By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com

There was only one race on the city ballot on February 18, and the turnout was low. 324 people voted absentee, and 424, in-person, for a total of 748. Only 78 people, nearly all students, cast their ballot at the university polling place. It was a dramatic change from the presidential election, when some patient citizens waited more than three hours to vote.

The State Superintendent of Public Instruction primary featured three candidates, with incumbent Jill Underly and Brittany Kinser moving forward to the April 1 election. That election will also include candidates for State Supreme Court, Whitewater Common Council and Whitewater Unified School District School Board. As shown in the table below, city voters supported Underly at a higher percentage than the statewide outcome.

Candidate	Statewide vote	City vote
Jeff Wright	27.1%	24.7%
Brittany Kinser	35.3%	30.1%
Jill Underly	37.6%	45.1%

Town of Richmond

Town Supervisor 1
Paul J. McGraw 144 – Advances to April ballot (Neither candidate is an incumbent)
Joe Staller 123 – Advances to April ballot
Carl Redenius 50
Rob Chelminiak 16

Town Supervisor 2
Rob Chelminiak 181 – Advances to April ballot (Neither candidate is an incumbent)
Larry Gard 91 – Advances to April ballot
Donald R. Sparks 52

Results shown are unofficial, subject to Board of Canvass.