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Michael Bonds
Michael Bonds was the District 3 representative on the Milwaukee Board of School Directors in Wisconsin from 2007 to 2018. He resigned in July 2018.[1]
Bonds ran for election to the Milwaukee City Council in 2016. He was defeated by Khalif Rainey in the general election on April 5, 2016.
Bonds was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 6 of the Wisconsin State Senate. He was defeated in the Democratic primary.
Biography
Bonds earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He served as a senior fiscal review analyst for the city of Milwaukee and an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.[2]
Board membership
2015-2016
The Milwaukee Board of School Directors voted unanimously on 88.74 percent of its votes between the annual organizational meeting on April 28, 2015, and the regular board meeting on November 17, 2016. The voting data indicated that Mark Sain, Larry Miller, Carol Voss, Terrence Falk, and Claire Zautke were the majority faction on the board, and Annie Woodward and Wendell Harris Sr. were the minority faction on the board. Michael Bonds and Tatiana Joseph did not vote consistently enough with either group to be included in the majority or minority faction.[3]
2014-2015
The Milwaukee Board of School Directors voted unanimously on 75.89 percent of its votes between January 1, 2014, and April 23, 2015. The voting data indicated that Michael Bonds, Meagan Holman, Mark Sain, Jeff Spence, and Claire Zautke were the governing majority on the board, and Larry Miller, Terrence Falk, and Tatiana Joseph were the minority faction on the board. Annie Woodward did not vote with either group consistently enough to be considered part of the majority or minority faction.[3]
Elections
2016
State Senate
- See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Wisconsin State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016. Incumbent Nikiya Harris Dodd (D) did not seek re-election.
LaTonya Johnson ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Senate District 6 general election.[4][5]
| Wisconsin State Senate, District 6 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  LaTonya Johnson (unopposed) |
100.00% | 60,129 | |
| Total Votes | 60,129 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission | ||||
LaTonya Johnson defeated Thomas Harris and Michael Bonds in the Wisconsin State Senate District 6 Democratic primary.[6][7]
| Wisconsin State Senate, District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | LaTonya Johnson |
60.76% | 9,583 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Harris | 20.07% | 3,166 | |
| Democratic | Michael Bonds | 19.16% | 3,022 | |
| Total Votes | 15,771 | |||
Milwaukee City Council
The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, held elections for mayor and city council on April 5, 2016. A primary election took place on February 16, 2016. All 15 city council seats were up for election. Khalif Rainey defeated Michael Bonds in the Milwaukee City Council District 7 general election.[8]
| Milwaukee City Council District 7, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Khalif Rainey |
53.77% | 4,909 |
| Michael Bonds | 45.80% | 4,181 |
| Write-in votes | 0.43% | 39 |
| Total Votes | 9,129 | |
| Source: City of Milwaukee, "Spring Election Official Results," April 11, 2016 | ||
| Milwaukee City Council District 7, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Khalif Rainey |
31.51% | 1,351 |
| Michael Bonds |
26.03% | 1,116 |
| David Crowley | 22.44% | 962 |
| Randy Jones | 14.30% | 613 |
| Vivian Redd-Fehr | 5.32% | 228 |
| Write-in votes | 0.4% | 17 |
| Total Votes | 4,287 | |
| Source: City of Milwaukee, "2016 Spring Primary Final Results," February 19, 2016 | ||
2015
Five seats on the Milwaukee Board of School Directors were up for election on April 7, 2015. Two of the races were contested.
District 2 incumbent Jeff Spence faced challenger Wendell Harris Sr. Stephany Pruitt challenged District 3 incumbent Michael Bonds.
Brian Eisold filed a declaration of candidacy to challenge at-large incumbent Terrence Falk. However, Eisold did not file the necessary nominating signatures, leaving Falk unopposed in his re-election bid. District 1 incumbent Mark Sain and candidate Carol Voss for District 8 were also unopposed in the election.
All of the incumbents except Spence, who was defeated by Harris, retained their seats, and Voss won her first term on the board in the open District 8 race.
Results
| Milwaukee Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Bonds Incumbent |
71.8% | 2,791 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stephany Pruitt | 27.6% | 1,073 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.5% | 21 | |
| Total Votes | 3,885 | |||
| Source: City of Milwaukee Election Commission, "April 7, 2015: Spring Election Summary Report," accessed April 22, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Bonds began the race with an existing account balance of $39.80 from his previous campaign. He reported $4,675.00 in contributions and $4,689.21 in expenditures to Milwaukee Election Commission, which left his campaign with $25.59 in cash on hand in this election.[9]
Endorsements
Bonds received no official endorsements in this election.
2012
- See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2012
Bonds ran in the 2012 election for Wisconsin State Senate, District 6; however, he withdrew from the race before the primary election. The general election was November 6, 2012.[10]
2011
| Milwaukee Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Bonds Incumbent |
100% | 10,407 | |
| Total Votes | 10,407 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Election Watch, "Michael Bonds," accessed September 22, 2014 | ||||
2007
General
| Milwaukee Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Bonds |
54% | 2,452 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stephanie Findley | 46% | 2,088 | |
| Total Votes | 4,540 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Election Watch, "Michael Bonds," accessed September 22, 2014 | ||||
Primary
| Milwaukee Public Schools, District 3 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Bonds |
39.2% | 941 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stephanie Findley |
28.5% | 684 | |
| Nonpartisan | Leon Todd | 24.2% | 581 | |
| Nonpartisan | Markus J. Watts | 8.2% | 196 | |
| Total Votes | 2,402 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Election Watch, "Michael Bonds," accessed September 22, 2014 | ||||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Michael + Bonds + Milwaukee + Public + Schools"
See also
- Milwaukee Public Schools, Wisconsin
- Milwaukee Public Schools elections (2015)
- Wisconsin State Senate
- Wisconsin State Senate District 6
- Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2016
- Wisconsin State Legislature
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- Wisconsin school districts 2014 review
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Fox6now.com, "'I am stepping down:' Michael Bonds resigns from Milwaukee Board of School Directors," July 17, 2018
- ↑ Milwaukee Public Schools, "Michael Bonds," accessed September 22, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Milwaukee Public Schools, "Proceedings (Minutes) of the Board," accessed January 26, 2017
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates on Ballot by Election - 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Elections Commission, "2016 Fall General Election Results," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidate Tracking by Office," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commissions, "2016 Partisan Primary," accessed September 16, 2016
- ↑ City of Milwaukee, "2016 Spring Election Candidates," January 8, 2016
- ↑ Milwaukee Election Commission, "Campaign Finance Reports 2015 Election Cycle," accessed August 25, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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