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Kettle Moraine School District elections (2016)

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2017
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Kettle Moraine School District Elections

General election date:
April 5, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
4,117 students

Two of the seven seats on the Kettle Moraine School District school board were up for general election on April 5, 2016. Former board member Dennis Krueger challenged incumbents David Zeier and Bernie Ziebart. Krueger and Zeier defeated Ziebart for the two available seats.[1]


Elections

Voter and candidate information

The seven members of the Kettle Moraine Board of Education are elected at large to three-year terms. Elections are held each April with primaries in February if there are more than two candidates running per seat on the ballot.[2]

To be elected to the board, candidates must reside in the boundaries of the school district for 28 days prior to the filing of a "Declaration of Candidacy" form. Furthermore, at the time of taking office, each candidate must be a resident of the apportioned area he or she is elected to represent.[3] Candidates must also be 18 years old and citizens of the United States. Unless pardoned, those who have been convicted of a felony are not eligible for election to office in Wisconsin.[4]

Candidates had until January 5, 2016, to collect between 20 and 100 signatures for their nomination papers. The signatures had to come from residents of the district where the candidate sought election, but the petition circulators were not required to reside in the district or municipality. Circulators were required to be U.S. citizens and 18 years or older.[1]

Candidates and results

At-large

Results

Kettle Moraine School District,
At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dennis Krueger 42.35% 4,783
Green check mark transparent.png David Zeier Incumbent 29.08% 3,285
Bernie Ziebart Incumbent 27.92% 3,153
Write-in votes 0.66% 74
Total Votes (100) 11,295
Source: Waukesha County Clerk, "2016 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary," accessed April 5, 2016

Candidates

David Zeier Green check mark transparent.png Bernie Ziebart Dennis Krueger Green check mark transparent.png

David Zeier.gif

  • Incumbent
  • First elected in 2007
  • Bachelor's degree, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Estimator, Ataco Steel Products

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  • Incumbent
  • First appointed in 2015
  • Engineering manager

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  • Former board member, 2004-2015
  • Bachelor's degree, Carroll College
  • J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School
  • Deputy district attorney, Fond du Lac District Attorney's Office

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Wisconsin elections, 2016

The general election for Kettle Moraine's school board shared the ballot with city and county board races. The April 2016 ballot also included the state's presidential primary, and races for state and county courts.[5]

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for Wisconsin school board elections in 2016:[6]

Deadline Event
January 5, 2016 Candidate filing deadline
January 26, 2016 Referendum submission deadline
March 28, 2016 Pre-general election campaign finance deadline
April 5, 2016 Election Day
April 25, 2016 Board members take office
July 15, 2016 Post-election campaign finance deadline

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Campaign finance

Candidates were only required to file campaign finance reports if they accepted contributions, made disbursements or incurred obligations in an aggregate amount of more than $2,000 in a calendar year. [7] The pre-general election campaign finance deadline was March 28, 2016.

Past elections

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About the district

See also: Kettle Moraine School District, Wisconsin
The Kettle Moraine School District is located in Waukesha County, Wis.

Kettle Moraine School District is located in Waukesha County in southeastern Wisconsin. The county seat is Waukesha. Waukesha County was home to 395,118 residents in 2014, according to the United States Census Bureau.[10] The district was the 43rd-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 4,117 students.[11]

Higher education achievement

Waukesha County outperformed the rest of Wisconsin in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 40.2 percent of Waukesha County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 26.8 percent for the state as a whole.[10]

Median household income

Between 2009 and 2013, the median household income in Waukesha County was $75,850, compared to $52,413 for Wisconsin.[10] During that same time period, the median household income for the entire United States was $53,046.[12]

Poverty rate

The poverty rate in Waukesha County was 5.4 percent from 2009 and 2013. During that same time period, the poverty rate statewide was 13.0 percent, and it was 15.4 percent for the country as a whole.[10][12]

Racial and political demographics

Racial Demographics, 2014[10]
Race Waukesha County (%) Wisconsin (%)
White 93.6 87.8
Black or African American 1.4 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 1.1
Asian 3.3 2.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 0.0
Two or More Races 1.3 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 4.6 6.5

Presidential Voting Pattern, Waukesha County[13]
Year Democratic vote (%) Republican vote (%)
2012 32.3 66.7
2008 36.6 62.3
2004 31.9 67.2
2000 31.5 65.3

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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See also

Kettle Moraine School District Wisconsin School Boards
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  • Kettle Moraine School District elections (2015)

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