Robert Nuzzo
Robert Nuzzo was an at-large member of the Kenosha Board of Education in Wisconsin. He was first elected to the board in 2011. Nuzzo was defeated for re-election in the primary election on February 18, 2014.
Biography
Nuzzo received a B.S. in aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Maryland-College Park in 1970. He is the manager of Southport Heating and Cooling.[1] Nuzzo and his wife, Kathleen, have four children and four grandchildren.[2]
Elections
2014
Robert Nuzzo ran against five other candidates in the February 18, 2014 primary election. The top four vote recipients advanced to the general election on April 1, 2014.
Results
Primary
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Jo Ann Taube Incumbent |
19.7% | 1,917 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gary J. Kunich |
18.7% | 1,826 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mike Falkofske |
18.1% | 1,764 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dan Wade |
17.3% | 1,688 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Nuzzo Incumbent | 13% | 1,271 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Kehoe | 12.9% | 1,255 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 21 | |
| Total Votes | 9,742 | |||
| Source: Kenosha County Clerk, "Spring Primary Election," accessed February 18, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Nuzzo reported no contributions or expenditures to the school board secretary.[3] State law allows candidates to claim exempt status from campaign finance reporting if contributions and expenditures do not exceed $1,000 during a calendar year.[4]
Endorsements
Nuzzo did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
2011
| Kenosha Unified School District, At-large General Election, 3-year term, April 5, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Jo Ann Taube |
31.1% | 10,757 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Nuzzo |
26.8% | 9,272 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tamarra A. Coleman | 22% | 7,608 | |
| Nonpartisan | Todd Jacobs | 19.4% | 6,724 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.6% | 219 | |
| Total Votes | 34,580 | |||
| Source: Kenosha County Clerk, "Election Results for 4/5/2011," accessed February 3, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2014
Nuzzo explained his reasons for running in 2014 in an interview with the Kenosha Area Business Alliance:
| “ |
What are your qualifications to serve on the KUSD School Board?
How is KUSD preparing students for future opportunities in higher education? How are they (or, how can they better prepare) preparing students for future, high-demand careers? Our best students are well prepared. We must continue to expand our AP courses. What is the role of the school board in terms of working with the Superintendent and the administration? The School Board sets policy and priorities for the Superintendent. The Board must remove itself from day to day management that is now taking place. Given the financial realities facing education, where should KUSD invest its precious resources? The financial realities facing education have always been there. We must provide more teacher-student contact time. We should also not just provide the minimum number of school days. What are the top three attributes KUSD must have in order to attract and retain businesses in our community? How is KUSD performing in this regard?
Would you favor or oppose moving teacher compensation towards a merit-based and away from seniority-based system? Absolutely. We need to move to some merit based compensation system. How can the community - and specifically the business community - support KUSD and its success? By electing Board Members who are independent and not controlled by any group, such as the KEA, who controls (4) present Board Members. |
” |
| —Kenosha Area Business Alliance, (2014) | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Robert + Nuzzo + Kenosha + School + District"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Bob Nuzzo," accessed February 3, 2014
- ↑ Kenosha Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed February 5, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through e-mail from Stacy Busby on March 25, 2014.
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Campaign Finance Overview: Local Candidates," May 2010
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kenosha Area Business Alliance, "Seven questions from the business community for the 2014 Kenosha Unified School Board Candidates," February 5, 2014
| 2014 Kenosha Unified School District Elections | |
| Kenosha, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 1, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Mike Falkofske • Gary J. Kunich • Jo Ann Taube • Dan Wade Candidates defeated in the primary: • Michael Kehoe • Robert Nuzzo |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
