Nomination papers are in, and it will be up to voters to decide who will represent their families and neighbors on county boards. This spring, there will be eight contested races in Door and Kewaunee counties, six of them in Door County. 

A primary will take place Feb. 17 in District 17, where Dave Smith and Mariah Goode are challenging Bob Bultman for his seat. The top two finishers in the primary will advance to the April 7 ballot, which will also feature contested races in District 3 (Jan Guillette and Jason Tlachac), District 9 (incumbent Ryan Shaw and Amy Austad Labott), District 10 (incumbent Phillip Rockwell and Alexis Heim Peter), District 16 (incumbent David Enigl and Theresa Cain-Bieri) and District 21 (Joe Rogers and Nancy Barnowsky Goss).

The passing of Roy Englebert (District 3), the noncandidacy declarations of Morgan Rusnak (District 11) and Joel Gunnlaugsson (District 21), and the vacancy in District 19 guarantee at least four new faces on the Door County Board this spring.

There will be less turnover in Kewaunee County, where there is just one contested race in District 12 between incumbent Milt Swagel and Robert Obry. New faces will also fill two seats, as Lisa Cochart (District 7) and Jason Jelinek (District 18) are set to replace Timothy Kinnard and Jeffrey Vollenweider, both of whom filed notices of noncandidacy.

Voters can begin requesting absentee ballots now if they plan to vote by mail, or they can wait until Feb. 3 to vote in the primary or March 24 to vote in person ahead of time. To see who else may appear on the ballot this spring, visit the MyVote Wisconsin website.