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Matt Schulte
2023 - Present
2027
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Matt Schulte (Republican Party) is a member of the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners in Nebraska, representing District 3. He assumed office on January 5, 2023. His current term ends on January 7, 2027.
Schulte (Republican Party) ran for election to the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners to represent District 3 in Nebraska. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Matt Schulte is a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska. Schulte graduated from Grand Island Senior High before earning his undergraduate degree in middle school math and science from John Brown University and his master's degree in nonprofit management and leadership from the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership.
He is employed as the executive director of the Lincoln chapter of Campus Life, and he also founded and operates a small business, Nonprofit Shared Services.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Lancaster County, Nebraska (2022)
General election
General election for Lancaster County Board of Commissioners District 3
Matt Schulte won election in the general election for Lancaster County Board of Commissioners District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Matt Schulte (R) | 96.9 | 22,031 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.1 | 708 | ||
| Total votes: 22,739 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lancaster County Board of Commissioners District 3
Matt Schulte defeated incumbent Deb Schorr and Travis Filing in the Republican primary for Lancaster County Board of Commissioners District 3 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Schulte | 50.2 | 5,835 |
| Deb Schorr | 39.2 | 4,559 | ||
| Travis Filing | 10.4 | 1,210 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 11,622 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Lancaster County Treasurer
Rachel Garver defeated Matt Schulte in the general election for Lancaster County Treasurer on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rachel Garver (D) | 52.8 | 59,462 | |
| Matt Schulte (R) | 47.1 | 53,056 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 140 | ||
| Total votes: 112,658 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Lancaster County Treasurer
Rachel Garver defeated Andrew Stock in the Democratic primary for Lancaster County Treasurer on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rachel Garver | 69.3 | 14,781 | |
 | Andrew Stock | 30.7 | 6,559 | |
| Total votes: 21,340 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lancaster County Treasurer
Matt Schulte defeated Allen D. Simpson and incumbent Andy Stebbing in the Republican primary for Lancaster County Treasurer on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Schulte | 49.7 | 10,168 |
| Allen D. Simpson | 31.2 | 6,392 | ||
 | Andy Stebbing | 19.0 | 3,897 | |
| Total votes: 20,457 | |||
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2015
- See also: Lincoln Public Schools elections (2015)
The election in Lincoln featured three of the seven seats on the board up for primary election on April 7, 2015, and the general election was held on May 5, 2015. Newcomers Connie Duncan and Rachel Terry competed for the District 2 seat, while John Cartier and Annie Mumgaard campaigned for the District 4 seat. Challenger Matt Schulte faced incumbent Katie McLeese Stephenson for her District 6 seat. Duncan, Mumgaard and Schulte won the three seats.
The top two vote recipients in each district in the primary election proceeded to the general election. District 2 candidate Norman Dority and District 4 candidate Jesse Wyrrick were eliminated from contention in the primary election.
Results
General election
| Lincoln Public Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Matt Schulte |
50.9% | 4,713 | |
| Nonpartisan | Katie McLeese Stephenson Incumbent | 49% | 4,541 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 8 | |
| Total Votes | 9,262 | |||
| Source: Lancaster County Election Commissioner, "Lincoln City General Election Results," accessed June 9, 2015 | ||||
Primary election
| Lincoln Public Schools, District 6 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Katie McLeese Stephenson Incumbent |
51.2% | 3,541 | |
| Nonpartisan | Matt Schulte |
48.4% | 3,344 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 28 | |
| Total Votes | 6,913 | |||
| Source: Lancaster County Election Commissioner, "Lincoln City Primary Results," accessed June 9, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Schulte reported $5,567.00 in contributions and $1,576.51 in expenditures to the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission, which left his campaign with $3,990.49 on hand during the election.[2]
Endorsements
Schulte received endorsements from the Nebraska Right to Life PAC and the Lincoln Independent Business Association PAC.[3][4] A full list of his endorsements can be found on his campaign website.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matt Schulte did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Schulte published a list of his campaign themes on his website:
| “ | Transparency
As a parent who will be entrusting my children to a school system, I want to know what and how my child gets taught. As tax payers we deserve to know how and where our tax dollars are being spent. Innovation The recently funded Career Academy is a great step forward that will help many kids succeed. If we are to realize Lincoln's academic objectives, we need to bring more innovation to the elementary and middle grade levels. Appropriate Spending All of this can be accomplished while keeping an eye on the appropriate use of our tax dollars. I will constantly fight to keep overhead low and the majority of our dollars going directly to the classroom. Great Teachers A great teacher makes all the difference in the education of a child. We should constantly be evaluating our policies and practices to ensure that we hire the best-qualified teachers, provide high quality professional development and retain the most talented and effective teachers.[5] |
” |
| —Matt Schulte's campaign website (2015)[6] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Lancaster County Board of Commissioners District 3 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Campus Life director files for school board seat," February 10, 2015
- ↑ Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission, "Campaign Statements Search," accessed March 26, 2015
- ↑ Facebook, "Rachel Terry for LPS School Board," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Business group PAC endorses in council, school board race," March 23, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Matt Schulte, "Platform," accessed May 4, 2015
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