Terry Van Akkeren (born March 10, 1954) is an American politician, engineering technician, and die and tool maker.

Career

Van Akkeren graduated from

Sheboygan North High School Sheboygan North High School, is a public high school in Sheboygan, Wisconsin operated by the Sheboygan Area School District. The school opened in 1938 in what is now Urban Middle School on the city's north side, with the current building openin ...

and went to

Lakeshore Technical College Lakeshore Technical College (LTC) is a public community college in Cleveland, Wisconsin. It is a member of the 16 schools in the Wisconsin Technical College System. The school offers associate degree and technical diploma programs, as well as othe ...

. He worked as an engineering technician and tool and die maker. He also served on the Sheboygan County Board of Supervisors.

Elections

From 2002 until 2010, Van Akkeren served in the

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, as a

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, representing the 26th Assembly District.'Wisconsin Blue Book 2009-2010,' Biographical Sketch of Terry Van Akkeren, p. 36 On November 2, 2010, Van Akkeren was defeated for election by Mike Endsley. Van Akkeren unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Sheboygan in 2009. He lost to Alderman

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3,968 votes to 5,891. He ran again in 2012 when a special recall election was called. On February 21, 2012, Van Akkeren defeated Mayor Bob Ryan in the mayoral recall election. On March 5, 2012, Van Akkeren was sworn in as Mayor of Sheboygan. After serving the remaining months of former Mayor Ryan's four-year term, Van Akkeren lost his reelection bid to Sheboygan County Supervisor Mike Vandersteen by a vote of 4,059 to 3,862. On November 4, 2014, Terry Katsma defeated Van Akkeren for the Wisconsin State Assembly seat.

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