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New Berlin School District Elections
General election date:
April 5, 2016
Enrollment (13–14):
4,602 students

Three of the seven seats on the New Berlin School District school board were up for general election on April 5, 2016. Incumbents Tom David, Jody Kugler and Nate Nickerson defeated challenger Krislyn Holaday-Wondrachek in their re-election bids.^[1]

Elections[edit]

Voter and candidate information[edit]

The New Berlin Board of Education is made up of seven members elected at large to three-year terms.

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Candidates had until January 5, 2016, to collect between 100 and 200 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.^[4]

Candidates and results[edit]

At-large[edit]

Results[edit]

New Berlin School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jody Kugler Incumbent	26.52%	5,015
Nate Nickerson Incumbent	26.10%	4,936
Tom David Incumbent	25.02%	4,731
Krislyn Holaday-Wondrachek	21.63%	4,090
Write-in votes	0.74%	140
Total Votes (100)		18,912
Source: Waukesha County Clerk, "2016 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary," accessed April 5, 2016

Candidates[edit]

Tom David		Jody Kugler
	Incumbent First elected in 2010 Bachelor's degree, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Master's degree, Keller Graduate School of Management Veteran, U.S. Air Force		Incumbent First elected in 2013 Bachelor's and master's degrees, University of Phoenix Quality manager, AW2 Logistics
Nate Nickerson		Krislyn Holaday-Wondrachek
	Incumbent First elected in 2013 Tech support analyst, Waste Management		Bachelor's degree, Coe College J.D., Syracuse University College of Law Owner, Krislyn Holaday Law Office LLC

Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

See also: Wisconsin elections, 2016

The general election for New Berlin'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.^[1][5]

Key deadlines[edit]

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

Endorsements[edit]

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Campaign finance[edit]

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[edit]

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2015 New Berlin School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Susan Manley Incumbent 32.1% 2,801      Nonpartisan Jeffrey Kurth Incumbent 31.4% 2,739      Nonpartisan Jennifer Neuman 26.4% 2,300      Nonpartisan Yan Nenaydykh 9.8% 855      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 29 Total Votes 8,724 Source: New Berlin, Wisconsin, "Spring Election, Total Results," accessed November 17, 2015 2014 New Berlin School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Amy Crosby 37.1% 1,469      Nonpartisan Dave Maxey Incumbent 33.2% 1,314      Nonpartisan Art Marquardt 29.6% 1,172 Total Votes 3,955 Source: New Berlin, Wisconsin, "Spring Election, Total Results," accessed November 17, 2015 2013 New Berlin School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Jody Kugler 35% 4,694      Nonpartisan Nate Nickerson 32% 4,291      Nonpartisan Tom David Incumbent 31.7% 4,250      Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.2% 165 Total Votes 13,400 Source: New Berlin, Wisconsin, "Spring Election, Total Results," accessed November 17, 2015

What was at stake?[edit]

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Candidate survey[edit]

About the district[edit]

See also: New Berlin School District, Wisconsin

The New Berlin School District is located in Waukesha County, Wis.

New Berlin 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.^[8] The district was the 38th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 4,602 students.^[9]

Higher education achievement[edit]

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.^[8]

Median household income[edit]

Between 2009 and 2013, the median household income in Waukesha County was $75,850, compared to $52,413 for Wisconsin.^[8] During that same time period, the median household income for the entire United States was $53,046.^[10]

Poverty rate[edit]

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.^[8][10]

Racial and political demographics[edit]

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.

Recent news[edit]

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See also[edit]

New Berlin School District	Wisconsin	School Boards
New Berlin School District elections (2015) List of school districts in Wisconsin	Wisconsin school board elections, 2016 Public education in Wisconsin Local ballot measures, Wisconsin	School board elections, 2016 School board elections, 2015 School board election data analysis, 2016 School board election data analysis, 2015

External links[edit]

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• New Berlin School District
• Waukesha County, Wisconsin

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