Tony Arnett

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Tony Arnett
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Prior offices
Yellow Springs Board of Education

Alderman Watertown City Council 7th District

Watertown Unified School District school board At-large

Education

Bachelor's

Antioch University

Personal
Profession
Director of e-commerce
Contact

Tony Arnett is an at-large representative on the Watertown Unified School District school board in Wisconsin. First elected in 2014, Arnett won a new term in the at-large general election on April 4, 2017.

Prior to getting elected, Arnett unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the board. Arnett was defeated in the general election in 2013.

Biography

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Arnett's work experience includes serving as the director of e-commerce for Full Compass Systems, as the IT director for Markel Insurance, and as a retail bookstore manager. He previously served on the Watertown City Council from 2007 to 2013, on the Yellow Springs Village Council in Ohio from 1998 to 2005, and on the Yellow Springs Board of Education from 1994 to 1998. Arnett earned a bachelor's degree in management from Antioch University. He had his wife have two children.[1][2]

Elections

2017

See also: Watertown Unified School District elections (2017)

Three of the nine seats on the Watertown Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. In their bids for re-election to the board, incumbents Tony Arnett, Jennifer Bakke, and Mark Holland defeated challenger Ronald Roehl.[3][4][5]

Results

Watertown Unified School District,
At-large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jennifer Bakke Incumbent 26.28% 1,690
Green check mark transparent.png Tony Arnett Incumbent 25.64% 1,649
Green check mark transparent.png Mark Holland Incumbent 24.06% 1,547
Ronald Roehl 23.65% 1,521
Write-in votes 0.37% 24
Total Votes 6,431
Source: Dodge County Clerk, "Spring Election April 4, 2017," accessed May 2, 2017 and Jefferson County Clerk, "Spring General Election," accessed May 2, 2017

Funding

See also: Campaign finance in the Watertown Unified School District election

Arnett filed an exemption statement detailing he would not spend or receive more than $2,000 toward his campaign. Because of this, he did not have to file additional campaign finance reports.[6]

2013

Watertown School District,
At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKate Lapin Incumbent 21.1% 2,683
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Kauffeld 20.5% 2,597
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngRon Buchanan Incumbent 17% 2,160
     Nonpartisan Tony Arnett 16.8% 2,127
     Nonpartisan Kurt Larsen 12.8% 1,631
     Nonpartisan Tom Gallmann 11.8% 1,500
Total Votes 12,698
Source: Watertown Daily Times, "Lapin, Kauffeld, Buchanan win," April 3, 2013

What was at stake?

2017

Election trends

See also: School boards in session: 2015 in brief
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Every incumbent on the Watertown Unified Board of Education whose term was up for election in 2017 ran for and won another term. In the 2016 election, two of the three incumbents whose terms were up for election ran to retain their seats. Both incumbents won re-election that year, and a new member won the open seat on the ballot.

School board election trends
Year Candidates per seat Unopposed seats Incumbents running for re-election Incumbent success rate Seats won by newcomers
Watertown Unified School District
2017 1.33 0.00% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00%
2016 1.33 0.00% 66.67% 100.00% 33.33%
Wisconsin
2015 1.38 38.24% 73.53% 84.00% 35.29%
United States
2015 1.72 35.95% 70.37% 82.66% 40.81%

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