8/15/2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Turnout in Wisconsin’s recent election is the highest in 60 years for a presidential year partisan primary. Based on unofficial results, over 26% of the state’s voting-age population cast ballots on Tuesday.

8/14/2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters have decided against two constitutional amendments passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have taken power away from the governor. Wisconsin voters also have set the field in a closely watched Senate contest, with Republican businessman Eric Hovde easily winning Wisconsin’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday. Hovde will face Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in November. Political newcomer Tony Wied defeated current and former state senators in the GOP primary for a deep-red district in northeast Wisconsin. Weid was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Democrats also made Rebecca Cooke their candidate to take on a GOP incumbent in a swing House district. The election is the first under new legislative maps more favorable to Democrats. 

8/14/2024

N. WISCONSIN – In Iron local races most candidates ran unopposed.  Brancy Rowe is the new Register of Deeds, Christan Brandt is County Clerk, Matthew J. Tingstad is District Attorney, and Clara J. Maki is County Treasure.  The two Referendums on the ballot, a majority of Iron County voters said YES to both, narrowly 645 to 610 on Question one and 636 to 613 on Question two.  Both were defeated in the statewide vote.  In Northern Wisconsin the Minocqua referendum asking Shall the Town of Minocqua be allowed to increase the levy for the next fiscal year, 51.5 percent of Minocqua voters said YES.  In Price County Renee Leinfelder was the winner in the Treasurer race with 52% of the vote and Meredith Hueckman won in a tight Price County Clerk Race with 748 votes.