Neenah Joint School District elections (2017)
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Three seats on the Neenah Joint School District school board were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. In their bids for re-election, board incumbents Margaret Murphy, Michelle Swardenski, and Scott Thompson defeated challengers Marcelo Garcia, Tom Hanby, and Peter Kaul.[1][2]
Both Garcia and Hanby ran for the board in 2016, but lost the election.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The nine members of the Neenah school board are elected to three-year terms in joint ballot, at-large, nonpartisan elections. This means that candidates for the board run without party affiliations on the ballot and that all registered voters in the school district may vote in every election.
Elections are staggered so that three seats on the board are up for regular election each year. In the case of vacancies on the board, the remaining board members appoint a member to serve in the seat until the next general election. Three seats were up for election on April 7, 2015, three seats were up for election on April 5, 2016, and three seats were up for election on April 4, 2017.
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]
At-large
Results
| Neenah Joint School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Michelle Swardenski Incumbent |
21.37% | 1,931 |
| Margaret Murphy Incumbent |
19.15% | 1,731 |
| Scott Thompson Incumbent |
17.42% | 1,574 |
| Peter Kaul | 15.43% | 1,395 |
| Marcelo Garcia | 14.03% | 1,268 |
| Tom Hanby | 12.60% | 1,139 |
| Total Votes | 9,038 | |
| Source: Elisabeth Moore, "Email correspondence with Diane Haug, Executive Assistant to the District Administrator and Board of Education Secretary/Deputy Clerk," May 24, 2017 | ||
Candidates
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| Marcelo Garcia | Tom Hanby | Peter Kaul | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Wisconsin elections, 2017
The Neenah Joint School District school board election shared the ballot with elections for the office of Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction and one seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.[4]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Wisconsin school board elections in 2017:[5][6]
| 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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Marcelo Garcia received an official endorsement from Wisconsin Progress.[7]
Campaign finance
All candidates in this election filed an exemption from reporting campaign contributions or expenditures, according to the Neenah Joint School District.[8]
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:[9]
- 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.[10]
Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[6]
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Election trends
- See also: School board elections, 2017
The Neenah Joint School District saw an average of 2.00 candidates running per seat in 2017. That number was 2.33 in 2016. In 2015, the Wisconsin state average of unopposed seats was 32.00 percent, and the U.S. average was 35.95 percent. During the same year, 35.29 percent of the seats up for election in Wisconsin were filled by newcomers, while newcomers won 40.81 percent of school board seats in the largest school districts across the United States. The state saw a lower rate of seats won by newcomers in 2014 when that rate was 23.33 percent, while it was 38.24 percent in the U.S.
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
| Neenah Joint School District | |||||
| 2017 | 2.00 | 00.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% | |
| 2016 | 2.33 | 00.00% | 66.66% | 33.33% | |
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| 2015 | 1.38 | 32.00% | 84.00% | 35.29% | |
| 2014 | 1.40 | 46.67% | 88.46% | 23.33% | |
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| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
| 2014 | 1.89 | 32.59% | 81.31% | 38.24% | |
About the district
- See also: Neenah Joint School District, Wisconsin
The Neenah Joint School District is located in Winnebago County in east-central Wisconsin. The seat of county government is Oshkosh. Winnebago County was home to 169,546 residents between 2010 and 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau. The district was the 24th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 6,155 students.[11][12]
Demographics
Higher education achievement
Winnebago County underperformed compared to Wisconsin as a whole in terms of higher education attainment between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 26.6 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 27.8 percent for the state as a whole, and 29.8 percent for the entire country.[12]
Median household income
The median household income in Winnebago County was $52,018 from 2011 to 2015. During that same time period, it was $53,357 for the state as a whole, and it was $53,889 for the entire United States.[12]
Poverty rate
From 2011 to 2015, the poverty rate in Winnebago County was 11.3 percent, while it was 12.1 percent statewide. During that same time period, the poverty rate for the country as a whole was 13.5 percent.[12]
| Racial Demographics, 2015[12] | ||
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| Race | Winnebago County (%) | Wisconsin (%) |
| White | 92.7 | 87.6 |
| Black or African American | 2.1 | 6.6 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Asian | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.1 | 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.
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Diane Huang, Executive Assistant to the District Administrator," January 4, 2017
- ↑ Winnebago County Clerk, "Election Summary Report: April 04, 2017," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wisconsin Association of School Boards, "Guide for Candidates: 2017 Spring Election Edition," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking by Office: 2017 Spring Election - 4/4/2017," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Guided for Candidates," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Checklist," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Progress, "Our Endorsements for Spring 2017," accessed March 31, 2017
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Diane Haug, Executive Assistant to the District Administrator and Board of Education Secretary/Deputy Clerk," 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 United States Census Bureau, "Winnebago County, Wisconsin," accessed January 24, 2017
| Neenah Joint School District elections in 2017 | |
| Winnebago County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large: Incumbent, Margaret Murphy • Incumbent, Michelle Swardenski • Incumbent, Scott Thompson • Marcelo Garcia • Tom Hanby • Peter Kaul |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
