Steve Kauffeld
Steve Kauffeld was a member of the Watertown Unified School District school board At-large in Wisconsin. Kauffeld assumed office in 2013.
Kauffeld (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 37. Kauffeld lost in the special Republican primary on June 15, 2021.
Kauffeld was an unsuccessful 2012 Republican candidate for District 37 of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He lost in the primary election.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Wisconsin state legislative special elections, 2021
General election
Special general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37
William Penterman defeated Pete Adams and Stephen Ratzlaff Jr. in the special general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37 on July 13, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | William Penterman (R)  | 54.1 | 3,742 |
 | Pete Adams (D) | 44.3 | 3,063 | |
| Stephen Ratzlaff Jr. (Independent) | 1.6 | 112 | ||
| Total votes: 6,917 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37
Pete Adams advanced from the special Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37 on June 15, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pete Adams | 99.8 | 1,103 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 1,105 | |||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37 on June 15, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Penterman | 19.8 | 758 |
 | Jennifer Meinhardt | 19.4 | 742 | |
| Nick Krueger | 16.2 | 621 | ||
| Nathan Pollnow | 14.0 | 536 | ||
| Steve Kauffeld | 13.4 | 514 | ||
| Jenifer Quimby | 11.3 | 434 | ||
| Cathy Houchin | 4.8 | 182 | ||
 | Spencer Zimmerman | 1.0 | 39 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 3,827 | |||
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2016
Three of the nine seats on the Watertown School Board were up for at-large general election on April 5, 2016. Incumbents Ron Buchanan and Steve Kauffeld faced challengers Frederick Jandt and Paul VanDenLangenberg in their bids for re-election.[2] Both incumbents were re-elected to additional terms, and VanDenLangenberg won the open seat.[3][4]
The third seat on the ballot was held by Kate Lapin, but she filed noncandidacy papers, which indicated she would not file for re-election. Because she did not run in the election, at least one newcomer was guaranteed to take a seat on the board.[2]
Results
| Watertown School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Steve Kauffeld Incumbent |
30.03% | 5,307 |
| Ron Buchanan Incumbent |
26.08% | 4,609 |
| Paul VanDenLangenberg |
22.52% | 3,981 |
| Frederick Jandt | 20.66% | 3,651 |
| Write-in votes | 0.72% | 127 |
| Total Votes | 17,675 | |
| Source: Dodge County Clerk, "Results 2016: pril 5, 2016 Presidential Preference & Spring Election - Summary," accessed May 20, 2016 and Jefferson County Clerk, "2016 Spring General Election," accessed April 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
Kauffeld filed an exemption statement detailing that he would not spend or receive more than $1,000 toward his campaign. Because of this, he did not have to file additional campaign finance reports for this election.[5]
Endorsements
Kauffeld received no official endorsements in the election.
2013
| Watertown School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Kate Lapin Incumbent |
21.1% | 2,683 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steve Kauffeld |
20.5% | 2,597 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ron Buchanan Incumbent |
17% | 2,160 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tony C. 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 | ||||
2012
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2012
Kauffeld ran in the 2012 election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37. He was defeated by John Jagler in the Republican primary on August 14, 2012. Mary Arnold defeated Laura Cotting in the Democratic primary.[6] Incumbent Democrat Andy Jorgensen is running in District 43. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[1]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
John Jagler |
52.2% | 3,412 |
| Steve Kauffeld | 18.8% | 1,227 |
| James Braughler | 11.7% | 764 |
| James Romlein | 10% | 655 |
| Chris Ruetten | 7.3% | 475 |
| Total Votes | 6,533 | |
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Steve Kauffeld did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates Registered by Office," accessed June 7, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcandidates - ↑ Dodge County Clerk, "Summary For Dodge County, All Counters, All Races Unofficial Final Results," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ Jefferson County Clerk, "2016 Spring General Election," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Jody Thompson, Watertown School District Administrative Assistant/Deputy Clerk/Board Secretary," March 29, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Department of Elections - Official Primary Results
| 2016 Watertown School District Elections | |
| Dodge and Jefferson Counties | |
| Election date: | April 5, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Ron Buchanan • Incumbent, Steve Kauffeld • Frederick Jandt • Paul VanDenLangenberg |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
