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Oregon School District Elections

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General election date
April 4, 2017
Enrollment (14–15):
3,828 students
Expenditures (FY 13):
$46.1 million

Three seats on the Oregon School District school board were up for by-district general election on April 4, 2017. Area II incumbent Charles Uphoff did not file to run for re-election, leaving the seat open for a newcomer. Courtney Odorico ran unopposed and won that seat. In her bid for re-election to Area III, incumbent Barbara Feeney also ran unopposed and won another term. Area IV incumbent Gwen Maitzen was defeated by challenger Tim LeBrun.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 1.1 Voter and candidate information
* 1.2 Candidates and results
* 2 Area II
* 2.1 Results
* 2.2 Candidates
* 3 Area III
* 3.1 Results
* 3.2 Candidates
* 4 Area IV
* 4.1 Results
* 4.2 Candidates
* 5 Additional elections on the ballot
* 6 Key deadlines
* 6.1 Endorsements
* 6.2 Campaign finance
* 6.2.1 Reports
* 6.3 Past elections
* 6.3.1 2016
* 6.3.2 2015
* 6.3.3 2014
* 6.3.3.1 General election
* 6.3.3.2 Primary election
* 6.4 What was at stake?
* 6.4.1 Report a story for this election
* 6.4.2 Candidate survey
* 6.5 About the district
* 6.5.1 Demographics
* 6.5.1.1 Higher education achievement
* 6.5.1.2 Median household income
* 6.5.1.3 Poverty rate
* 6.6 Recent news
* 6.7 See also
* 6.8 External links
* 6.9 Footnotes

## Elections[edit]

### Voter and candidate information[edit]

The Oregon school board consists of seven members elected to three-year terms. Elections are held by district on a staggered basis every year in April. Two seats—both from Area I—were up for election in 2016, and three seats—from Areas II, III, and IV—were up for election in 2017. The general election was held on April 4, 2017. A primary election could have been held on February 21, 2017, if more than two candidates had filed to run for any seat.[3]

School board candidates had to be at least 18 years old, U.S. citizens, and residents of the school district for a minimum of 28 consecutive days before filing as a candidate. They also could not be disqualified from voting under Wisconsin law.[4]

To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file nomination papers with the school district clerk by January 3, 2017. If incumbents whose terms were up for re-election did not file to run in the race and did not file written notification that they would not be running, the candidate filing deadline could have been extended until January 6, 2017. The terms of candidates elected in the race started on April 24, 2017.[4]

### Candidates and results[edit]

# Area II[edit]

### Results[edit]

Oregon School District,
Area II General Election, 3-year term, 2017

Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Courtney Odorico (unopposed) | 99.09% | 2,509
Write-in votes | 0.91% | 23
Total Votes | 2,532
Source: Dane County Clerk, "2017 Spring Election Official Canvass," accessed May 2, 2017

### Candidates[edit]

Courtney Odorico

* Former member, Oregon school board, 2005-2014

# Area III[edit]

### Results[edit]

Oregon School District,
Area III General Election, 3-year term, 2017

Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Barbara Feeney Incumbent (unopposed) | 99.41% | 2,509
Write-in votes | 0.59% | 15
Total Votes | 2,524
Source: Dane County Clerk, "2017 Spring Election Official Canvass," accessed May 2, 2017

### Candidates[edit]

Barbara Feeney

* Incumbent
* Member, 2014-2017
* Graduate, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay

# Area IV[edit]

### Results[edit]

Oregon School District,
Area IV General Election, 3-year term, 2017

Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Tim LeBrun | 51.47% | 1,784
Gwen Maitzen Incumbent | 48.38% | 1,677
Write-in votes | 0.14% | 5
Total Votes | 3,466
Source: Dane County Clerk, "2017 Spring Election Official Canvass," accessed May 2, 2017

### Candidates[edit]

Gwen Maitzen | Tim LeBrun

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* Incumbent
* Member, 2014-2017
* Graduate, DePauw University, Northern Illinois University, and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
* Retired educator, Oregon School District

* Graduate, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
* Business consultant, Runzheimer International

# Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

See also: Wisconsin elections, 2017

The Oregon school board election shared the ballot with elections for the office of Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction and one seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.[5]

# Key deadlines[edit]

The following dates were key deadlines for Wisconsin school board elections in 2017:[6][7]

Deadline  | Event

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January 3, 2017 | Candidate filing deadline
January 16, 2017 | Campaign finance deadline for candidates registered before January 1
February 13, 2017 | Pre-primary election campaign finance deadline
February 21, 2017 | Primary election day
March 27, 2017 | Pre-general election campaign finance deadline
April 4, 2017 | Election Day
April 24, 2017 | Board members take office
July 15, 2017 | Post-election campaign finance deadline

### Endorsements[edit]

The Wisconsin AFL-CIO and the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans endorsed Area IV incumbent Gwen Maitzen.[8][9]

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### Campaign finance[edit]

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2017

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:[10]

* 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.[11]

Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[12]

#### Reports[edit]

Candidates received a total of $1,647.43 and spent a total of $1,353.37 in the election, according to the Oregon School District.[13]

Area II candidate Courtney Odorico and Area III incumbent Barbara Feeney filed exemption statements detailing they would not spend or receive more than $2,000 toward their campaigns. Because of this, they did not have to file additional campaign finance reports.[13]

Candidate  | Existing balance  | Contributions  | Expenditures  | Cash on hand

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Gwen Maitzen | $100.00  | $600.00  | $305.94  | $394.06
Tim LeBrun | $0.00  | $1,047.43  | $1,047.43  | $0.00

### Past elections[edit]

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

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#### 2016

Oregon School District,
Area I General Election, 3-year term, 2016 | Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Nonpartisan  | Krista Flanagan | 45.6% | 4,964
| Nonpartisan  | Dan Krause | 29.9% | 3,253
| Nonpartisan  |  Uriah Carpenter  | 24% | 2,614
| Nonpartisan  |  Write-in votes  | 0.5% | 57
Total Votes | 10,888
Source: Dane County Clerk's Office, "2016 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Vote," accessed December 22, 2016

#### 2015

Oregon School District,
Area I General Election, 3-year term, 2015

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Nonpartisan  | Steve Zach | 56.5% | 2,087
| Nonpartisan  |  Marilyn McDole  | 43.3% | 1,600
| Nonpartisan  |  Write-in votes  | 0.1% | 5
Total Votes | 3,692
Source: Dane County Clerk's Office, "2015 Spring Election Official Canvass," accessed December 22, 2016

#### 2014

##### General election

Oregon School District,
Area II General Election, 3-year term, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Nonpartisan  | Charles Uphoff | 55.5% | 1,983
| Nonpartisan  |  Courtney Odorico Incumbent | 44.4% | 1,587
| Nonpartisan  |  Write-in votes  | 0.1% | 4
Total Votes | 3,574
Source: Dane County Clerk's Office, "2014 Spring Election Official Canvass," accessed December 22, 2016

Oregon School District,
Area III General Election, 3-year term, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Nonpartisan  | Barbara Feeney | 55.3% | 1,961
| Nonpartisan  |  Lee J. Christensen  | 44.6% | 1,581
| Nonpartisan  |  Write-in votes  | 0.1% | 3
Total Votes | 3,545
Source: Dane County Clerk's Office, "2014 Spring Election Official Canvass," accessed December 22, 2016

Oregon School District,
Area IV General Election, 3-year term, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Nonpartisan  | Gwen Maitzen | 54.5% | 1,942
| Nonpartisan  |  Wayne Mixdorf  | 45.4% | 1,616
| Nonpartisan  |  Write-in votes  | 0.1% | 4
Total Votes | 3,562
Source: Dane County Clerk's Office, "2014 Spring Election Official Canvass," accessed December 22, 2016

##### Primary election

Oregon School District,
Area IV Primary Election, 3-year term, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Nonpartisan  | Wayne Mixdorf | 46.5% | 572
| Nonpartisan  | Gwen Maitzen | 45.7% | 562
| Nonpartisan  |  Justin Zander  | 7.3% | 90
| Nonpartisan  |  Write-in votes  | 0.4% | 5
Total Votes | 1,229
Source: Dane County Clerk's Office, "2014 Spring Primary Election Official Canvass," accessed December 22, 2016

## What was at stake?[edit]

### Report a story for this election[edit]

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## About the district[edit]

See also: Oregon School District, Wisconsin

The Oregon School District is located in Dane County, Wisconsin.

The Oregon School District is located in south-central Wisconsin in Dane County. The county seat is Madison. Dane County was home to an estimated 523,643 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[14] The district was the 50th-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 3,828 students.[15]

### Demographics[edit]

#### Higher education achievement[edit]

Dane County outperformed Wisconsin as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 47.9 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.8 percent of state residents.[14]

#### Median household income[edit]

From 2011 to 2015, the median household income in the county was $62,865, compared to $53,357 for the state of Wisconsin.[14] During that same period, the median household income for the entire United States was $53,889.[14]

#### Poverty rate[edit]

The poverty rate in Dane County was 11.2 percent from 2011 to 2015. During that same period, the poverty rate was 12.1 percent statewide, and it was 13.5 percent for the country as a whole.[14]

Racial Demographics, 2015[14]

Race  | Dane County (%)  | Wisconsin (%)
White | 85.8 | 87.6
Black or African American | 5.4 | 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5 | 1.1
Asian | 5.8 | 2.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1
Two or More Races | 2.5 | 1.8
Hispanic or Latino | 6.3 | 6.6

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]

Oregon School District | Wisconsin | School Boards

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* List of school districts in Wisconsin

* Wisconsin school board elections, 2017
* Public education in Wisconsin
* Local ballot measures, Wisconsin

* School board elections, 2017
* School board elections, 2016
* School board election data analysis, 2017
* School board election data analysis, 2016

## External links[edit]

* Oregon School District
* Dane County Clerk's Office

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Jayne Wick, Oregon School District," January 11, 2017
2. ↑ Dane County Clerk, "2017 Spring Election Unofficial Canvass," accessed April 4, 2017
3. ↑ Oregon School District, "School Board," accessed January 3, 2017
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wisconsin Association of School Boards, "Guide for Candidates: 2017 Spring Election Edition," accessed December 16, 2016
5. ↑ Wisconsin Election Commission, "Spring 2017 Election," accessed January 3, 2017
6. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Guided for Candidates," accessed December 16, 2016
7. ↑ Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Checklist," accessed December 16, 2016
8. ↑ Wisconsin AFL-CIO, "Spring Election Endorsed Candidates," March 9, 2017
9. ↑ Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans, "WIARA Spring Election Endorsements," March 17, 2017
10. ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "11.0104 Reporting exemptions: limited activity," accessed December 15, 2016
11. ↑ Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Filing Deadlines and Reporting Periods," accessed December 15, 2016
12. ↑ Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Checklist," accessed December 16, 2016
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Jayne Wick, Oregon School District" April 3, 2017
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 United States Census Bureau, "Dane County, Wisconsin," accessed December 19, 2016
15. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016

Oregon School District elections in 2017

Dane County, Wisconsin
Election date:| April 4, 2017
Candidates:| Area II: • Courtney Odorico
Area III: • Incumbent, Barbara Feeney
Area IV: • Incumbent, Gwen Maitzen • Tim LeBrun
Important information:| What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines

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