Wood County primary election results

WOOD COUNTY – On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the Wisconsin partisan primary election took place. In Wood County, there were 8,034 Republican voters, 7,070 Democratic voters, 17 Libertarian voters, 12 Constitution Party voters and three Wisconsin Green Party voters. Only two votes for candidates other than Democrats or Republicans were reported by the Wood County government.
At the time of publication, all results are unofficial.
Governor
Tom Tiffany easily topped the race for Republican candidates for governor with 7,940 votes compared to closest runner-up Andy Manske with 448 votes.
Democratic candidate Francesca Hong won Wood County’s approval with 2,979 votes, beating out closest runner-up David Crowley’s 2,933 votes by a margin of only 46 votes. The next closest runner-up was Kelda Roys with 524 votes.

Wisconsin Green Party candidate Pete Karas received two votes.
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor race was close amongst Republican voters, with David Varnam ultimately taking the county with 4,036 votes compared to Will Martin’s 3,369.
Sarah Godlewski ran unopposed as the sole Democratic candidate, receiving 6,818 votes.
Attorney General
Republican Eric Toney received 7,200 votes, while Democrat Josh Kaul received 6,848.
Secretary of State
Four Republican candidates left the votes split, but ultimately Jay Schroeder came out on top with 3,256 votes. Closest runner-up Nate Pollnow received 1,761 votes, followed closely by Cindy Werner with 1,282 votes. Brayden Myer received 967 votes.
As the sole Democratic candidate with reported votes, JoCasta Zamarripa received 6,500 votes.
State Treasurer
John S. Leiber won the Wood County Republican race with 7,023 votes.
The State Treasurer race was close among Democratic voters, with candidate Yee Leng Xiong winning with 3,749 votes compared to closest runner-up Dylan Ray Helmenstine’s 3,100.
Congressional – District 3
Republican candidate Derrick Van Orden received 4,428 votes.
Democratic candidate Rebecca Cooke took the race against fellow Democrat Emily Berge with 3,015 votes compared to 1,657.
Congressional – District 7
While there were five Republican candidates for Congressional Representative for District 7, Michael Alfonso won heartily with 2,035 votes compared to closest runner-up Kevin Hermening with 811 votes. Jessi Ebben received 546 votes, while Nina Baum received 122 and Don Raihala received 98.
Three Democratic candidates ran to represent District 7 in Congress. Fred Clark took the race in Wood County with 1,012 votes, beating out closest runner-up Ginger Murray by a margin of only 66 votes. Chris Armstrong was not far behind, receiving 823 votes.
State Senate – District 29
Cory Tomczyk, running as the only Republican candidate, received 3,581 votes.
Sole Democratic candidate Gillian Battino received 2,858 votes.
Assembly – District 72
Scott Krug, running as the sole Republican candidate, received 3,921 votes.
Christine Maltese, the only Democratic candidate, received 3,635 votes.
Assembly – District 86
Sole Republican candidate John Spiros received 3,653 votes.
Andy Wuethrich, running as the only Democratic candidate, received 2,872 votes.
Sheriff
Republican Sheriff candidate Shawn Becker received 7,630 votes. There was no Democratic candidate.
Coroner
Democratic candidate David A. Patton took the coroner’s race with 6,276 votes. No Republican candidate was named.
Clerk of Circuit Court
Kimberly A. Stimac won the Republican race with 5,077 votes compared to closest runner-up Amanda J. Dolph’s 2,604.
There was no Democratic candidate.