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Vanessa Niekamp
Vanessa Niekamp is an at-large member of the Pickerington Local School District Board of Education in Ohio. She assumed office in 2013. Her current term ends on December 31, 2025.
Niekamp ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Pickerington Local School District Board of Education in Ohio. She won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Biography
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Niekamp graduated from Independence High School. She earned bachelor's degree in business administration and jazz performance from Capital University. She has worked as the executive director of the Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, a section of the state that regulates the funeral industry in Ohio.[1] Niekamp was also elected Violet Township Fiscal Officer in November 2019.[2]
Elections
2021
See also: Pickerington Local School District, Ohio, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Pickerington Local School District Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Pickerington Local School District Board of Education At-large on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Vanessa Niekamp (Nonpartisan) | 16.6 | 4,597 | |
| ✔ | J.D. Postage (Nonpartisan) | 16.2 | 4,489 | |
| ✔ | Clay Lopez (Nonpartisan) | 15.7 | 4,341 | |
| Christian Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 3,240 | ||
| Mark Hensen (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 2,830 | ||
| Charles Newman (Nonpartisan) | 10.1 | 2,804 | ||
| Ryan Holstine (Nonpartisan) | 9.8 | 2,711 | ||
| Vanessa Hayes-William (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 2,635 | ||
| Total votes: 27,647 | ||||
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2017
Three of five seats on the Pickerington Local School District Board of Education in Ohio were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Two incumbents ran for re-election. Incumbents Vanessa Niekamp and Lori Sanders were the only candidates to file for the three at-large seats by the filing deadline on August 9, 2017. Five more candidates, Nick Derksen, David Horton, Mark Kenney, Clay Lopez, and E. Gayle Saunders, ran as write-in candidates. Incumbents Niekamp and Sanders and write-in candidate Lopez won the election.[3][4][5]
| Pickerington Local School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lori Sanders Incumbent |
37.31% | 5,008 |
| Vanessa Niekamp Incumbent |
32.23% | 4,327 |
| Clay Lopez |
8.78% | 1,179 |
| Nick Derksen | 6.24% | 838 |
| E. Gayle Saunders | 6.22% | 835 |
| David Horton | 4.74% | 636 |
| Mark Kenney | 2.37% | 318 |
| Write-in votes | 2.11% | 283 |
| Total Votes | 13,424 | |
| Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 and Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Write-in Canvass," accessed November 27, 2017 and Fairfield County Board of Elections, "Election Summary Report, General Election, Official Canvass," accessed December 6, 2017 | ||
2013
Niekamp faced three incumbents: Clay Lopez, Cathy Olshefski and Lori A. Sanders.
Results
| Pickerington Local School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lori A. Sanders Incumbent |
28.5% | 2,609 | |
| Nonpartisan | Vanessa Niekamp |
25.3% | 2,317 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cathy Olshefski Incumbent |
23.1% | 2,116 | |
| Nonpartisan | Clay Lopez Incumbent | 23.1% | 2,112 | |
| Total Votes | 9,154 | |||
| Source: Fairfield County Elections, "Election Summary Report for General Election in Fairfield County, Ohio," accessed December 13, 2013 | ||||
Endorsements
Niekamp was not endorsed in this campaign.
Funding
Niekamp reported no contributions or expenditures to the Ohio Secretary of State.[6]
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Vanessa Niekamp did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2013
Niekamp said she would focus her term on the fight to restore traditional art, music, physical education and media technology to the district's K-4 classes, while also centering her attention on the district-sponsored anti-bullying and drug-awareness programming.[7]
See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Candidate Pickerington Local School District Board of Education At-large |
Officeholder Pickerington Local School District Board of Education At-large |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Vanessa Niekamp for Board of Education, "About Us," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email communication with Vanessa Niekamp," May 1, 2021
- ↑ Fairfield County Board of Elections, "Certified Candidate and Issue List," accessed October 3, 2017
- ↑ Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Fairfield County Board of Elections, "Unofficial Certification of Results by the Most Populous County (Candidates)," accessed November 9, 2017
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Elections & Voting: Campaign Finance," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Nate Ellis Pickerington Times-Sun, "Niekamp seeks to restore programs, reduce bullying," published October 6, 2013
