David Crowley’s win in the race for Wisconsin governor over Congressman Tom Tiffany headlined a big night for Democrats, who also won control of the Wisconsin Legislature and flipped two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Statewide, Crowley defeated Tiffany 54% to 46%.
Shawano County Clerk Raymond Rigsby reported a 52% voter turnout.
Tiffany collected 11,396 votes compared to Crowley’s 6,030.
Menominee County voters supported Crowley with 931 votes compared to 248 for Tiffany.
Democrats also won the other three statewide offices. Attorney General Josh Kaul was reelected over Eric Toney, JoCasta Zamarripa defeated Jay Schroeder for Secretary of State, and challenger Yee Leng Xiong beat incumbent Treasurer John Leiber.
The Secretary of State position was vacant, as incumbent Sarah Godlewski ran for lieutenant governor with Crowley.
In Shawano County, Toney had 11,196 votes, and Kaul had 6,151, Schroeder topped Zamarripa 11,258 to 5,480, and Leiber defeated Xiong 11,668 to 5,669.
In Menominee County, Kaul topped Toney 921 to 240, Zamarripa beat Schroeder 868 to 244, and Xiong defeated Leiber 895 to 265.
Wisconsin voters approved one new constitutional amendment, rejected another and a third is too close to call.
The measures were put on the ballot by the Republican-controlled Legislature, which passed them in two consecutive legislative sessions.
A proposal to limit the governor’s veto power is too close to call. With 98% of votes counted, 50.7% wanted to approve the amendment while 49.3% wanted to reject it.
The question to prohibit the closure of worship sites during an emergency was defeated 52% to 48%. Finally, the question prohibiting governmental entity discrimination passed 56%to 44%.
In Shawano County, voters supported the first question 10,794 to 6,076, supported the second question 10,611 to 6,344 and agreed with the third question 11,516 to 5,342.
Menominee County totals were not available.
In Congress, Republican Tony Wied won reelection to his 8th Congressional District seat over Democrat Rick Crosson by about 16,000 votes, 54% to 46%.
Shawano County voters supported Wied 11,322 to 6,004. Menominee County voters supported Crosson 928 to 245.
Democrats flipped District 1 and District 3 as the party now controls the House. Across the nation, enough Democrats won to give them control of the U.S. Senate as well.
In local Wisconsin legislative races, final results include incumbent Republican Cory Tomczyk defeating Democrat Gillian Battino in Senate District 29, incumbent Republican Elijah Behnke beating Democrat Shirley Hinze in Assembly District 6 and incumbent Republican Brent Jacobson defeating Democrat Bob Look in Assembly District 87.
Locally, the races for Shawano County sheriff, coroner and clerk of courts were unopposed with the Republican incumbents winning another term. They are George Lenzner for sheriff, Brian Westfahl for coroner and Ethan Schmidt for clerk of courts.
In Menominee County, Rebecca Smith Waupoose was sheriff and Delsy Kakwitch was reelected clerk of court. Both are Democrats.
All numbers are unofficial pending certification.
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