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Rebecca Kemble

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Rebecca Kemble
Image of Rebecca Kemble
Prior offices
Madison Common Council District 18
Successor: Charles Myadze

Elections and appointments
Last election

April 6, 2021

Education

Bachelor's

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Graduate

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Contact

Rebecca Kemble was a member of the Madison Common Council in Wisconsin, representing District 18. Kemble assumed office in 2015. Kemble left office on April 20, 2021.

Kemble ran for re-election to the Madison Common Council to represent District 18 in Wisconsin. Kemble lost in the general election on April 6, 2021.

Although common council elections in Madison are officially nonpartisan, Kemble is known to be affiliated with the Democratic Party.[1]

Biography

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Kemble earned her B.S. in anthropology and African studies from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and her M.S. in anthropology and African studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also completed work at the doctoral level in anthropology and African studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[2]

Kemble's professional experience includes work as an academic dean for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as the owner of a snow removal business, as a worker-owner and cocaptain of the Workers Council for the Union Cab Cooperative, and in bookkeeping and janitorial services for Accipiter Properties, the property development and management company co-owned by her husband. She has served as president of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, the North American chapter of the International Organization of Industrial, Artisanal, and Service Producers' Co-operatives, the East Attendance Area PTO Coalition, the Lindbergh Elementary PTO, and the Dane County TimeBank.[2]

Elections

2021

See also: City elections in Madison, Wisconsin (2021)

General election

General election for Madison Common Council District 18

Charles Myadze defeated incumbent Rebecca Kemble in the general election for Madison Common Council District 18 on April 6, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Charles Myadze (Nonpartisan)
 
54.7
 
1,670
Image of Rebecca Kemble
Rebecca Kemble (Nonpartisan)
 
45.2
 
1,380
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
3

Total votes: 3,053
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Madison Common Council District 18

Incumbent Rebecca Kemble and Charles Myadze defeated Veronica Figueroa Velez in the primary for Madison Common Council District 18 on February 16, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rebecca Kemble
Rebecca Kemble (Nonpartisan)
 
50.2
 
873
Charles Myadze (Nonpartisan)
 
37.0
 
643
Image of Veronica Figueroa Velez
Veronica Figueroa Velez (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
12.6
 
220
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
4

Total votes: 1,740
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2019

See also: City elections in Madison, Wisconsin (2019)

General election

General election for Madison Common Council District 18

Incumbent Rebecca Kemble won election in the general election for Madison Common Council District 18 on April 2, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rebecca Kemble
Rebecca Kemble (Nonpartisan)
 
98.6
 
2,806
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.4
 
41

Total votes: 2,847
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in Madison, Wisconsin (2017)

The city of Madison, Wisconsin, held an election for common council on April 4, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was January 3, 2017.

All 20 common council seats were up for election in 2017. Incumbents ran for re-election in 19 of the 20 districts. They were unopposed in 15 of those races. Incumbent Rebecca Kemble ran unopposed in the general election for the District 18 seat on the Madison Common Council.[3]

Madison Common Council, District 18 General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Rebecca Kemble Incumbent (unopposed) 98.45% 1,647
Write-in votes 1.55% 26
Total Votes 1,673
Source: Dane County Clerk, "2017 Spring Election," accessed May 4, 2017



Campaign themes

2021

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2017

Kemble's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]

I hope to inform the discussion about how to foster long-term economic stability through the creation of family-supporting jobs in enterprises that build the human capacities of workers as they address needs in community. Creating these jobs in and around the food sector by mobilizing already existing Northside organizations like Community Groundworks, the FEED Kitchen and MATC’s culinary arts program will be a big push of mine.

I believe that increasing housing stability for low-income families is critical for kids in schools, and for the general school environment itself. MMSD data on racial disparities in educational outcome show that most of the kids under-performing are highly mobile, moving into and around the city at high rates. As the city builds more affordable housing units, we also need to look at housing policy to make sure that families are able to not just get decent housing, but be able to stay in that housing. The same goes for the foreclosures that have swept through our neighborhoods over the past several years. There are city, state and federal programs to help people facing foreclosure stay in their homes while they work out payment plans and I hope to connect people in need with information and resources that would help.[8]

Endorsements

In 2015, Kemble received endorsements from the following:

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Anita Weier
Madison City Council, District 18
2015-2021
Succeeded by
Charles Myadze