Rep. Joel Kitchens is heading back to Madison for his fourth term serving the First Assembly District.  The Sturgeon Bay Republican protected his seat from Democratic challenger Kim Delorit Jensen by capturing no less than 55 percent of the vote in each Brown, Door, and Kewaunee counties. His closest race was in Door County where he collected 11,109 votes compared to Jensen’s 8,783. In Kewaunee County, Kitchens claimed nearly 72 percent of the vote with 8,612 of the 12,024 votes going in his favor. Brown County still has to count one more precinct of its small portion of the First Assembly District, but Kitchens leads there as well by a 3,936-1,821 margin as of Wednesday morning. This is the fourth time Kitchens has won the First Assembly District seat, defeating Joe Majeski in 2014, Lynn Utesch in 2016, and Roberta Thelen in 2018.

That pattern held true for the U.S. Congressional seat representing northeast Wisconsin. Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher claimed victory over his Democratic opponent Amanda Stuck early Wednesday morning, winning by a 65 percent-35 percent margin of the vote with 80 percent of the vote reported.