If you have not voted already, make sure you grab your photo identification and head to your local municipal clerk’s office beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.
The spring election features many state and local elections and several referendum questions depending on where you live. Stealing the headlines has been the Wisconsin Supreme Court race featuring Janet C. Protasiewicz and Daniel Kelly. According to Politico, more than $37 million has been spent on the race, which would be the most money spent anywhere in the country on a state Supreme Court race. It could be a major driver for people going to the polls. According to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, Kelly’s battle against current state Supreme Court Justice Jill Karfosky in 2020 had a turnout rate of 35 percent, the highest it had been since the 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. No other spring election without a presidential preference selection has had a statewide turnout rate above 28 percent.
Speaking of referendum questions, Gibraltar and Washington Island school district voters will weigh in on their measures with Gibraltar looking to make massive changes to its facilities and Washington Island hoping to keep the status quo. The Town of Egg Harbor will have its own as well, asking its residents if curbside garbage and recycling pickup should occur.
Approximately 11 races in Door County and five in Kewaunee County are contested. You can find those races below. Polling places are open until 8 p.m.
KEWAUNEE COUNTY
West Kewaunee Town Chair
Dan Kassner (i)
Milt Swagel
Kewaunee Common Council
District 3: Robin Nelson (i)
Joe Mills
Luxemburg Village Board (three seats)
Dan Rueckl (i)
Ronald Tlachac (i)
Mike Faltynski
Mark Fort
Bob Seidl
Lincoln Supervisor 1
Jordan Nowak (i)
David Routhieaux
Lincoln Supervisor 2
Brent Eisenman (i)
Tony Strnad
DOOR COUNTY
Sister Bay Village Board (three seats)
Patrice Champeau
Vivian Nienow
Lilly Orozco
Andrew Torcivia
Alison Werner
Sarah White
Gardner Town Chair
Carl Waterstreet (i)
Paul DeWitt
Gardner Supervisor 1
Glen Merkle (i)
Keitha McDonald
Gardner Supervisor 2
Mark Lentz (i)
Mike Marchant
Gibraltar Town Board (two seats)
Brian Merkel (i)
Thomas M. Birmingham
Vinni Chomeau
John Selenica
Nasewaupee Supervisor 1
Mark Hilsabeck
Bill Krueger
Nasewaupee Supervisor 2
Don Sixel (i)
Mark Feuerstein
Nasewaupee Supervisor 3
Gene LaPlante
Tim Smith
Forestville Town Chair
Larry Huber (i)
Kevin J. Guilette
Baileys Harbor Town Chair
Don Sitte (i)
David Eliot
Liberty Grove Town Chair
John Lowry (i)
Janet Johnson
Washington Supervisor (two seats)
Martin Andersen (i)
John Jessen
Valerie Carpenter
Margaret Foss
