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Tony Reichenberger (Lakeville Area Board of Education At-large, Minnesota, candidate 2025)
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Tony Reichenberger is running in a special election to the Lakeville Area Board of Education At-large in Minnesota. He is on the ballot in the special general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
Reichenberger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Tony Reichenberger provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 3, 2025:
- Birth place: Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- High school: Oshkosh West High School
- Bachelor's: University of Wisconsin LaCrosse, 1996
- Gender: Male
- Profession: Attorney
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: Empowering our Future Together
- Campaign website
Elections
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
Special general election for Lakeville Area Board of Education At-large
Brett Nicholson and Tony Reichenberger are running in the special general election for Lakeville Area Board of Education At-large on November 4, 2025.
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Tony Reichenberger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Reichenberger's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Prior to law school, I worked on Capitol Hill and for a Public Finance firm in Roseville, helping cities and schools fund themselves. I understand the processes and personalities that manage local governance and can be an effective leader in that regard.
My wife and I moved to Lakeville for the schools. Its a wonderful community and the people here are fantastic. But the School Board has been disfunctional for some time now and needs to improve. Our teachers are not respected as much as they should be, our city is growing at a rapid clip I don't think current administration is ready for and there is a lack of interest or impetus in addressing many key concerns. That's why I'm running-- to bring attention to these issues and be an advocate for those that need them addressed as well.- I am the Teachers candidate. I have been endorsed by the Teachers Union (EML-LEAF). We ask a lot of our teachers. Yet we are letting good teachers leave-- neighboring cities pay notably more and it doesn't take a genius to figure good teachers will go where they can be appreciated more. That means other teachers must pick up the slack for coverage or get shuffled around leading to a lack of continuity in learning for our young ones. Keeping good teachers is cheaper in the long run, provides better results and improves the situations within the schools. IT JUST MAKES SENSE. It's time.
- We need to prepare for Lakeville's continued expansion. Lakeville is 8th in size in current enrollment, and it's only going to escalate in size as more development occurs. Our school system is not prepared for this-- we are currently 22nd in the state in resources. We keep trying to do more with less. Good schools increase property values, improve results for students and open opportunities for all. We need to do better.
- Technology when it comes to education can be both a blessing and a curse; a blessing in that the jobs of the future are going to be tech oriented and require base knowledge on a variety of technological areas. It's why I am very much in favor of the Levy Referendum this election as well. But we can't let technology replace foundational knowledge-- technology is a method/medium over which we work, but does not reflect the logic or critical thinking required to consider or enhance one's intellect. As AI continues to grow, this dichotomy will only get greater-- we need to be sure that we balance the need for fundamental knowledge along with empowering them to understand this important technology.
What am I passionate about? I'm passionate about good policy for Lakeville and empowering Lakeville residents and students.
When I got to high school, it was Mr. Holliday. He tought social studies, history, contemporary issues and government. But it wasn't just about those things; it was about the underlying issues and ideas that were the sources of much of our societal conflicts. If you wanted to understand why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the '80s and '90s was occuring, Mr. Holliday could give you a fair and objective breakdown which would give you an understanding about it without taking a side. I remember having him for a couple classes not long after the Berlin Wall fell and communism collapsed, and he was prescient in telling us that the world is going to completely change for our generation, and we'll view it through an entirely different lens than the Cold War Boomers and Silent Generation did. He was right. When there was County Government Day, he asked for volunteers to take part and encouraged me to do so. I was the only one from our school that went that year. When I got back and asked him why he suggested I go, he said "Because I think you'd make a great leader someday, you'd be good at it." I'm still humbled by that moment.
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See also
2025 Elections
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