Bill Haas
Bill Haas was an at-large member of the St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education in Missouri. He left office in 2018.
Haas ran for election for an at-large seat of the St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education in Missouri. He lost in the general election on April 6, 2021. Haas unofficially withdrew from the race but appeared on the general election ballot on April 6, 2021.
Haas died on March 31, 2021. His name still appeared on the ballot in the 2021 St. Louis School Board election.[1]
Biography
Haas was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a B.A. in English from Yale University, an M.B.A. from William Woods University, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He worked in community organizing as a Vista Volunteer from 1968 to 1970 and had 20 years experience practicing corporate law. He was an adjunct professor of law, ethics, and business at Harris Stowe State University. Haas had one adult son.[2][3]
Elections
2021
See also: St. Louis Public Schools, Missouri, elections (2021)
General election
General election for St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education on April 6, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Natalie Vowell (Nonpartisan) | 15.8 | 20,469 |
| ✔ | Antionette Cousins (Nonpartisan) | 12.0 | 15,487 | |
| ✔ |  | Matt Davis (Nonpartisan)  | 11.5 | 14,922 |
 | Alisha Sonnier (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 14,893 | |
 | Emily Hubbard (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 14,808 | |
 | Daffney Moore (Nonpartisan) | 10.9 | 14,126 | |
| David Merideth (Nonpartisan) | 8.5 | 10,952 | ||
 | Bill Haas (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew) | 7.9 | 10,205 | |
 | David Jackson (Nonpartisan) | 5.5 | 7,062 | |
 | J.L. Quinones (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 5,584 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 697 | ||
| Total votes: 129,205 | |||
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2020
See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Missouri State Senate District 5
Steve Roberts defeated Michael J. Hebron Sr. in the general election for Missouri State Senate District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steve Roberts (D) | 87.1 | 56,379 |
 | Michael J. Hebron Sr. (R) | 12.9 | 8,349 | |
| Total votes: 64,728 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 5
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 5 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Roberts | 35.4 | 12,293 |
 | Megan Ellyia Green | 32.4 | 11,241 | |
| Michelle Sherod | 22.5 | 7,817 | ||
| Bill Haas | 6.0 | 2,068 | |
| Jeremiah Church | 2.6 | 893 | ||
| McFarlane Duncan | 1.1 | 387 | ||
| Total votes: 34,699 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 5
Michael J. Hebron Sr. advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 5 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael J. Hebron Sr. | 100.0 | 989 |
| Total votes: 989 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2019
See also: St. Louis Public Schools, Missouri, elections (2019)
General election
General election for St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Adam Layne (Nonpartisan) | 21.7 | 7,182 |
| ✔ |  | Tracee Miller (Nonpartisan) | 19.1 | 6,299 |
| Barbara Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 18.3 | 6,042 | ||
| David Merideth (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 5,256 | ||
| Bill Haas (Nonpartisan) | 11.1 | 3,661 | |
| Louis Clinton Cross III (Nonpartisan) | 7.7 | 2,558 | ||
| Dan McCready (Nonpartisan) | 4.9 | 1,613 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 422 | ||
| Total votes: 33,033 | |||
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2018
School board
See also: St. Louis Public Schools elections (2018)
General election
General election for St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joyce Roberts (Nonpartisan) | 29.4 | 48,501 | |
| ✔ |  | Donna Jones (Nonpartisan) | 24.1 | 39,787 |
| Bill Haas (Nonpartisan) | 12.3 | 20,250 | |
| Adam Layne (Nonpartisan) | 11.8 | 19,495 | |
| David Jackson (Nonpartisan) | 8.2 | 13,502 | |
 | Cydney Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 7.5 | 12,299 | |
| Jared Opsal (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 9,168 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 2,031 | ||
| Total votes: 165,033 | |||
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U.S. House
General election
Incumbent Ann Wagner defeated Cort VanOstran, Larry Kirk, and David Justus Arnold in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ann Wagner (R) | 51.2 | 192,477 |
 | Cort VanOstran (D) | 47.2 | 177,611 | |
 | Larry Kirk (L) | 1.1 | 4,229 | |
 | David Justus Arnold (G) | 0.5 | 1,740 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 376,066 | |||
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Democratic primary
Cort VanOstran defeated Mark Osmack, Bill Haas, John Messmer, and Robert Hazel in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cort VanOstran | 41.7 | 45,248 |
 | Mark Osmack | 25.2 | 27,389 | |
| Bill Haas | 19.5 | 21,151 | |
 | John Messmer | 9.7 | 10,503 | |
| Robert Hazel | 4.0 | 4,321 | ||
| Total votes: 108,612 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kelli Dunaway (D)
- Mike Evans (D)
Republican primary
Incumbent Ann Wagner defeated Noga Sachs in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ann Wagner | 89.9 | 72,173 |
 | Noga Sachs | 10.1 | 8,115 | |
| Total votes: 80,288 | |||
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Green Party primary
David Justus Arnold advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Green primary election
Green primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Justus Arnold | 100.0 | 177 |
| Total votes: 177 | |||
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Libertarian primary
Larry Kirk advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Kirk | 100.0 | 905 |
| Total votes: 905 | |||
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2017
The city of St. Louis, Missouri, held elections for mayor, comptroller, board of aldermen, and the St. Louis Community College in 2017. Fourteen of the 29 seats on the board were up for general election. Additionally, the Ward 16 seat held by Donna Baringer (D) was up for special election, following her successful election to the state house of representatives in 2016. Partisan primary elections took place on March 7, 2017. The general election between the primary winners took place on April 4, 2017.[4] The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary election for mayor of St. Louis.[5]
| St. Louis Mayor, Democratic Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lyda Krewson |
32.04% | 17,253 |
| Tishaura Jones | 30.40% | 16,374 |
| Lewis Reed | 18.30% | 9,856 |
| Antonio French | 15.84% | 8,530 |
| Jeffrey L. Boyd | 2.67% | 1,439 |
| Bill Haas | 0.48% | 257 |
| Jimmie Matthews | 0.27% | 145 |
| Total Votes | 53,854 | |
| Source: St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, "March 7, 2017 Primary Municipal Election -- March 7th, 2017 Final Official Results," March 13, 2017 | ||
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent William Lacy Clay (D) defeated Steven Bailey (R) and Robb Cunningham (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Clay defeated Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Bill Haas in the Democratic primary, while Bailey defeated Paul Berry to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on August 2, 2016. Clay won re-election in the November 8 election.[6][7][8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William Lacy Clay Incumbent |
75.5% | 236,993 | |
| Republican | Steven Bailey | 20% | 62,714 | |
| Libertarian | Robb Cunningham | 4.6% | 14,317 | |
| Total Votes | 314,024 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
William Lacy Clay Incumbent |
62.6% | 56,139 | ||
| Maria Chappelle-Nadal | 26.8% | 24,059 | ||
| Bill Haas | 10.5% | 9,422 | ||
| Total Votes | 89,620 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Steven Bailey |
67.2% | 12,450 | ||
| Paul Berry | 32.8% | 6,067 | ||
| Total Votes | 18,517 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
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2015
The city of St. Louis, Missouri, held elections for its board of aldermen on April 7, 2015. A primary election took place on March 3, 2015.
In the Democratic primary election for Ward 28, incumbent Lyda Krewson defeated William C. Haas. Jerome H. Bauer ran unopposed in the Green Party primary. Krewson defeated Bauer in the general election.[9][10]
| St. Louis Board of Aldermen, Ward 28 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Lyda Krewson Incumbent |
90% | 796 | |
| Green | Jerome H. Bauer | 10% | 88 | |
| Total Votes | 884 | |||
| Source: St. Louis Board of Elections, "General Election Results," accessed May 18, 2015 | ||||
| St. Louis Board of Aldermen, Ward 28 Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Lyda Krewson Incumbent |
92.1% | 894 | ||
| William C. Haas | 7.9% | 77 | ||
| Total Votes | 971 | |||
| Source: St. Louis Board of Elections, "General Election Results," accessed May 18, 2015 | ||||
2014: St. Louis Elected Board of Education
Opposition
Two of the seven at-large seats on the St. Louis Elected Board of Education were up for election on November 4, 2014. At-large incumbents Donna Jones and Bill Haas won re-election to the board without opposition. The election still appeared on the ballot as write-in candidates were allowed.[11]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Donna Jones Incumbent |
50.7% | 33,523 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bill Haas Incumbent |
46.1% | 30,460 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 3.2% | 2,126 | |
| Total Votes | 66,109 | |||
| Source: St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, "November 4th, 2014–General Election–Summary - Official Results," accessed July 15, 2015 | ||||
2014: Missouri House District 77
Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. Incumbent Kimberly Gardner defeated Bill Haas in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.[12][13][14]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Kimberly Gardner Incumbent |
76.4% | 2,437 |
| Bill Haas | 23.6% | 754 |
| Total Votes | 3,191 | |
2012
Haas sought the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. He lost to Susan Montee in the primary election on August 7, 2012.[15]
| Missouri Lieutenant Governor Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Susan Montee |
44.9% | 131,319 | ||
| Judy Baker | 15.8% | 46,236 | ||
| Bill (William) Haas | 12% | 35,044 | ||
| Sara Lampe | 8.9% | 25,955 | ||
| Dennis Wisenburger | 5.5% | 16,149 | ||
| Jackie Townes McGee | 5.3% | 15,493 | ||
| Becky Lee Plattner | 3.8% | 11,080 | ||
| Fred Kratky | 3.8% | 10,976 | ||
| Total Votes | 292,252 | |||
| Election results via Missouri Secretary of State. | ||||
2008
Haas was a Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress in 2008.[2]
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bill Haas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Bill Haas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bill Haas did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Bill Haas participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on January 18, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Bill Haas's responses follow below.[16]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Education: early childhood reading and money for college 2) End animal cruelty on factory farms, |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Education. Early childhood reading the domestic panacea to future of the country, crime and economy.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[18]
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2016
The following issues were listed on Haas' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —Bill Haas' campaign website, http://votebillhaas.com/issues/ | ||
2012
Campaign website
On his campaign website, Haas outlined the following key issues:[19]
- The Welfare and Care of Our Seniors - Our aging population and how we care for them is the most important domestic issue of our generation. We need to find ways to care for them in their senior years without bankrupting themselves and their families. I'm the only candidate in the race who is a senior, and I've already lost both my parents, so I'm familiar with some of the issues first-hand. Senior welfare and benefits is also one of the statutory responsibilities of the Lieutenant Governor's Office. One of my ideas that I've had for years is to require all senior-care facilities to have at least one resident/patient advocate in the facility reporting directly to the state, not to the facility.
- Veteran Rights and Benefits, especially homeless and unemployed veterans.
- Ending Corporate Contributions in Politics by being the first state to call for a constitutional convention of the states to amend the federal constitution to prohibit corporate contributions (thus, overruling the stupid Citizens United case) and limiting individual contributions. Utilizing the Occupy movement nationally to help convince 2/3 of the states necessary to call such a constitutional convention could be effective. This summer I initiated such a Resolution for a constitutional convention at the St. Louis Occupy organization.
- Less Taxes For Seniors and the Middle-Class For example by freezing property taxes for seniors and others on fixed incomes for as long as they live in their residences. Florida freezes property taxes for anyone living in their primary residence.
- Education One idea I've long had is to require corporations (those with more than 50 employees) to let their employees employees (sic) off from work three hours a month with pay if they visit their kids in school, and others to tutor other people's children if they wish, in return for a tax-credit or deduction. It would be an investment in our community's future, and good for the kids, their parents, the families, and the schools. And everyone agrees that a more educated work-force is the key to job development in the state.
- Prohibiting the Use of Public Monies like TIFs from being used by an jurisdiction to steal a business, like a Walmart, from one location to another. Taxpayers lose, businesses who don't need the money win by playing blackmail, and that's wrong.
- Protecting The Environment, Land, Water and Food, and particularly by Ending Animal Abuse on Factory Farms by prohibiting the exemption of farm animals from animal cruelty statutes.
- More money for college tuition.
He added: "How will I do these things even though the Lieutenant Governor doesn't have any direct legislation power? I will try to work with the Missouri legislature to bring about the goals set forth above. But I believe the Republican controlled legislature is more responsive to corporate lobbyists than to the people, and doesn't represent very well what people want. So if it won't work with me on those issues, I will attempt to overrule the legislature by circulating citizen initiative petitions for statutes or constitutional amendments to bring about the goals set forth above. And I believe that when the legislature sees progress on the initiative petitions, they will be willing to meet us half-way to implement them. Moreover, most of those issues are non-ideological and should cut across party lines, so that should help me gather support for them."
The Southeast Missourian candidate questionnaire
In a candidate questionnaire submitted to The Southeast Missourian, Haas answered the following questions:[3]
- What can the lieutenant governor do to attract more jobs and economic development to Missouri?
- A: "A well-educated workforce is the key to developing and attracting new jobs. We do this with making available more money for college, more technical training, partnering the business community with our 8th graders, more parental involvement, emphasizing reading in early grades (zero tolerance of any child not readying at grade level by 3d grade), and more early childhood education."
- The current lieutenant governor has made clear his personal opposition to health care reform. What do you think of the law?
- A: "I like it. I'm an advocate of single-payer, i.e., Medicare for all. We all like our Medicare, and we need it for all. It's also the most economical way to reign in health-care costs. Only pharmaceutical and insurance companies wont like it, and I can live with that. As for the current law, the Supreme Court will decide."
- How can the lieutenant governor best serve the state of Missouri?
- A: By emphasizing the following issues:
- caring for our seniors without bankrupting our children
- caring for our veterans, unemployed, disabled and homeless especially
- freezing property taxes for seniors
- a constitutional amendment to ban corporate political contributions and limit individual ones; Missouri should be first state to call for such a Constitutional Convention
- stopping the abuse and torture of animals on factory farms, without hurting family farms
- no monies for companies like Walmart.
- Closing Remarks:
- "The Lieutenant Governor doesn't legislate. Most of my above issues should be bi-partisan. Who doesn't want good care for their parents, or our veterans, for example? But the legislature, especially the Republicans are bought and paid for by corporate lobbyists and don't well represent the people. So if the legislature wont work with me on these issues, I will take my case to the people by initiative petitions to establish new statutes or constitutional amendments."
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Bill Haas, frequent St. Louis political candidate, dies at 76," April 3, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Haas' official campaign website, "Bio," accessed June 29, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Southeast Missourian, "Candidate questionnaire: Bill Haas," June 15, 2012
- ↑ St. Louis, Missouri, "Primary Municipal Election," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ City of St. Louis, "Final Unofficial List of Candidates as of 5:00 PM 1-6-2017," January 6, 2017
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "UNOFFICIAL Candidate Filing List," accessed March 30, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Missouri House Primaries Results," August 2, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Missouri House 01 Results," November 8, 2016
- ↑ KSDK, "Unofficial election results," accessed April 8, 2015
- ↑ St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, "Primary Election Candidate List," accessed January 5, 2015
- ↑ St. Louis Board of Elections Commissioners, "November 4th, 2014 – General Election - Official Results," November 17, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "All Results - State of Missouri - Primary Election - August 5, 2014," accessed August 26, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List - Primary Election," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "All Results-State of Missouri-General-November 4, 2014: Unofficial Results," November 8, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Election night reporting: Unofficial election results," accessed August 8, 2012
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Bill Haas's responses," January 18, 2018
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Haas' official campaign website, "My key issues," accessed June 29, 2012
