Joel Kitchens will go for his sixth District 1 Assembly term in November’s election after soundly defeating Republican challenger Milt Swagel in Tuesday’s primary election.
Kitchens will now face Democrat Renee Paplham in the general election after getting 77 percent of the votes (7,858), while Swagel received 23 percent (2319). In Door County, Kitchens had an even bigger margin, 88.6% to Swagel’s 13.4%.
In the race for the U.S. House of Representatives, the three-way battle in the Republican special and regularly scheduled primary was won by Tony Wied. Getting 41 (special) percent and 43 percent (regular) of the vote, Wied defeated Roger Roth (34%, 33%) and Andre Jacque (25%, 24%). Wied will now face Democrat Kristin Lyerly in November with the winner of the special general election to serve until January 3, the end of Rep. Mike Gallagher’s term to be followed by the winner of the regular general election (a two-year full term).
