You will see new faces across the board in Door County government positions.
Jennifer Moeller scored a resounding victory to become Door County Circuit Court Judge for Branch 1, earning 6,309 of the 9,993 votes cast to beat Brett Reetz.
Change was inevitable for the Door County Board with some of the seats needing write-in candidates to fill them. Roy Englebert resisted a challenge from Jacob VandenPlas to hold onto his position representing District 3 247-172. Claire Morkin also held onto her title as the District 7 Supervisor, beating Wayne Denil 230-213. One new face on board due to Tuesday's election is Ryan Shaw, who defeated Jon Kruse 289-161 to replace Dan Austad as the District 9 Supervisor.
The town board saw some minor shake-ups up and down the peninsula. In Baileys Harbor, Paul Kordon ousted Terry McArdle from the Town Board as he came in second place to incumbent Susan Tishler, who won the race 324-277-241. Over in Sevastopol, Jeanne Vogel and Trent Olsen were elected to the town board, defeating Derek Wayne Denil and Mark A. Haberli. On Washington Island, Peter Sownie will be the new face on the board after he captured 266 of the 593 votes cast. Loren Roznai is the odd person out as she came in third behind Sownie and incumbent Lawrence Kahlscheuer.
Some of the closest races of the night were found in the Village of Sister Bay and the City of Sturgeon Bay. Denise Bhirdo won her re-election bid for Village Trustee in Sister Bay, with Louise Howson and Kurt Harff joining her. Just 15 votes separated the top three candidates. In Sturgeon Bay, Seth Wiederanders won his re-election bid by 12 votes over Tom Benzshawel in District 6 145-133, while Dennis Statz lost his own bid to keep representing District 2 to Matthew Huston 235-184.
In the school board elections, Adam Schopf and Janel Veeser edged out Seth Wilson to earn seats in Southern Door, while Angela Kruse, Cathy Meyer, Wayne Spritka, and Damion Howard were voted in for Sturgeon Bay.
The towns of Brussels, Gardner, and Union all voted down separate proposals to use public dollars to fund broadband infrastructure projects.
You can find the full results, including uncontested races, by clicking this link.
