Meet the Local Government Spring Candidates (Updated x 2)

1 person on the ballot for City Alder District 8

6 school board candidates vying for 3 seats with 1 unopposed and 2 seats contested, including a primary

24 current county board supervisors unopposed, 8 new supervisors will walk on without having to win a contested election, 3 of the 11 vacated seats have races and 2 incumbents are opposed.

CANDIDATE GUIDES

You can find out more about the candidates in the Forward Lookout 2020 Candidate Guide.  The guide will be updated for spring races where there is more than one candidate and includes local news articles, links to their social media and website, campaign finance reports, endorsements and more.  There a pages for each of the following.

• School Board
• County Board
• City Council

Note to candidates:  If you feel there is additional information that I have missed, please do not hesitate to contact me at forwardlookout@gmail.com

MEET THE CANDIDATES

City Council

• Max Prestigiacomo
  

• • Youth climate activist announces run for City Council – Daily Cardinal
  • UW-Madison freshman running for Madison City Council – Channel3000.com
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Website

NOTE:  The filling deadline for this seat has been extended til Friday at 5:00.

School Board

SEAT 2

• Savion Castro

• • Savion Castro Launches Campaign for Full School Board Term – Madison 365 (11/25/19)
  • Facebook
  • Website

SEAT 6

• Maia Pearson

• • Facebook announcement (12/20)
  • Facebook
  • 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)
• Christina Gomez Schmidt

• • Haven’t found find any campaign info
• Karen Ball

• • Facebook

SEAT 7

• Nikki Vander Muelen (incumbent)
  

• • Facebook

• • Website
  • Campaign Finance Report going into campaign – $823.73 as of 7/15/19
• Wayne Strong – ON THE BALLOT WHEN SIGNATURES VERIFIED
  

• • Facebook
  • Website
  • Wayne Strong Officially Kicks Off Campaign for Madison School Board – Madison 365 (1/6)

County Board

CONTESTED RACES

District 5 (Hayley Young – Incumbent)

• Elena Haasl
  

• • 95 Signatures in (12/20)
  • Facebook
  • Website
• Jose Rea

• • 66 signatures in (1/6)
  • Facebook
  • Website

District 25

• Tim Kiefer – Incumbent

• • 20 Signatures in (12/2) + 32 (12/9) + 12 (12/12) + 13 (12/27) + 4(1/2) + 7 (1/6) = 88
  • Facebook
  • Website
  • Campaign Finance
    • $266.53 – March 2018
    • $11,596.80 – January 6, 2020 (Friends of Tim Kiefer — January 2020 finance report)
• Dan Kieta
  
  • 59 signatures in (1/6)

District 26 (Sharon Corrigan – Incumbent)

• Holly Hatcher
  

• • 55 signatures in (12/5) + 22 (12/17) + 31 (12/27) + 3 (1/7) = 111
  • Facebook
• Kevin Cunningham
  
  • 107 signatures in (1/6)

District 31

• Jerry Bollig
  

• • Signatures in – 60 (12/12) + 10 (12/20) = 70
  • Campaign Finance = Last filed as exempt (won’t raise or spend over $1,000)
• Todd Kluever
  

• • 57 signatures in (12/30)
  • Haven’t been able to find campaign sites

District 37 (Bob Salov – Incumbent)

• Kate McGinnity

• • 10 signatures in (12/17) + 110 (12/23) + 20 (12/27) + 30 (1/6) = 170
  • Website
  • Facebook
• Kris Breunig

• • 90 signatures in (1/6)
  • Facebook

UNCONTESTED NEW PEOPLE

District 9 (Paul Nelson – Incumbent)

• Alex Joers

• • 54 Signatures in (1/3) + 9 (1/6) = 63
  • Website
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

District 11 (Kelly Danner – Incumbent)

• Richelle Andrae
  

• • 50 signatures in (12/16) + 22 (12/30) + 26 (1/3) = 98
  • Website
  • Facebook
  • LinkeIn
  • 2017 alumna Andrae seeking County Board Seat – Robert LaFollette School of Public Affairs

District 14 (Huong Nguyen-Hilfiger)

• Anthony Gray
  

• • 46 signatures in (12/9) + 9 (12/12) = 55 total
  • Facebook
  • Website
  • Impacting the Racial Wealth Gap: Anthony Gray Looking to be a Catalyst on Dane County Board – Madison 365 (12/20)

District 16 (Jamie Kuhn incumbent)

• Blaire Adkins

• • 65 Signatures In (1/3)

District 19 (Bill Clausius – Incumbent)

• Teran Peterson

• • 54 Signatures In (1/3)
  • Facebook
  • Teran Peterson Announces Run For Dane County Board District 19 – Madison365.com
  • Peterson announces District 19 run – Sun Prairie Star (12/18)
  • 20 to Watch in 2020 – Cambridge News (1/6)

District 24 (Tanya Buckingham – Incumbent)

• Sarah Smith
  

• • 66 signatures in (12/20)
  • Facebook
  • Website

District 28 (Nikki Jones – Incumbent)

• Michelle Doolan

• • Facebook
  • 58 Signatures In (1/6)

District 32 (Jason Knoll – Incumbent)

• Mike Bare
  

• • 67 Signatures in (12/18)
  • Facebook

UNCONTESTED INCUMBENTS

District 1

• Eilzabeth Doyle
  

• • 54 Signatures filed (12/9) + 52 (12/27) = 106
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance = $5,327.66 – July 2019

District 2

• Heidi Wegleitner
  

• • 52 signatures in (1/2)
  • Facebook
  • Website
  • Campaign Finance = 2,038.95 – July 2019

District 3

• Analiese Eicher
  

• • 52 signatures in (12/23) + 16 (1/6) = 68
  • Facebook
  • Eicher seeks re-election to county board – Sun Prairie Star
  • Campaign Finance = $1528.06 – 2018 pre-election report – no activity reports filed since then

District 4

• Richard Kilmer

• • 71 signatures in (1/6/20)
  • Facebook
  • Website
  • Campaign Finance = $664.77 – July 2019

District 6

• Yogesh Chawla
  

• • 226 Signatures in (12/9) + 19 (12/13) + 29 (12/19) + 10 (1/2) = 174
  • Facebook
  • Website
  • Twitter
  • Campaign Finance = $952.56 – July 2019

District 7

• Matt Veldran – Incumbent – ON THE BALLOT!! (1/3)

• • 50 signatures in (12/18) + 16 (1/3) = 66
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance = Didn’t file any July 2019 report, $451.15 March 2016, no activity since then

District 8

• Carousel Bayrd

• • 58 signatures in (1/2)
  • Campaign Finance = $8,154.84 March 2016, no activity since then

District 10

• Jeremy Levin

• • 7 signatures in (12/10) + 26 (12/23) + 19 (12/30) + 6 (1/3) = 58
  • Campaign Finance = $2,876.72 January 2016, no activity since then

District 12

• Paul Rusk
  

• • Signatures in – 99 (12/10), 10 (12/12), 30 (1/6) = 139 total
  • Campaign Finance = $2,653.02 March 2018, no activity since then

District 13

• Chuck Erickson
  

• • 25 signatures in (12/5) + 17 (12/12) + 38 (12/16) + 18 (12/27) +3 (12/30) + 7 (1/6) = 108
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance = $600.14 March 2018, no activity since then

District 15

• Steven Peters

• • 62 signatures in (12/23)
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance = $478.37 July 2018, no activity since then

District 17

• Kristin Audet
  

• • 63 signatures in (12/16) + 10 signatures (12/27) = 73
  • Facebook
  • Website
  • Campaign Finance = $1,290.77 – July 2019

District 18

• Michele Ritt
  

• • 52 signatures in (12/20)
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance = $2,380.74 – July 2018, no activity since then

District 20

• Julie Schwellenbach
  

• • 66 signatures in (1/2)
  • Campaign Finance = 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
  

• • 51 signatures in (12/26)
  • Facebook
  • Website
  • Campaign Finance = $553.89 in July 2018

District 22

• Maureen McCarville

• • 59 signatures in (1/3)
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance = $382.75 – January 2016, no activity since then

District 23

• Sheila Stubbs
  

• • 76 Signatures in (12/18)
  • Campaign Finance = $661.12 – July continuing 2018, no activity since then

District 27

• Dorothy Krause
  

• • 60 signatures in (12/27)
  • Website
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance = Last filed as exempt (won’t raise or spend over $1,000)

District 29

• Dave Ripp
  

• • Signatures in – 51 (12/13) + 20 (12/19) + 4 (1/6) = 75 total
  • Campaign Finance = Last filed as exempt (won’t raise or spend over $1,000)

District 30

• Patrick Downing

• • 71 signatures in (12/19) + 13 (1/6) = 84
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance – $0 – July 2018, no activity since then

District 33

• Ann Degarmo
  

• • Filed Statement of Economic Interest (1/7)
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance = $2,108.25 – July 2019

District 34

• Patrick Miles

• • 49 signatures in (12/9) + 46 (1/6) = 95
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance = $485.94 – July 2019

District 35

• Carl Chenoweth

• • 34 signatures in (1/3) + 20 (1/6) = 54
  • Campaign Fiannce = $178.73 – March 2014, no activity since then

District 36

• Melissa Ratcliff
  

• • 51 signatures in (12/27)
  • Facebook
  • Campaign Finance = Last filed as exempt (won’t raise or spend over $1,000)