Ryan Gieryn
Ryan Gieryn is the former at-large representative on the West Bend School District school board in Wisconsin. First elected in 2014, Gieryn lost a re-election campaign in the at-large general election on April 4, 2017.
Biography
Gieryn is a commercial real estate appraiser in West Bend. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has been a member of Sunrise Rotary. He serves on the board of the West Bend Public Schools Foundation and as the scholarship chair of the Washington County chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Gieryn is also a graduate of the West Bend Leadership program.[1]
Elections
2017
Three seats on the West Bend School District Board of Education were up for general election on April 4, 2017. A primary election was held on February 21, 2017. In the general election, newcomers Nancy Justman, Tonnie Schmidt, and Bob Miller defeated incumbent Ryan Gieryn and candidates Richard Cammack and Joel Ongert to win the school board seats.[2]
Tina Hochstaetter completed the candidate filing process, but withdrew from the race in January 2017. She withdrew too late to have her name removed from the primary ballot. She was officially eliminated from the race after coming in seventh place in the primary election.[3]
Results
| West Bend School District, General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Nancy Justman |
21.18% | 3,004 |
| Tonnie Schmidt |
20.90% | 2,965 |
| Joel Ongert |
19.36% | 2,747 |
| Bob Miller | 15.78% | 2,239 |
| Ryan Gieryn Incumbent | 13.37% | 1,896 |
| Richard Cammack | 9.41% | 1,335 |
| Total Votes | 14,186 | |
| Source: Washington County, Wisconsin, "Election Summary Report," accessed April 4, 2017These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
| West Bend School District, Primary Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Nancy Justman |
21.77% | 1,660 |
| Tonnie Schmidt |
21.40% | 1,632 |
| Joel Ongert |
19.25% | 1,468 |
| Bob Miller |
13.98% | 1,066 |
| Ryan Gieryn Incumbent |
10.16% | 775 |
| Richard Cammack |
7.58% | 578 |
| Tina Hochstaetter | 5.86% | 447 |
| Total Votes | 7,626 | |
| Source: Washington County, Wisconsin, "Election Summary Report," accessed February 21, 2017These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Funding
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:[4]
- 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.[5]
Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[6]
2014
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Bart Williams (Wisconsin) Incumbent |
28% | 2,890 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rick Parks Incumbent |
26.5% | 2,740 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ryan Gieryn |
24% | 2,477 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michelle R. Simpson | 20.7% | 2,139 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.9% | 91 | |
| Total Votes | 10,337 | |||
| Source: Washington County Clerk, "April 1, 2014, Spring Election," April 2, 2014 | ||||
See also
- West Bend School District, Wisconsin
- West Bend School District elections (2017)
- West Bend School District elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state...
- Wisconsin school districts 2014 review
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Ryan Gieryn for School Board," January 21, 2017
- ↑ Washington County, Wisconsin, "Election Summary Report," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ Washington County Insider, "UPDATE: West Bend School Board candidate pulls out of race. Primary still going forward," January 4, 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
| West Bend School District elections in 2017 | |
| Washington County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | Primary: February 21, 2017 General: April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Ryan Gieryn • Richard Cammack • Tina Hochstaetter • Nancy Justman • Bob Miller • Joel Ongert • Tonnie Schmidt |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
