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McFarland School District elections

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Filing deadline
January 7, 2020
General election date
April 7, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
4,343 students

One seat on the McFarland School District school board in Wisconsin was up for general election on April 7, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was January 7, 2020.

The Wisconsin Election Commission voted unanimously to send absentee/mail-in ballot applications automatically to most registered voters in the November 3, 2020, general election.

## Contents

* 1 Election procedure changes in 2020
* 2 Elections
* 3 Candidates and results
* 4 Additional elections on the ballot
* 4.1 What was at stake?
* 4.1.1 Report a story for this election
* 4.1.2 Candidate survey
* 4.2 About the district
* 4.3 Pivot Counties
* 4.3.1 Presidential results by legislative district
* 4.4 See also
* 4.5 External links
* 4.6 Footnotes

## Election procedure changes in 2020[edit]

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Wisconsin modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

* Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee and mail-in ballot applications were sent to most registered voters in the general election.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

## Elections[edit]

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# Candidates and results[edit]

General election

##### General election for McFarland School District school board At-large

Craig Howery won election in the general election for McFarland School District school board At-large on April 7, 2020.

Candidate

Votes

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| Craig Howery (Nonpartisan)  |

98.8

| 3,422
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1.2

| 40

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There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 3,462

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# Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

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## What was at stake?[edit]

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

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## About the district[edit]

See also: McFarland School District, Wisconsin

The McFarland School District is located in Dane County, Wisconsin. The district served 4,343 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[1]

## Pivot Counties[edit]

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Twenty-three of 72 Wisconsin counties—32 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008

County  | Trump margin of victory in 2016  | Obama margin of victory in 2012  | Obama margin of victory in 2008
Adams County, Wisconsin | 21.92% | 8.73% | 18.35%
Buffalo County, Wisconsin | 21.82% | 2.93% | 14.66%
Columbia County, Wisconsin | 2.14% | 13.58% | 15.26%
Crawford County, Wisconsin | 5.40% | 19.98% | 27.03%
Door County, Wisconsin | 3.22% | 6.99% | 17.33%
Dunn County, Wisconsin | 11.09% | 4.97% | 14.95%
Forest County, Wisconsin | 26.58% | 5.44% | 15.16%
Grant County, Wisconsin | 9.43% | 13.77% | 23.88%
Jackson County, Wisconsin | 11.74% | 15.01% | 21.84%
Juneau County, Wisconsin | 26.05% | 7.03% | 9.00%
Kenosha County, Wisconsin | 0.31% | 12.23% | 18.06%
Lafayette County, Wisconsin | 8.99% | 15.37% | 22.32%
Lincoln County, Wisconsin | 20.60% | 0.71% | 12.48%
Marquette County, Wisconsin | 24.09% | 0.27% | 5.28%
Pepin County, Wisconsin | 23.08% | 2.22% | 12.89%
Price County, Wisconsin | 25.00% | 0.04% | 13.40%
Racine County, Wisconsin | 4.28% | 3.54% | 7.41%
Richland County, Wisconsin | 5.50% | 16.13% | 20.63%
Sauk County, Wisconsin | 0.35% | 18.47% | 23.04%
Sawyer County, Wisconsin | 18.41% | 0.49% | 6.23%
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin | 12.64% | 14.08% | 26.39%
Vernon County, Wisconsin | 4.43% | 14.73% | 22.00%
Winnebago County, Wisconsin | 7.34% | 3.73% | 11.66%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Wisconsin with 47.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 46.5 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Wisconsin cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Wisconsin supported Republicans slightly more than Democratic candidates, 50.0 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Democrats in every presidential election from 2000 to 2012 before voting for Trump in 2016.

#### Presidential results by legislative district[edit]

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Assembly districts in Wisconsin. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 43 out of 99 state Assembly districts in Wisconsin with an average margin of victory of 34.1 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 36 out of 99 state Assembly districts in Wisconsin with an average margin of victory of 34.6 points. Clinton won three districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 56 out of 99 state Assembly districts in Wisconsin with an average margin of victory of 12.1 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 63 out of 99 state Assembly districts in Wisconsin with an average margin of victory of 19.4 points. Trump won two districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 Presidential Results by State Assembly District '

District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control
1 | 49.45% | 49.55% | R+0.1 | 40.19% | 55.31% | R+15.1 | R
2 | 45.06% | 53.88% | R+8.8 | 35.98% | 58.55% | R+22.6 | R
3 | 46.37% | 52.37% | R+6 | 39.25% | 54.77% | R+15.5 | R
4 | 47.96% | 51.02% | R+3.1 | 42.82% | 51.96% | R+9.1 | R
5 | 45.84% | 53.01% | R+7.2 | 35.60% | 58.94% | R+23.3 | R
6 | 44.15% | 54.75% | R+10.6 | 30.90% | 64.34% | R+33.4 | R
7 | 57.11% | 41.73% | D+15.4 | 55.20% | 39.20% | D+16 | D
8 | 86.53% | 12.79% | D+73.7 | 82.43% | 14.14% | D+68.3 | D
9 | 74.69% | 24.42% | D+50.3 | 71.60% | 23.86% | D+47.7 | D
10 | 89.76% | 9.63% | D+80.1 | 89.09% | 8.09% | D+81 | D
11 | 86.92% | 12.62% | D+74.3 | 85.40% | 12.20% | D+73.2 | D
12 | 80.00% | 19.52% | D+60.5 | 79.28% | 17.84% | D+61.4 | D
13 | 41.61% | 57.43% | R+15.8 | 46.60% | 48.01% | R+1.4 | R
14 | 42.53% | 56.71% | R+14.2 | 49.36% | 45.05% | D+4.3 | R
15 | 44.86% | 54.03% | R+9.2 | 43.63% | 50.53% | R+6.9 | R
16 | 90.18% | 8.97% | D+81.2 | 88.16% | 8.20% | D+80 | D
17 | 86.03% | 13.52% | D+72.5 | 85.53% | 11.96% | D+73.6 | D
18 | 89.18% | 10.15% | D+79 | 87.03% | 9.71% | D+77.3 | D
19 | 69.95% | 28.13% | D+41.8 | 72.67% | 20.16% | D+52.5 | D
20 | 58.37% | 40.39% | D+18 | 55.33% | 39.27% | D+16.1 | D
21 | 47.93% | 51.07% | R+3.1 | 44.81% | 50.06% | R+5.3 | R
22 | 42.44% | 56.73% | R+14.3 | 35.41% | 60.15% | R+24.7 | R
23 | 34.62% | 64.61% | R+30 | 50.43% | 44.81% | D+5.6 | R
24 | 43.05% | 56.18% | R+13.1 | 45.71% | 49.32% | R+3.6 | R
25 | 46.93% | 51.76% | R+4.8 | 35.85% | 58.74% | R+22.9 | R
26 | 45.64% | 53.35% | R+7.7 | 38.91% | 55.22% | R+16.3 | R
27 | 45.07% | 53.89% | R+8.8 | 40.39% | 54.00% | R+13.6 | R
28 | 43.68% | 54.77% | R+11.1 | 32.63% | 61.90% | R+29.3 | R
29 | 48.16% | 50.05% | R+1.9 | 38.58% | 54.01% | R+15.4 | R
30 | 46.24% | 52.24% | R+6 | 42.51% | 50.44% | R+7.9 | R
31 | 46.56% | 52.48% | R+5.9 | 40.68% | 53.70% | R+13 | R
32 | 41.42% | 57.37% | R+15.9 | 34.97% | 59.41% | R+24.4 | R
33 | 39.95% | 58.97% | R+19 | 35.54% | 59.27% | R+23.7 | R
34 | 44.59% | 54.39% | R+9.8 | 35.28% | 60.34% | R+25.1 | R
35 | 46.89% | 52.10% | R+5.2 | 34.68% | 60.52% | R+25.8 | R
36 | 46.49% | 52.48% | R+6 | 32.07% | 64.35% | R+32.3 | R
37 | 45.97% | 52.93% | R+7 | 39.87% | 54.26% | R+14.4 | R
38 | 41.66% | 57.48% | R+15.8 | 38.23% | 56.78% | R+18.5 | R
39 | 42.12% | 56.85% | R+14.7 | 32.76% | 62.11% | R+29.4 | R
40 | 45.04% | 53.94% | R+8.9 | 32.61% | 62.85% | R+30.2 | R
41 | 48.58% | 50.35% | R+1.8 | 36.02% | 59.60% | R+23.6 | R
42 | 51.09% | 48.03% | D+3.1 | 40.26% | 54.51% | R+14.3 | R
43 | 58.46% | 40.22% | D+18.2 | 50.24% | 43.54% | D+6.7 | D
44 | 63.57% | 35.53% | D+28 | 55.44% | 38.62% | D+16.8 | D
45 | 63.99% | 34.88% | D+29.1 | 52.83% | 41.86% | D+11 | D
46 | 63.63% | 35.46% | D+28.2 | 61.74% | 32.95% | D+28.8 | D
47 | 71.05% | 27.83% | D+43.2 | 71.89% | 23.13% | D+48.8 | D
48 | 77.21% | 21.61% | D+55.6 | 76.06% | 19.26% | D+56.8 | D
49 | 56.34% | 42.26% | D+14.1 | 42.01% | 51.26% | R+9.3 | R
50 | 54.10% | 44.84% | D+9.3 | 38.35% | 57.05% | R+18.7 | R
51 | 59.12% | 39.77% | D+19.4 | 48.42% | 46.59% | D+1.8 | R
52 | 45.04% | 53.91% | R+8.9 | 38.03% | 56.66% | R+18.6 | R
53 | 43.36% | 55.55% | R+12.2 | 34.18% | 60.93% | R+26.7 | R
54 | 57.39% | 41.08% | D+16.3 | 49.16% | 44.12% | D+5 | D
55 | 47.32% | 51.08% | R+3.8 | 41.80% | 51.70% | R+9.9 | R
56 | 43.05% | 55.69% | R+12.6 | 37.98% | 56.68% | R+18.7 | R
57 | 58.41% | 39.31% | D+19.1 | 51.73% | 41.22% | D+10.5 | D
58 | 31.25% | 67.77% | R+36.5 | 28.43% | 66.52% | R+38.1 | R
59 | 31.24% | 67.73% | R+36.5 | 25.52% | 69.73% | R+44.2 | R
60 | 31.82% | 67.23% | R+35.4 | 32.35% | 62.53% | R+30.2 | R
61 | 44.42% | 54.59% | R+10.2 | 36.49% | 58.50% | R+22 | R
62 | 45.73% | 53.46% | R+7.7 | 41.17% | 54.02% | R+12.9 | R
63 | 42.73% | 56.47% | R+13.7 | 37.80% | 57.26% | R+19.5 | R
64 | 58.84% | 40.05% | D+18.8 | 52.63% | 42.23% | D+10.4 | D
65 | 67.06% | 31.78% | D+35.3 | 57.76% | 36.48% | D+21.3 | D
66 | 75.23% | 23.77% | D+51.5 | 68.34% | 26.50% | D+41.8 | D
67 | 48.07% | 50.75% | R+2.7 | 36.41% | 58.15% | R+21.7 | R
68 | 51.24% | 47.56% | D+3.7 | 40.11% | 54.44% | R+14.3 | R
69 | 43.65% | 55.15% | R+11.5 | 34.08% | 60.83% | R+26.8 | R
70 | 48.55% | 50.09% | R+1.5 | 36.82% | 57.83% | R+21 | R
71 | 57.55% | 41.03% | D+16.5 | 50.34% | 43.28% | D+7.1 | D
72 | 48.68% | 50.09% | R+1.4 | 36.95% | 58.55% | R+21.6 | R
73 | 60.93% | 37.66% | D+23.3 | 47.53% | 47.49% | D+0 | D
74 | 57.74% | 40.88% | D+16.9 | 46.22% | 49.38% | R+3.2 | D
75 | 47.55% | 51.22% | R+3.7 | 34.53% | 60.84% | R+26.3 | R
76 | 81.64% | 15.70% | D+65.9 | 82.30% | 11.34% | D+71 | D
77 | 82.23% | 16.20% | D+66 | 83.80% | 11.48% | D+72.3 | D
78 | 71.91% | 26.85% | D+45.1 | 75.62% | 19.47% | D+56.2 | D
79 | 60.89% | 38.29% | D+22.6 | 62.65% | 32.43% | D+30.2 | D
80 | 63.93% | 35.08% | D+28.9 | 62.12% | 32.50% | D+29.6 | D
81 | 61.46% | 37.67% | D+23.8 | 51.23% | 43.11% | D+8.1 | D
82 | 43.03% | 56.32% | R+13.3 | 43.69% | 51.79% | R+8.1 | R
83 | 31.12% | 68.10% | R+37 | 29.71% | 65.91% | R+36.2 | R
84 | 42.31% | 56.84% | R+14.5 | 41.43% | 53.68% | R+12.3 | R
85 | 52.04% | 46.78% | D+5.3 | 44.67% | 49.90% | R+5.2 | R
86 | 43.96% | 55.02% | R+11.1 | 36.19% | 59.18% | R+23 | R
87 | 44.81% | 53.95% | R+9.1 | 30.93% | 64.82% | R+33.9 | R
88 | 48.79% | 50.35% | R+1.6 | 43.75% | 50.75% | R+7 | R
89 | 46.02% | 52.97% | R+6.9 | 32.41% | 63.26% | R+30.9 | R
90 | 63.31% | 35.13% | D+28.2 | 53.29% | 39.82% | D+13.5 | D
91 | 60.63% | 37.68% | D+22.9 | 55.95% | 36.72% | D+19.2 | D
92 | 55.89% | 42.98% | D+12.9 | 40.90% | 54.33% | R+13.4 | R
93 | 47.10% | 51.80% | R+4.7 | 38.30% | 56.18% | R+17.9 | R
94 | 51.53% | 47.32% | D+4.2 | 45.50% | 49.03% | R+3.5 | D
95 | 64.46% | 33.93% | D+30.5 | 58.03% | 34.66% | D+23.4 | D
96 | 55.57% | 42.95% | D+12.6 | 42.90% | 51.64% | R+8.7 | R
97 | 39.90% | 59.02% | R+19.1 | 39.37% | 54.43% | R+15.1 | R
98 | 33.69% | 65.46% | R+31.8 | 35.20% | 59.58% | R+24.4 | R
99 | 26.70% | 72.64% | R+45.9 | 28.97% | 66.40% | R+37.4 | R
Total | 52.92% | 45.97% | D+7 | 47.01% | 47.78% | R+0.8 | \-
Source: Daily Kos

## See also[edit]

McFarland School District | Wisconsin | School Boards

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* McFarland School District, Wisconsin, elections (2019)

* List of school districts in Wisconsin

* Wisconsin school board elections, 2020
* Public education in Wisconsin
* Local ballot measures, Wisconsin

* School board elections, 2020
* School board elections, 2019

## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* McFarland School District

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Data," accessed January 28, 2020
2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
3. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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