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Stevens Point Area Public School District elections (2017)
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Four seats on the Stevens Point Area Public School District School Board were up for general election on April 4, 2017. Incumbents Amy Dailey, Patricia Baker, Dewey Gantz, and Christina Scott ran unopposed for re-election to their seats.[1]
Three of the seats were up for regular election and came with a three-year term. One seat was up for special election and came with a one-year term. The three candidates who receive the most votes will win the seats with the three-year term, while the fourth place candidate will win the seat with the one-year term. Baker, Scott, and Dailey won three-year terms, while Gantz won the one-year term.[2]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Stevens Point Area School Board consists of nine members elected to three-year terms. All members are elected at large. Elections are held every year. Four seats were up for election in 2016, and four seats were up for election in 2017. The general election was held on April 4, 2017.[3][4]
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.[4]
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.[4]
Candidates and results
At-large
Results
| Stevens Point Area Public School District, General Election, 3- and 1-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Patricia Baker Incumbent |
27.91% | 3,964 |
| Amy Dailey Incumbent |
24.30% | 3,451 |
| Christina Scott Incumbent |
24.04% | 3,414 |
| Dewey Gantz Incumbent |
23.14% | 3,287 |
| Write-in votes | 0.61% | 87 |
| Total Votes | 14,203 | |
| Source: Portage County Board, "Portage County 4-4-17 Spring Nonpartisan Election," accessed April 4, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Candidates
| Amy Dailey | Patricia Baker | ||
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| Dewey Gantz | Christina Scott | ||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Wisconsin elections, 2017
The Stevens Point Area 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.[5]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Wisconsin school board elections in 2017:[6][7]
| 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 | Pre-primary election campaign finance deadline |
| February 21, 2017 | Primary election day |
| March 27, 2017 | Pre-general election campaign finance deadline |
| 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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Campaign finance
All candidates in this race filed exemption from reporting campaign contributions and expenditures, according to the Stevens Point Area Public 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.[11]
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2014Note: The top three winners of the 2014 general election were elected to regular, three-year terms. The fourth-place finisher was elected to an unexpired one-year term. This special term was needed to fill a vacancy due to the resignation of John Zellmer.
2013Note: The top three winners of the 2013 general election were elected to regular, three-year terms. The fourth-place finisher was elected to an unexpired one-year term. This special term was needed to fill a vacancy due to the death of board member Elmer Fournier in 2012.[12]
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What was at stake?
Election trends
- See also: School board elections, 2017
The 2017 school board election for the Stevens Point Area Public School District was the least competitive school board race in the last five years with an average of only 1 candidate per seat running in the race. All of the candidates were incumbents running unopposed. The average number of candidates per seat of the 2016 (1.5), 2015 (1.33), 2014 (2), and 2013 (1.75) races all exceeded the 2015 state average candidate per seat of 1.38. During that same time the incumbent success rate was lower than the 2015 state and national rates of 84 percent and 82.66 percent, respectively.
| School board election trends | |||||
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
| Stevens Point Area Public School District | |||||
| 2017 | 1 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% | |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 0.00% | 50.00% | 75.00% | |
| 2015 | 1.33 | 0.00% | 50.00% | 66.67% | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0.00% | 66.67% | 50.00% | |
| 2013 | 1.75 | 0.00% | 100.00% | 50.00% | |
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| 2015 | 1.38 | 32.00% | 84.00% | 35.29% | |
| United States | |||||
| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
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About the district
The Stevens Point Area Public School District is located in Portage County in central Wisconsin. The county seat is Stevens Point. Portage County was home to 70,408 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[13] The district was the 16th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 7,262 students.[14]
Demographics
Higher education achievement
Portage County outperformed the rest of Wisconsin in terms of higher education achievement in the years 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 29.2 percent of Portage County residents aged 25 years or older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.8 percent of all state residents.[13]
Median household income
From 2011 to 2015, the median household income in Portage County was $51,613. During that same time period, the median household income for the entire state of Wisconsin was $53,357, and it was $53,889 for the entire United States.[13]
Poverty rate
The poverty rate in Portage County from 2011 to 2015 was 12.2 percent, while it was 12.1 percent for the entire state. During that same time period, the poverty rate for the country as a whole was 13.5 percent.[13]
| Racial Demographics, 2015[13] | |||
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| Race | Portage County (%) | Wisconsin (%) | |
| White | 94.4 | 87.6 | |
| Black or African American | 0.8 | 6.6 | |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5 | 1.1 | |
| Asian | 2.9 | 2.8 | |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Two or more races | 1.4 | 1.8 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.1 | 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
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with Stevens Point Area Public School District's Administrative Assistant to the Director of Business Services Karlyn Krautkramer," January 11, 2016
- ↑ Portage County Board, "Portage County 4-4-17 Spring Nonpartisan Election," accessed April 4, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.
- ↑ Stevens Point Area Public School District, "School Board," accessed December 28, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
- ↑ Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Checklist," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Karlyn Krautkramer," March 30, 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
- ↑ Stevens Point City Times, "School Board to See New Faces," April 4, 2013
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 United States Census Bureau, "Portage County," accessed December 29, 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
| Stevens Point Area Public School District elections in 2017 | |
| Portage County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Amy Dailey • Incumbent, Patricia Baker • Incumbent, Jennifer Pothast • Incumbent, Christina Scott |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
