Mary Braun Modder

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Mary Braun Modder
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Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education At-large
Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

7

Elections and appointments
Last elected

April 3, 2018

Personal
Profession
Educator
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Mary Braun Modder is a member of the Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education At-large in Wisconsin. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends in 2027.

Modder ran for election to the Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education At-large in Wisconsin. She won in the general election on April 3, 2018.

Biography

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Braun Modder is a retired teacher who worked for the Kenosha Unified School District.[1]

Elections

2018

See also: Kenosha Unified School District elections (2018)

An at-large general election was held for three seats on the Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education in Wisconsin on April 3, 2018. Incumbents Tamarra Coleman and Mary Snyder did not file for re-election, leaving two open seats. Four candidates filed to run in this race. Incumbent Mike Falkofske faced candidates Todd Battle, Tom Duncan, and Mary Braun Modder in the election. The three challengers defeated Falkofske for the three seats.[2][3]

Results

General election

General election for Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

Tom Duncan, Mary Braun Modder, and Todd Battle defeated incumbent Mike Falkofske in the general election for Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education At-large on April 3, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Duncan
Tom Duncan (Nonpartisan)
 
27.0
 
8,310
Image of Mary Braun Modder
Mary Braun Modder (Nonpartisan)
 
26.2
 
8,082
Image of Todd Battle
Todd Battle (Nonpartisan)
 
24.6
 
7,580
Image of Mike Falkofske
Mike Falkofske (Nonpartisan)
 
21.7
 
6,688
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
168

Total votes: 30,828
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2017

See also: Kenosha Unified School District elections (2017)

Two seats on the Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. In their bids for re-election to the board, incumbents Gary Kunich and Dan Wade defeated challengers Zak Jakobs and Mary Braun Modder.[4][5]

Results

Kenosha Unified School District,
At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dan Wade Incumbent 30.24% 5,674
Green check mark transparent.png Gary Kunich Incumbent 28.83% 5,409
Mary Braun Modder 26.71% 5,012
Zak Jakobs 13.99% 2,626
Write-in votes 0.23% 43
Total Votes 18,764
Source: Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Stacy Busby, Executive Assistant/School Board Secretary, Office of the Superintendent, Kenosha Unified School District," May 4, 2017

Funding

See also: Campaign finance in the Kenosha Unified School District election

Modder began the race with an existing account balance of $528.00 from her previous campaign. She reported $3,192.75 in contributions and $1,818.90 in expenditures to Kenosha Unified School District, which left her campaign with $1,901.85 on hand in the election.[6]

Endorsements

Modder was endorsed by the Kenosha Education Association (KEA), the AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, and the UAW Local 72 CAP Council.[7][8]

See also

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