I took a look at what people had in their campaign accounts coming in to the 2020 Spring Elections for Madison City Council, Madison School Board and Dane County Board of Supervisors – for those who had campaign accounts in 2019. Here’s what I found.I’ve also updated the information here (County, School Board and City.)
BACKGROUND
When are reports due?
The next campaign finance reports are due 1/15/2020 and then we will find out what candidates raised this past fall and early winter. The reports will cover 7/1/19 – 12/31/19. Pre-primary reports will be due on February 10, 2020 (covers 1/1-2/3) and pre-election reports will be due on March 30, 2020 (covers 2/4-3/23 if primary or 1/1-3/23 if no primary). Final campaign reports won’t be due until July 15, 2020 (Covers 3/24-6/30).
How much do campaigns cost?
Aldermanic races with opposition can cost $8,000-14,000.
School Board races can cost about $20,000
Dane County Board races are hard to know, we rarely see races with 2 or more candidates running during the full spring cycle, but I would expect them to be similar to the Alder races.
CITY OF MADISON
This report is as of Thursday, January 2nd, 5 days before the filing deadlines. And about 2 weeks before reports are due for the July – December 2019, for candidates that opened accounts in 2019.
District 8
All city campaign finance reports (alders and mayor) here. Next scheduled alder races are in April 2021. Next Mayoral race is in April 2023.
- Max Prestigiacomo – no previous campaign reports, new candidate
- Technically doesn’t have nomination papers in yet, so not on the ballot
MADISON SCHOOL BOARD
This report is as of Thursday, January 2nd, 5 days before the filing deadlines. And about 2 weeks before reports are due for the July – December 2019, for candidates that opened accounts in 2019.
Seat 2
- Savion Castro – incumbent but was appointed so no campaign finance reports
- Technically doesn’t have nomination papers in yet, so not on the ballot
Seat 6
- Maia Pearson – new candidate, no campaign finance reports yet
- Tecnically doesn’t have nomination papers in yet, so not on the ballot
Seat 7
- Nicki Vandermeulen – $823.73 as of 7/15/19
Seated incumbents without elections this year
Find all School Board filings here.
- Cris Carusi – $1,144.77
- Ananda Mirilli – $2,416.11
- Ali Muldrow – something wrong with the report
- Gloria Reyes – $907.01
DANE COUNTY BOARD
This report is as of Thursday, January 2nd, 5 days before the filing deadlines. And about 2 weeks before reports are due for the July – December 2019, for candidates that opened accounts in 2019. The candidate information is based on last available clerk’s report at 3:04 on 12/30 and may have changed since this was posted.
NOTE: Several candidates have failed to file reports, many just file “no activity” or are “exempt” (won’t spend or raise over $1,000). Several haven’t raised money since 2016, one since 2014. Only two candidates have over $3,000. So, incumbents in these cases don’t have large “warchests” ready to fend off challengers. They seem pretty comfortable that no one will challenge them and several haven’t seen a contested election in many years . . . if ever.
District 1
- Eilzabeth Doyle – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT! (12/9)
- $5,327.66 – July 2019
District 2
- Heidi Wegleitner – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers
- 2,038.95 – July 2019
District 3
- Analiese Eicher – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT (12/23)
- $1528.06 – 2018 pre-election report – no activity reports filed since then
District 4
- Richard Kilmer – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers
- $664.77 – July 2019
District 5 (Incumbent Hayley Young not running)
- Elena Haasl – ON THE BALLOT (12/20)
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
- Jose Rea
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 6
- Yogesh Chawla – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT!!! (12/9)
- $952.56 – July 2019
District 7
- Matt Veldran – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to Statement of Economic Interests
- Didn’t file any July 2019 report
- $451.15 March 2016, no activity since then
District 8
- Carousel Bayrd – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers
- $8,154.84 March 2016, no activity since then
District 9 (Incumbent Paul Nelson not running)
- Rick Cruz
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
- Alex Joers
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers and Statement of Economic Interests
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 10
- Jeremy Levin – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT! (12/30)
- $2,876.72 January 2016, no activity since then
District 11 (Incumbent Kelly Danner not running)
- Richelle Andrae – ON THE BALLOT (12/30)
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 12
- Paul Rusk – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT! (12/12)
- Didn’t file any July 2019 report
- $2,653.02 March 2018, no activity since then
District 13
- Chuck Erickson – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT! (12/16)
- $600.14 March 2018, no activity since then
District 14 (Incumbent Huong Nguyen-Hilfiger not running)
- Anthony Gray – ON THE BALLOT! (12/12)
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 15
- Steven Peters – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT (12/23)
- $478.37 July 2018, no activity since then
District 16 (Incumbent Jamie Kuhn not running)
- Blaire Adkins
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers and Statement of Economic Interests
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 17
- Kristin Audet – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT!!!
- $1,290.77 – July 2019
District 18
- Michele Ritt – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT!
- $2,380.74 – July 2018, no activity since then
District 19 (Incumbent Bill Clausius not running)
- Teran Peterson
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers and Statement of Economic Interests
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 20
- Julie Schwellenbach – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers and Statement of Economic Interests
- Didn’t file any July 2019 report (Clerks Site doesn’t even list the district)
- Only has filed exempt or “no report”
District 21
- Andrew Schauer – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT! (12/26)
- Didn’t file any July 2019 report
- $553.89 in July 2018
District 22
- Maureen McCarville – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers and Campaign Finance Registration Statement
- $382.75 – January 2016, no activity since then
District 23
- Sheila Stubbs – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT!!! (12/18)
- $661.12 – July continuing 2018, no activity since then
District 24 (Incumbent Tanya Buckingham not running)
- Sarah Smith – ON THE BALLOT (12/30)
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 25
- Tim Kiefer – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT!! (12/11)
- $266.53 – March 2018, no activity since then
- Dan Kieta
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 26 (Incumbent Sharon Corrigan not running)
- Holly Hatcher – ON THE BALLOT!!!
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
- Kevin Cunningham
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers, Campaign Finance Registration Statement and Statement of Economic Interests
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 27
- Dorothy Krause – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT!
- Last filed as exempt (won’t raise or spend over $1,000)
District 28 (Incumbent Nickki Jones not running)
- Michelle Doolan
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers and Statement of Economic Interests
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 29
- Dave Ripp – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT!! (12/13)
- Last filed as exempt (won’t raise or spend over $1,000)
District 30
- Patrick Downing – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in Statement of Economic Interests
- $0 – July 2018, no activity since then
District 31
- Jerry Bollig – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT!! (12/12)
- Last filed as exempt (won’t raise or spend over $1,000)
- Todd Kluever – ON THE BALLOT!! (12/30)
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 32 (Incumbent Jason Knoll not running)
- Mike Bare – ON THE BALLOT (12/20)
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
District 33
- Ann Degarmo – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in Statement of Economic Interests
- $2,108.25 – July 2019
District 34
- Patrick Miles – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in 1 more signature
- $485.94 – July 2019
District 35
- Carl Chenoweth – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers and Statement of Economic Interests
- $178.73 – March 2014, no activity since then
District 36
- Melissa Ratcliff – Incumbent
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in Statement of Economic Interests
- Last filed as exempt (won’t raise or spend over $1,000)
District 37 (Incumbent Bob Salov not running)
- Kate McGinnity – ON THE BALLOT (12/23)
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
- Kris Breunig
- Technically not on the ballot, needs to turn in nomination papers and Statement of Economic Interests
- New Candidate, no reports available. Next report due 1/15/20.
