Muskego-Norway School District elections (2017)
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Two seats on the Muskego-Norway School District school board were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. Incumbents Christopher Buckmaster and Robert Bohmann won re-election without opposition.[1]
Muskego-Norway's school board elections were unopposed each year between 2013 and 2017. Click here to view the district's full election trends.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Muskego-Norway school board consists of seven at-large members elected to three-year terms. A general election is held each April with a February primary for any seat with more than two candidates. The board members elect a president, vice president, clerk, and treasurer during an organizational meeting within 30 days of the fourth Monday in April.[2]
School board candidates had to be at least 18 years old, U.S. citizens, and residents of the school district for a minimum of 28 consecutive days before filing as a candidate. They also could not be disqualified from voting under Wisconsin law.[3]
To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file nomination papers with the school district clerk by January 3, 2017. If incumbents whose terms were up for re-election did not file to run in the race and did not file written notification that they would not be running, the candidate filing deadline could have been extended until January 6, 2017. The terms of candidates elected in the race started on April 24, 2017.[3]
Candidates and results
At-large
Results
| Muskego-Norway School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Robert Bohmann Incumbent |
50.14% | 1,611 |
| Christopher Buckmaster Incumbent |
49.86% | 1,602 |
| Total Votes | 3,213 | |
| Source: Waukesha County Clerk, "2017 Spring Election," accessed April 4, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Candidates
Christopher Buckmaster 
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Robert Bohmann
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Wisconsin elections, 2017
The district's school board election shared the ballot with elections for state school superintendent and state courts.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Wisconsin school board elections in 2017:[4][5]
| Deadline | Event |
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| January 3, 2017 | Candidate filing deadline |
| January 16, 2017 | Campaign finance deadline for candidates registered before January 1 |
| February 13, 2017 | Campaign finance deadline for districts holding primary elections |
| March 27, 2017 | Campaign finance deadline for general election |
| April 4, 2017 | Election Day |
| April 24, 2017 | Board members take office |
| July 15, 2017 | Post-election campaign finance deadline |
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
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:[6]
- 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.[7]
Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[5]
Past elections
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2016
2015Eric Schroeder, Dean Strom and Lisa Warwick won election without opposition on April 7, 2015.[8] 2014Robert Bohmann, Christopher Buckmaster and Dean Strom won election without opposition on April 1, 2014. Bohmann and Buckmaster earned two three-year terms up for regularly scheduled elections, while Strom won an unexpired one-year term after placing third.[9] 2013Brett Hyde and Rick Petfalski won election without opposition on April 2, 2013.[10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
What was at stake?
Election trends
- See also: School board elections, 2017
The 2017 school board election for the Muskego-Norway School District, like the district's 2014, 2015, and 2016 races, consisted entirely of unopposed candidates running for election. None of the district's previous four elections were competitive. The district regularly has a lower candidate per seat average than the 2015 state and national averages of candidates per seat of 1.38 and 1.72, respectively.
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers |
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| 2017 | 1.0 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| 2015 | 1.0 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 1.0 | 100.00% | 66.66% | 33.33% |
| 2013 | 1.0 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% |
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| 2015 | 1.38 | 32.00% | 84.00% | 35.29% |
| United States | ||||
| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 82.66% | 40.81% |
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Issues in the district
School district, city officials decide on water provision
A meeting between city of Muskego and Muskego-Norway School District officials took place on March 14, 2017. The parties reached an agreement to bring city water service to a district middle school that opened in the fall of 2018. The estimate to hook the school up to city utilities is roughly $900,000.[11]
City officials originally asked the district to install water mains in order to provide the school with municipal water service. The estimated cost to install these water mains was $1.2 million. The city, or its utilities, would have helped to pay for the installation. School district officials instead favored installing a well to provide the school with water, at a cost estimate of approximately $400,000. The compromise reached between city and district officials was one of four options proposed: allowing a closer hookup to city water for the district, cost sharing between the city and schools, allowing the school to use a well, and allowing the school to use a well temporarily and transferring the ownership of the well to the city after the school hooked up to city water services.[11]
About the district
- See also: Muskego-Norway School District, Wisconsin
Muskego-Norway School District is located in Waukesha County in southeastern Wisconsin. The county seat is Waukesha. Waukesha County was home to 396,488 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[12] The district was the 34th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 4,840 students.[13]
Demographics
Higher education achievement
Waukesha County outperformed Wisconsin as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 41.2 percent of Waukesha County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.8 percent for the state as a whole and 29.8 percent for the entire United States.[12]
Median household income
Between 2011 and 2015, the median household income in Waukesha County was $76,545, compared to $53,357 for Wisconsin.[12] During that same time period, the median household income for the entire United States was $53,889.[14]
Poverty rate
Between 2011 and 2015, the poverty rate in Waukesha County was 4.7 percent, while the statewide poverty rate was 12.1 percent. During the same time period, the national poverty rate was 13.5 percent.[12][14]
| Racial Demographics, 2015[12] | ||
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| Race | Waukesha County (%) | Wisconsin (%) |
| White | 93.4 | 87.6 |
| Black or African American | 1.5 | 6.6 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Asian | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.7 | 6.6 |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Recent news
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See also
| Muskego-Norway School District | Wisconsin | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Waukesha County Clerk, "2017 Spring Election," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ Muskego-Norway School District, "Bylaws & Policies," accessed November 13, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wisconsin Association of School Boards, "Guide for Candidates: 2017 Spring Election Edition," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Guided for Candidates," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Checklist," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ 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
- ↑ City of Muskego, "Spring Election-Unofficial Vote Totals," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ City of Muskego, "Spring Election-Unofficial Vote Totals," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ City of Muskego, "Spring Election-Unofficial Vote Totals," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Muskego New Berlin Now, "Options emerge in water fight in Muskego over school," March 12, 2017
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 United States Census Bureau, "Waukesha County, Wisconsin," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 United States Census Bureau, "State & County QuickFacts: USA," accessed July 6, 2015
| Muskego-Norway School District elections in 2017 | |
| Waukesha County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Christopher Buckmaster • Incumbent, Robert Bohmann |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
