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Election Day arrives for local candidates, referendum

If you have not already cast your ballot, your chance to weigh in on state and local races arrives Tuesday. Polling places open at 7 a.m., allowing for a full day of voting before they close at 8 p.m.

 

Across the state, voters will choose between Judges Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor to replace Rebecca Bradley on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The two candidates went head-to-head in a debate last week.


 

In Kewaunee County, 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.

 

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, 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), District 17 (Dave Smith and incumbent Bob Bultman), and District 21 (Joe Rogers and Nancy Barnowsky Goss) dot the ballot.


 

The Sturgeon Bay School District will have a contested election, but the Southern Door School District will need to find two candidates 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 face 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, where incumbents Brian Mann and Rich Ellefson are 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.

 

In the Southern Door School District, officials are asking to exceed the revenue limit by $3,150,000 per year for three years before potentially returning to voters ahead of the 2029-30 school year as part of an operational referendum.

 

No matter where you are casting your ballot, make sure you have proper identification and bring documents that prove your identity and address if you need to register at your polling place.

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