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Linda Yu
Linda Yu (Nonpartisan) was an Area IV member of the Middleton-Cross Plains Board of Education in Wisconsin from 2015 to 2018. Yu was elected to the office on April 7, 2015. She resigned on August 27, 2018 for personal reasons.[1]
Biography
At the time of her service on the board, Yu was an associate professor of finance at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. In addition to serving on the Middleton-Cross Plains Board of Education, she was treasurer of the Whitewater Rotary Club and a board member for the Friends of the Middleton Public Library. She also served Lincoln Inquiry Charter School Governance Council from 2012 to 2014. Yu earned her doctoral degree in finance from the University of Memphis. As of 2015, she and her husband had two daughters.[2]
Elections
2018
Three of the nine seats on the Middleton-Cross Plains School District Board of Education in Wisconsin were up for at-large general election on April 3, 2018. All three incumbents filed for re-election. Area II incumbent Sean Hyland and Area IV incumbent Linda Yu were re-elected without opposition. Area V incumbent Anne Bauer defeated challenger K. Bartlett Durand Jr. to retain her seat.[3][4]
Results
General election
General election for Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board of Education Area IV
Incumbent Linda Yu won election in the general election for Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board of Education Area IV on April 3, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Linda Yu (Nonpartisan) | 99.2 | 6,585 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 52 | ||
| Total votes: 6,637 | |||
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2015
| Middleton-Cross Plains School District, Area IV General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Linda Yu |
50.6% | 2,409 | |
| Nonpartisan | Todd G. Smith | 49.2% | 2,340 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in candidates | 0.2% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 4,759 | |||
| Source: Dane County Clerk’s Office, “2015 Spring Election Official Canvass,” accessed July 30, 2015 | ||||
See also
- Middleton-Cross Plains School District, Wisconsin
- Middleton-Cross Plains School District elections (2018)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Middleton-Cross Plains School District, "Board Seeks Applicants For Area IV," accessed April 3, 2019
- ↑ Wisconsin State Journal, "Election 2015: Middleton-Cross Plains School Board," March 1, 2015
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Email communication with district clerk," January 3, 2018
- ↑ Dane County Elections, "2018 Spring Election Unofficial Canvass," accessed April 3, 2018
| Middleton-Cross Plains School District elections in 2018 | |
| Dane County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 3, 2018 |
| Candidates: | Area II: Incumbent, Sean Hyland Area IV: Incumbent, Linda Yu Area V: Incumbent, Anne Bauer • K. Bartlett Durand Jr. |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
