2025
Spring School Board Member Election
School Board Member - Positions Open
The election of School Board representatives for the School District of Cambridge will take place on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
There are three (3) Board seats up for election.
Two of the three Board seats contested at the 2025 Spring Election are for a 3-year term of office beginning on Monday, Apri1 28, 2025 (till April 23, 2028). One of the three seats contested at the 2025 Spring Election will have a 1-year term of office, beginning on Monday, April 28, 2025 (till Monday, April 26, 2026). The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the office of School Board Member at the election will each fill a 3-year term. The candidate who finishes third in the election will fill a 1-year term.
The seats are currently held by Annie LaValley, Gary Swain and Tara Vasby. Seated Board Members have until Friday, December 27, 2024 to declare their intention to run again for another term or file notice of non-candidacy.
Anyone interested in running for the School Board must complete and file at the District Office by 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, a Campaign Registration Statement and a Declaration of Candidacy. These forms are available at the District Office, along with an information packet for potential candidates - 403 Blue Jay Way, or by contacting 608/423-4345, ext. 4107. (Candidate Packet is posted above and to the right as well).
A candidate orientation will be held in conjunction with the BOE Communications Committee Meeting on Monday, December 2 at approximately 5:30 p.m. - District Office Conference Room and via Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting - Phone in: • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85166812132?pwd=Jp5WI7V1sibP8R4o5Csu94w44KT9JK.1
Meeting ID: 851 6681 2132 Passcode: 627961
Please contact the District Office with any questions.
2025 Spring Election - CANDIDATE INFORMATION
Three (3) At-Large Seats
Two (3) Year Term Each - One (1) Year Term
*Incumbent
*ANNE LaVALLEY, BOARD MEMBER
802 Chickadee Drive (Dan)
Cambridge, WI 53523
Cell: 608/921-2534
alavalley@cambridge.k12.wi.us
*GARY SWAIN, BOARD MEMBER
2810 County Road W (Dana)
Deerfield, WI 53531
Cell: 608/444-0567
gswain@cambridge.k12.wi.us
*TARA VASBY, BOARD CLERK
3000 Clearview Road
Cambridge, WI 53523
Cell: 608/445-7393
Write-in Candidate Registration Deadline for the Spring Election
March 28, 2025
If at least one candidate has been certified to appear on the ballot for the office sought by a write-in candidate, and provided that no candidate who has been certified to appear on the ballot dies before the election, then write-in votes may only be counted if the write-in candidate has filed a registration statement under s. 11.0202(1)(a) by no later than noon on the Friday immediately preceding the election. Section 7.50(2)(em). If no candidates have been certified to appear on the ballot for the office in question, or if a candidate who was certified to appear on the ballot dies before the election, then all write-in votes shall be counted, regardless of whether the person receiving votes filed a registration statement. Section 7.50(2)(em)