While the April election date is the most important for many candidates running for public office in Door and Kewaunee counties, you will still find some local races on the ballot for the primary being held next month.

The field for the District 20 seat on the Door County Board will be trimmed before the April 5th election with Walter Kalms, Nate Bell, and Abby Duebler appearing on the ballot. Redistricting formed the new district, which covers parts of the Town of Liberty Grove. The League of Women Voters Door County is recording a candidate forum for the race on February 5^th before releasing the video on February 7^th. Dan Powers from the League of Women Voters says the candidate forums serve an important purpose, especially since this is a newly formed district. 

Gibraltar Area Schools will also have a primary for their two seats on the board up for election. Incumbent Don Heim, James Smasal, Patrick Voight, Jessica Sauter, Christina Voight, and Jeremy Schawab will be on the ballot with the top vote-getters moving on to the April 5th spring election. The board will also have to select two additional members on the board after the recent resignations of Angela Sherman and Amie Carriere. In Kewaunee County, the race for circuit court judge will have a primary. Jeffrey Wisnicky, Kimberly Hardtke, and John Peterson are all running to replace the late Judge Keith Mehn. You can read the survey answers collected by the Kewaunee County Democratic Party here. The spring primary is scheduled for February 15^th.