UPDATE: Sarah Manski and TJ Mertz won the Feb. 19 primary. On Feb. 21 Manski withdrew from the race, but her name will remain on the ballot for the April 2 general election.
The primary election on Tuesday, Feb. 19 will narrow the Madison School Board race from seven candidates to six.
Only two of the three candidates for Seat 5 -- Sarah Manski [1], TJ Mertz [2], and Ananda Mirilli [3] -- will continue to the general election on April 2.
“It’s fairly unusual to have primaries,” said Steve Hartley, chief of staff to the superintendent.
In Tuesday’s election, residents throughout the city may vote, Hartley said.
In the race for Seat 4, Greg Packnett is challenging incumbent School Board President James Howard [4] while Dean Loumos [5] and Wayne Strong [6] are running for Seat 3. The general election on April 2 will determine which candidate in each race will gain a seat on the school board.
The major endorsements thus far include Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, Progressive Dane. and Madison Teachers, Inc. Many have endorsed multiple candidates:
Mayor Soglin: Sarah Manski and Dean Loumos
State Rep. Terese Berceau (77th Assembly District): Sarah Manski and Dean Loumos
Marj Passman (Vice President of Madison School Board): Sarah Manski
Rep. Mark Pocan: Sarah Manski
Progressive Dane: TJ Mertz, Sarah Manski and Dean Loumos
Madison Teachers, Inc.: James Howard and Dean Loumos
Fair Wisconsin PAC: TJ Mertz, Sarah Manski, James Howard and Dean Loumos
Four Lakes Green Party of Dane County: Sarah Manski and Dean Loumos
Seat 5, Madison School Board Endorsements
| Sarah Manski [1] | TJ Mertz | Ananda Mirilli | |
| Local Officials | Paul Soglin, mayor of Madison Marj Passman, Madison School Board vice president Nan Brien, former Madison School Board president Anne Arnesen, former Madison School Board member Chuck Erickson, Dane County supervisor Ken Golden, former alder Leland Pan, Dane County supervisor Lisa Subeck, Madison alder Scott McDonell, Dane County clerk and former Dane Country Board chairman |
Steve Arnold, Madison alder
Brian Benford, former alder Buzz Davis, former alder and Dane County supervisor Andy Heidt, former alder Bill Keys, former Madison School Board member Carol Carstensen, former Madison School Board member Brenda Konkel, former Alder Andy Olsen, former alder and Dane County supervisor LeLand Pan, Dane County supervisor Kyle Richmond, Dane County supervisor Marsha Rummel, Madison alder Paul Rusk, Dane County supervisor Heidi Wegleitner, Dane County supervisor |
Bill Clingan, former Madison School Board member Juan Jose Lopez, former Madison School Board member Ray Allen, former Madison School Board member Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, Madison alder |
| Wisconsin Officials | Peter Barca, state representative
Robb Kahl, state representative Terese Berceau, state representative Chris Larson, state senator Spencer Black, former state representative |
Sondy Pope-Roberts, state representative
Kelda Helen Roys: former state representative |
JoCasta Zamarripa, state representative |
| Organizations | Progressive Dane
Fair Wisconsin Four Lakes Green Party of Dane County American Federation of Teachers - Wisconsin (Bryan Kennedy, president) ARC of Dane County and Madison Area Down Syndrome Society (Danielle Kaiser, board member) Freedom, Inc. (Kabzuag Vaj, consultant) Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups (Nino Amato, president) |
Progressive Dane Fair Wisconsin [7] UW-Madison [8]Teaching Assistants Association, AFT Local 3220 [8] Union de Trabajadores Inmigrantes (Immigrant Workers Union) [9] |
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Links:
[1] http://votemanski.com/
[2] http://mertzformadison.com/
[3] http://www.voteananda.com/
[4] http://jameshowardschoolboard.com/
[5] http://deanforschools.org/
[6] http://www.waynestrong4schoolboard.com/
[7] http://fairwisconsin.com/
[8] http://taa-madison.org/
[9] http://www.uniondetrabajadores.org/