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Contested races dot municipal elections this spring

While the race between Chris Taylor and Maria Lazar for the Wisconsin Supreme Court will likely get most of the headlines, there is still plenty for voters to decide when they cast their ballots in April.

 

In addition to eight contested races at the county board level in Door and Kewaunee counties, several other contested races will take place in individual municipalities. In Kewaunee, incumbent Mayor Jeffrey Vollenweider will face former Mayor Jason Jelinek for a second straight election, while Scott Oftedahl and Perry Castrovillari will face off for the District 3 seat. That same District 3 seat is also up for grabs in Algoma, where Kenneth Taylor and Casey Buhr will square off. The race to replace outgoing Algoma Mayor Steve Lautenbach will also be contested, with former Mayor Wayne Schmidt facing James Winter.

 

Many of the other local and school board seats on the ballot have enough candidates to fill the positions, except for two. Write-in candidates will be needed to fill two seats on the Village of Casco Board and the 2nd Aldermanic District in the city of Kewaunee.

 

In Door County, the Sturgeon Bay School District will have a contested election, but the Southern Door School District will need to find two willing participants to join Kim Starr on the ballot. The other three Door County school districts will see incumbents return unopposed.

 

In Sturgeon Bay, District 4 Alderman Spencer Gustafson will defend his seat against Joshua Julian, while District 6 Alderman Seth Wiederanders will do the same against Susan Hilsabeck. Villages in Door County will not have contested races, but several towns will, including Sevastopol, where incumbent Jeanne Vogel faces challengers Stacie Leist Denil, Kimberly Denil and Keith Felhofer; Washington, with incumbents Brian Mann and Rich Ellefson challenged by Lee Baxter; Liberty Grove, where incumbent Dan Watts faces Rick Kingsbury, Sylvann Welcome and William David Sherman; and Gardner, where District 4 incumbent Glenn Dart is challenged by Bryan Ford.

 

As a result, only one primary election will take place Feb. 17, in District 17, where Dave Smith and Mariah Goode are challenging Bob Bultman for his seat on the Door County Board. Otherwise, voters still have time to speak with their municipal clerk about registering as a write-in candidate ahead of the April 7 election.

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