Madison School Board 2020 Candidates

last updated 2/16/18 8:54 pm

Candidates and teams – if you have additional information you want added here, email forwardlookout@gmail.com

Filing information can be found on the City of Madison Clerk’s Website.

General Articles

Pre-primary

• Changing the narrative – Isthmus (2/13)
• Candidate Q&A: 3 candidates compete for open Madison School Board seat – State Journal (2/10)
• Madison School Board candidates make their pitch at first forum – Cap Times (2/5/20)
• Candidates in Madison School Board race up for primary weigh in on top issues – State Journal (2/4/20)
• Final list of Madison-area candidates running in the 2020 spring elections – State Journal (1/7/20)
• Madison School Board races to feature one primary, an incumbent challenge – State Journal (1/7)
• One primary, two contested seats for Madison School Board election – Cap Times (1/7)

Pre-filing deadline

• Madison School Board races starting to emerge as filing deadline approaches – State Journal (1/2)
• At least two Madison School Board races contested this spring – Cap Times (1/2)
• How much is in candidate campaign warchests? – Forwardlookout.com (1/2)
• Madison School Board member Kate Toews not seeking reelection – State Journal (12/27)
• Kate Toews not seeking re-election to Madison School Board– Cap Times (12/27)

SEAT 2

Savion Castro

(Incumbent because was appointed to replace Mary Burke when she resigned.  Will serve a one year term)

• Facebook
• Website
• Savion Castro Launches Campaign for Full School Board Term – Madison 365 (11/25/19)
• Savion Castro on Work Left to Do with School Board – WORT 89.9 FM (2/5/20)

SEAT 6

• Meet the Candidates: Madison School Board Seat 6 – WORT 89.9 FM (1/14/20)
• League of Women Voters – Candidate Answers

Maia Pearson

• Website
  • Notable endorsements
    • Sheila Stubbs -County Board Supervisor/State Representative
    • former school board members Juan Jose Lopez, Bill Clingan, Milele Chikasa Anana, Johnny Winston Jr, Ray Allen
    • current school board members Ananda Mirilli, Ali Muldrow, Savion Castro
    • Alders Shiva Bidar, Sherry Carter
    • judge Everett Mitchelle
    • Sabrina Madison – founder of Progress Center for Black Women
  • Issues and Priorities
  • vote4maia@gmail.com
• Facebook
  • Facebook announcement (12/20)
• Other Endorsements
  • Madison Teachers Union
• Campaign finance report
  • Spring Pre-Primary PDF 
    • Raised $3,351
• In the News

• Maia Pearson Announces Candidacy for School Board – Madison 365 (12/31)
• Pearson becomes first newcomer to announce Madison School Board Campaign – Cap Times (12/31)
• Maia Pearson’s Grassroots Campaign for School Board: “If you really want to invoke change, you have to be at the table where the policies are being made” – Madison 365 (1/31/20)
• School Board candidate Pearson hopes district can add all-day 4K – Cap Times (2/13)

Christina Gomez Schmidt

• Website
  • Notable Endorsements
    • former school board members Marj Passman, Kate Toews, James Howard (plus from facebook – Dean Loumos, Ed Hughes and Paul Dvorak)
  • No issues noted on her website except briefly on the home page
  • VoteCGS2020@gmail.com
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Other Endorsements
• Campaign finance report
  • Spring Pre-Primary PDF 
    • Raised $11,606
• Primary Election Night Party – Pizza di Roma West
• In the News

• Gomez Schmidt outpaces School Board Seat 6 challengers in fundraising ahead of primary – Cap Times (2/14)
• School Board candidate Gomez Schmidt wants to put ‘experience to work’ – Cap Times (2/12)

Karen Ball

• Facebook
• Endorsements
  • Judy Karofsky
  • Jessica and former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle
• Campaign finance report
  • Spring Pre-Primary PDF 
    • Raised 2,659.65
• In the news

• School Board candidate Ball wants to ‘get out of the way of people doing their work’ to help close opportunity gap – Cap Times (2/11)

SEAT 7

Nikki Vander Muelen (incumbent)

• Facebook

• Website
• Campaign Finance Report going into campaign – $823.73 as of 7/15/19
• Nicki Vander Meulen, Disability Rights, & the Run for Madison School Board – WORT 89.9 FM (1/22/20)

Wayne Strong

• Facebook
• Website
• Wayne Strong Officially Kicks Off Campaign for Madison School Board – Madison 365 (1/6)
• NOTE ON CLERKS WEBSITE
• Madison School Board candidate Wayne Strong suspends campaign – State Journal (1/11/20)
• Strong suspends School Board campaign against Vander Meulen – Cap Times (1/11/20)
• Strong will ‘campaign on a limited basis’ for School Board following medical incident – Cap Times (1/15/20)
• School Board candidate Wayne Strong to campaign on ‘limited basis’ after medical incident – State Journal (1/16/20)
• Wayne Strong on Running for Madison School Board – WORT 89.9 FM (2/6/20)