David Crowley’s win over Congressman Tom Tiffany in the race for governor headlined a big night for Democrats, who also won control of the Wisconsin Legislature and flipped two Congressional seats.
Crowley defeated Tiffany 54% to 46%.
Oconto County reported a 60% voter turnout.
Tiffany collected 12,995 votes compared to Crowley’s 5,866.
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 Oconto County, Toney had 12,716 votes, and Kaul had 6,087, Schroeder topped Zamarripa 12,772 to 5,304, and Leiber defeated Xiong 13,280 to 5,367.
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 was 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 Oconto County, voters supported the first question 11,944 to 6,330, the second question 11,639 to 6,730 and the third question 12,646 to 5,548.
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%.
Oconto County voters supported Wied 12,937 to 5,832.
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 David Steffen beating Democrat Alexia Unertl in Assembly District 4, incumbent Republican Elijah Behnke defeating Democrat Shirley Hinze in Assembly District 6 and incumbent Republican Calvin Callahan beating Democrat Elizabeth McCrank in Assembly District 35.
Locally, the races for sheriff and clerk of courts were unopposed with the Republican incumbents winning another term. They are Todd Skarban for sheriff and Trisha LeFebre for clerk of courts.
All numbers are unofficial pending certification.
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