 22, 2016
- ↑ Washington County, Wisconsin, "Election Summary Report," accessed April 4, 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
| Germantown School District elections in 2017 | |
| Washington County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Lester Spies • Incumbent, Bob Soderberg |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
