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Wendy Sanchez
Wendy Sanchez is an at-large representative on the Beloit School District school board in Wisconsin. Sanchez won a first term in the at-large general election on April 4, 2017.
Elections
2017
- See also: Beloit School District elections (2017)
Two of the seven seats on the Beloit School District school board were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017, and a third seat was up for special election on the same date. The top two vote-getters in this election were incumbent Shelly Cronin and newcomer Wendy Sanchez, who were elected for three-year terms. Board incumbent Laurie Endres had the third-highest amount of votes and thus was elected to a two-year term. The three candidates defeated newcomer Adam Aberle and former board member Tia Johnson. Former board member Shannon Scharmer resigned in 2016, and Endres was appointed to fill the vacancy, causing one extra seat to be up for special election in 2017. Endres was on the board from 2015 to 2016 and ran for re-election on April 5, 2016, but lost the election.[1]
Results
| Beloit School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Wendy Sanchez |
24.15% | 1,407 |
| Shelly Cronin Incumbent |
22.47% | 1,309 |
| Laurie Endres Incumbent |
20.41% | 1,189 |
| Adam Aberle | 17.24% | 1,004 |
| Tia Johnson | 15.73% | 916 |
| Total Votes | 5,825 | |
| Source: Elisabeth Moore, "Email correspondence with Michelle Shope," May 23, 2017 | ||
Funding
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:[2]
- 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.[3]
Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Beloit Daily News, "Most local ballots set in election," January 4, 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
| Beloit School District elections in 2017 | |
| Rock County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Laurie Endres • Incumbent, Shelly Cronin • Adam Aberle • Wendy Sanchez • Tia Johnson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
