New Face Joins Northfield School Board Race

The Northfield School Board has its first new face in the 2012 election.

Dan Cupersmith joins already announced candidates Ellen Iverson, Anne Maple and Noel Stratmoen, all incumbents.

The filing period for school board opened July 31 and runs through 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14.

Cupersmith, 43, tells Patch he has lived in Northfield since 2007 and is married to longtime Northfield resident Karianne Cupersmith (née Rimpila). He has two step-children educated in , one in and one in elementary. 

Cupersmith has a Bachelor’s in accounting from DeVry University and is currently employed as a director by Aster Group, which specializes in the implementation of SAP financial planning and consolidation software. He has worked in the finance industry for 15 years.

Four terms are up for grabs in the 2012 school board election. Board members whose terms end this year include Iverson, Maple, Stratmoen and Jeff Quinnell, who has entered the race for District 2 County Commissioner  incumbent Galen Malecha.

All seats are four-year terms.

Affidavits of Candidacy are available in the  office, at 1400 Division St. S. in Northfield. The filing fee is $2. A candidate must be an eligible voter, must be 21 years of age or more on assuming office, must have been a resident of the district for 30 days before the general election, must not be registered as a convicted sex offender and must have no other affidavit on file for any other office.

The filing date for these seats is later in the summer because the district does not hold a primary for its election.

Most other offices—, Rice County Board of Commissioners and state offices—held their filing period this spring. For races that need to narrow the field, a Primary Election will be Aug. 14. To see who's running in those races, head to our .

Contact Donita Delzer in the district office at 663-0629 with any questions about running for school board.

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