Scott Kerr

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Scott Kerr

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

February 21, 2023

Personal

Birthplace

Madison, Wis.

Contact

Campaign website

Scott Kerr ran for election for Mayor of Madison in Wisconsin. He lost in the primary on February 21, 2023.

Kerr completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Scott Kerr was born in Madison, Wisconsin.

Elections

2023

See also: Mayoral election in Madison, Wisconsin (2023)

General election

General election for Mayor of Madison

Incumbent Satya Rhodes-Conway defeated Gloria Reyes in the general election for Mayor of Madison on April 4, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Satya Rhodes-Conway (Nonpartisan)	55.2	63,078
		Gloria Reyes (Nonpartisan)	44.1	50,405
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	755

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 114,238
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Madison

Incumbent Satya Rhodes-Conway and Gloria Reyes defeated Scott Kerr and Daniel Howell Jr. in the primary for Mayor of Madison on February 21, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Satya Rhodes-Conway (Nonpartisan)	59.6	43,884
✔		Gloria Reyes (Nonpartisan)	27.9	20,527
		Scott Kerr (Nonpartisan)	11.8	8,664
	Submit photo	Daniel Howell Jr. (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	608

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,683
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Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Scott Kerr completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kerr's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Kerr was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, graduated from Robert M. La Follette High School, started working for the City of Madison in 1980 and has remained a City employee for more than 42 years, giving him an understanding of how city government works. Scott continues to live on Madison’s east side with his wife Judy.

During his 18 years in Parking Utility, Scott served as an EAP (Employee Assistant Program) facilitator. In this role he listened to employee concerns and problem solved solutions. He has always offered input for improvements including a parking ramp gate design for a difficult location that is still in use today. While in Building Inspection, Scott oversaw the Erosion Control Program implementing innovative designs and systems. He worked in conjunction with the DNR approving new products for use on single family home sites. In Traffic Engineering he expanded the permit program, standardized practices, and served on the State of Wisconsin committee to update the work zone safety guidelines.

Throughout his career Scott has strived to serve the city and the people Madison, assisting citizens, and implementing cost-effective measures.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT - Implement a system for real-time public input on decision that impact the citizens of Madison. Collaborate with private industry, local businesses, and institutes of higher learning to provide input on improvements for the city.
• PUBLIC SAFETY - Improve public safety by keeping more officers on patrol and increasing traffic enforcement. Expand the CARES Team to meet the demand in the community and provide mental health professionals when and where they are most needed. Utilize civilian employees and mental health professionals to handle transports to Winnebago instead of taking patrol officers off the street.
• COST-EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT - Ensure a careful review of the municipal budget to find cost savings for the city and it's taxpayers. Implement a system that rewards City of Madison employees for presenting cost-saving measures.

Community Question Featured local question

How important is it to involve residents in the government’s decision-making process? What plans do you have regarding resident involvement in this process?

Resident involvement is extremely important in government decision making. I will implement a web based information portal where the pro's and cons along with the costs and benefits of each proposal going before the Council with polling that will be compiled and presented to the Council before they vote on the proposal then posting the poll results along with the results of the Council vote to the informational portal so that residents can see how there elected officials responded to their votes.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Implementing commonsense solutions to the challenges facing the City. Improving public safety by keeping officers on patrol, assigning civilian employees and mental health professionals to calls that do not required uniform officers including transporting individuals experiencing mental health crisis to the Winnebago mental health institute when required. Improving our mass transit system equitably, insuring that we continue to serve active users while encouraging new riders and reducing the subsidy needed to maintain the service. Making City government more responsive to all citizens and rank and file city employees by implementing an online system to provide the details of all proposals before the Council and polling the opinions of all citizens to be used in deciding how we proceed.

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