Tony Garcia
Tony Garcia is an at-large representative on the Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education in Wisconsin. Garcia ran for the seat in the primary election on February 16, 2016. Garcia received enough votes to advance to the general election on April 5, 2016 where he won a seat on the board.
In 2015, Garcia was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Kenosha Board of Education in Wisconsin. He was defeated in the general election on April 7, 2015.
Biography
Garcia formerly worked as a bilingual and special education teacher. He also previously served on the Kenosha County Board.[1]
Board membership
2016-2017
The members of the Kenosha Board of Education voted unanimously on 95.4 percent of their agenda items from April 25, 2016, to January 12, 2017. The voting data indicated that Tamarra Coleman, Gary J. Kunich, Mary Snyder, and Dan Wade were the governing majority, just as they were from April 2015 to March 2016. The other three members of the board—Mike Falkofske, Tony Garcia, and Rebecca Stevens—did not vote together consistently enough to be considered a minority faction.[2]
Elections
2016
Two of the seven seats on the Kenosha Unified School District school board were up for general election on April 5, 2016. Incumbent Rebecca Stevens filed for re-election, while fellow board member Kyle Flood opted not to seek a new term. Newcomers David Arrington, Lance W. Gordon, Todd Jacobs and Ismael Torres all filed in the race as did past candidate Tony Garcia. A primary election was held February 16, 2016. Stevens, Jacobs, Garcia and Gordon received the most votes, allowing them to move on to the general election where Stevens and Garcia won seats on the school board.[3]
Results
| Kenosha Unified School District, At-Large Primary Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Rebecca Stevens Incumbent |
32.55% | 3,924 |
| Todd Jacobs |
16.60% | 2,002 |
| Tony Garcia |
16.53% | 1,993 |
| Lance W. Gordon |
13.73% | 1,656 |
| David Arrington | 12.38% | 1,493 |
| Ismael Torres | 8.03% | 968 |
| Write-in votes | 0.17% | 21 |
| Total Votes (100) | 12,057 | |
| Source: Kenosha County Wisconsin, "Kenosha County Election Results," accessed February 16, 2016 | ||
Endorsements
Garcia was endorsed by the Wisconsin AFL-CIO.[4]
2015
Three at-large seats were up for election on April 7, 2015. Mike Falkofske and Tony Garcia challenged incumbents Carl Bryan, Tamarra Coleman and Mary Snyder in the general election.
Bryan withdrew from the race as he was moving outside of the district, but the withdrawal was not in time to have his name removed from the ballot. If he had won in the general election, the vacancy on the board would have been filled by appointment. Such an appointment was avoided as Falkofske, Snyder and Coleman won the election.
Results
| Kenosha Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Mike Falkofske |
23.7% | 6,724 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Snyder Incumbent |
23.2% | 6,583 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tamarra Coleman Incumbent |
20.7% | 5,874 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tony Garcia | 20.4% | 5,784 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carl Bryan Incumbent | 11.2% | 3,184 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes* | 0.6% | 179 | |
| Total Votes | 28,328 | |||
| Source: Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Stacy Busby, Executive Assistant at Kenosha Unified School District," August 7, 2015. *The write-in votes total provided here comes from the unofficial results reported by Kenosha County on election night. The official report of canvass provided by the school district did not include write-in votes. | ||||
Funding
Garcia reported no contributions or expenditures to the Kenosha Unified School District as of March 30, 2015. He filed as "Exempt from Filing Campaign Finance Records" on his campaign registration statement.[5]
Endorsements
Garcia was endorsed by Kenosha Educators Politically Active and Concerned (KEPAC).[6]
Campaign themes
2015
In an interview with Kenosha News, Garcia stated, "I’m glad that I have the opportunity to try to be part of the solution to problems in the district."[1] At a candidate forum held on March 12, 2015, Garcia stated that he did not "care much for private school" vouchers. In regards to student safety, he highlighted his belief in the importance of getting to know the students and that security measure are necessary. Teacher morale was also discussed at the forum. Garica emphasized that he would have to understand the cause of the issue to correct it, saying, "Once we know what the problem is, we can fix it. The bottom line is open communication."[7]
Recent news
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See also
- Kenosha Unified School District, Wisconsin
- Kenosha Unified School District elections (2015)
- Kenosha Unified School District elections (2016)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state...
- Wisconsin school districts 2014 review
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kenosha News, "A peaceful Kenosha Unified School Board race?" January 10, 2015
- ↑ Kenosha Unified School District, "Meeting Minutes," accessed February 13, 2017
- ↑ Mandy Gillip, "Email communication with Stacy Busby, Executive Assistant/School Board Secretary, Kenosha Unified School District," January 12, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, "2016 Spring Election Candidate Endorsements," March 3, 2016
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email communication with Stacy Busby, executive assistant to the Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education," April 5, 2015
- ↑ Kenosa Education Association, "KEPAC Announces School Board Endorsements," February 20, 2015
- ↑ Kenosha News, "Kenosha Unified candidates outline their views," March 12, 2015
| 2016 Kenosha Unified School District Elections | |
| Election date: | April 5, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Rebecca Stevens • David Arrington • Lance W. Gordon • Todd Jacobs • Ismael Torres • Tony Garcia |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
