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Terrence Falk
Terrence Falk was the at-large member of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors in Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. Falk was first elected to the board in 2007 as the District 8 representative, after a failed attempt in 2003. He ran for the at-large position in 2011. Falk did not file to run for re-election in 2019.[1]
Biography
Falk served as an English teacher and speech coach in Milwaukee Public Schools for more than 30 years. He had also written professionally for magazines such as Milwaukee Magazine, Science, and Wisconsin Trails. When he served on the school board, he and his wife, Janet, had two children.[2]
Board membership
2015-2016
The Milwaukee Board of School Directors voted unanimously on 88.74 percent of its votes between the annual organizational meeting on April 28, 2015, and the regular board meeting on November 17, 2016. The voting data indicated that Mark Sain, Larry Miller, Carol Voss, Terrence Falk, and Claire Zautke were the majority faction on the board, and Annie Woodward and Wendell Harris Sr. were the minority faction on the board. Michael Bonds and Tatiana Joseph did not vote consistently enough with either group to be included in the majority or minority faction.[3]
2014-2015
The Milwaukee Board of School Directors voted unanimously on 75.89 percent of its votes between January 1, 2014, and April 23, 2015. The voting data indicated that Michael Bonds, Meagan Holman, Mark Sain, Jeff Spence, and Claire Zautke were the governing majority on the board, and Larry Miller, Terrence Falk, and Tatiana Joseph were the minority faction on the board. Annie Woodward did not vote with either group consistently enough to be considered part of the majority or minority faction.[3]
Elections
2015
Five seats on the Milwaukee Board of School Directors were up for election on April 7, 2015. Two of the races were contested.
District 2 incumbent Jeff Spence faced challenger Wendell Harris Sr. Stephany Pruitt challenged District 3 incumbent Michael Bonds.
Brian Eisold filed a declaration of candidacy to challenge at-large incumbent Terrence Falk. However, Eisold did not file the necessary nominating signatures, leaving Falk unopposed in his re-election bid. District 1 incumbent Mark Sain and candidate Carol Voss for District 8 were also unopposed in the election.
All of the incumbents except Spence, who was defeated by Harris, retained their seats, and Voss won her first term on the board in the open District 8 race.
Results
| Milwaukee Public Schools, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Wendell Harris Sr. |
62.5% | 3,467 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Spence Incumbent | 37% | 2,053 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.5% | 26 | |
| Total Votes | 5,546 | |||
| Source: City of Milwaukee Election Commission, "April 7, 2015: Spring Election Summary Report," accessed April 22, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Falk began the race with an existing account balance of $1,573.12 from his previous campaign. He reported $14,610.07 in contributions and $14,934.33 in expenditures to Milwaukee Election Commission, which left his campaign with $783.44 in cash on hand according to his July 2015 continuing report.[4]
Endorsements
Falk received no official endorsements in this election.
2011
| Milwaukee Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Terrence Falk Incumbent |
60.6% | 56,102 | |
| Nonpartisan | Susan Schmidt | 39.4% | 36,427 | |
| Total Votes | 92,529 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Election Watch, "Terrence Falk," accessed September 22, 2014 | ||||
2007
| Milwaukee Public Schools, District 8 General Election, 4-year term, 2007 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Terrence Falk |
56.2% | 4,515 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joe Dannecker Incumbent | 43.8% | 3,525 | |
| Total Votes | 8,040 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Election Watch, "Terrence Falk," accessed September 22, 2014 | ||||
2003
| Milwaukee Public Schools, District 8 General Election, 4-year term, 2003 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Joe Dannecker |
52.1% | 4,750 | |
| Nonpartisan | Terrence Falk | 47.9% | 4,369 | |
| Total Votes | 9,119 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Election Watch, "Terrence Falk," accessed September 22, 2014 | ||||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Milwaukee Election Commission, "2019 Spring Election Candidates," accessed January 3, 2019
- ↑ Milwaukee Public Schools, "Terrence Falk," accessed September 22, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Milwaukee Public Schools, "Proceedings (Minutes) of the Board," accessed January 26, 2017
- ↑ Milwaukee Election Commission, "Campaign Finance Reports 2015 Election Cycle," accessed August 15, 2015
| 2015 Milwaukee Public Schools Elections | |
| Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, Mark Sain
District 2: • Incumbent, Jeff Spence • Wendell Harris Sr.
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| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
