Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Tom Mooney
Tom Mooney was an at-large member of the McFarland School District school board in Wisconsin. He assumed office on April 25, 2022. He left office on April 28, 2025.
Mooney ran for election for an at-large seat of the McFarland School District school board in Wisconsin. He won in the general election on April 5, 2022.
Biography
Mooney is a retired elementary school principal who worked in the McFarland district. He earned his master's degree in educational administration from UW-Madison, his master's and bachelor's in communicative disorders from UW-Whitewater, and his associate's in business administration from Madison Area Technical College.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: McFarland School District, Wisconsin, elections (2022)
General election
General election for McFarland School District School Board At-large (2 seats)
Tom Mooney and Meghan Fessler defeated Samantha Zeilenga in the general election for McFarland School District School Board At-large on April 5, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tom Mooney (Nonpartisan) | 42.8 | 1,555 |
| ✔ | Meghan Fessler (Nonpartisan) | 36.5 | 1,325 | |
| Samantha Zeilenga (Nonpartisan) | 19.8 | 720 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 3,631 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Meghan Fessler, Tom Mooney, and Samantha Zeilenga advanced from the primary for McFarland School District School Board At-large.
2017
One of the five seats on the McFarland School District school board was up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. Board incumbent Tom Allen was defeated by newcomer Tom Mooney.[2][3][4]
Results
| McFarland School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2017 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Tom Mooney |
67.11% | 1,259 |
| Tom Allen Incumbent | 32.62% | 612 |
| Write-in votes | 0.27% | 5 |
| Total Votes | 1,876 | |
| Source: Dane County, "2017 Spring Election Unofficial Canvas," accessed April 4, 2017These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Funding
No candidate in this race had reported any contributions or expenditures to the McFarland School District as of April 3, 2017.[5]
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:[6]
- 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.[7]
Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[8]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tom Mooney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
|
Candidate McFarland School District School Board At-large |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedqanda - ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Angie Straub, Administrative assistant to the superintendent," January 6, 2017
- ↑ Dane County, "2017 Spring Election Unofficial Canvas," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ McFarland Thistle, "School Board candidates square off at forum," March 7, 2017
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email conversation with Angie Straub," April 3, 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
