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Monica Walk
Monica Walk is an at-large representative on the Fond du Lac School District school board in Wisconsin. Walk won a first term in the at-large general election on April 4, 2017.
Biography
Walk is the owner of Walk the Talk Communications, LLC. She has experience leading communication units at Loyola University Chicago and University of Illinois-Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She earned her master's of education in curriculum and instruction from Loyola University and her bachelor's in communication from St. Norbert College.
Elections
2017
Two of the seven seats on the Fond du Lac School District school board were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. Board incumbent Mark Strand filed for re-election and was joined on the ballot by newcomers Greg Freiherr, Monica Walk, and Dan Sitter. Strand and Walk won election for the two seats.[1]
Results
| Fond du Lac School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Monica Walk |
34.06% | 2,725 |
| Mark Strand Incumbent |
30.51% | 2,441 |
| Dan Sitter | 19.70% | 1,576 |
| Greg Freiherr | 15.57% | 1,246 |
| Write-in votes | 0.16% | 13 |
| Total Votes | 8,001 | |
| Source: Elisabeth Moore, "Email correspondence with Eileen Shapiro," May 23, 2017 | ||
Funding
Walk was the only candidate in this election to file a report of contributions and expenditures with the Fond du Lac School District. She reported $3,675.69 in contributions and $1,491.41 in expenditures, leaving her campaign with $2,184.28 cash on hand as of March 25, 2017.[2]
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]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ KFIZ, "No Primary For FDL City Council And School Board Candidates," January 4, 2017
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Eileen Shapiro," March 29, 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
| Fond du Lac School District elections in 2017 | |
| Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Mark Strand • Greg Freiherr • Monica Walk • Dan Sitter |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
