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

The city of Whitewater’s polling place at the Armory had fairly steady traffic on Tuesday, with 975 ballots cast. The Banner does not yet have the results of the absentee ballots, which are counted at the Municipal Building in what is known as “Central Count.” Consequently, the results below only show the in-person votes.

There was one relatively brief glitch: in mid-morning the Walworth County tabulator, the machine that counts the ballots, started having difficulty reading some of the ballots. It was indicated that the problem might have been related to high humidity resulting from the outside environment. Ultimately, as the problem escalated, it was determined that an alternate machine needed to be put into service. The switch was completed quickly, with all results from the first machine transferring to the replacement, and that machine functioned well.

As of midnight on Tuesday, it was uncertain who the Democratic candidate for governor will be, with Francesa Hong and David Crowley in a very tight race. Tom Tiffany will be the Republican candidate, and David Varnam will be their candidate for lt. governor.

Whitewater resident Miguel Aranda was strongly favored in the city for the Democratic nomination for U.S. House District 1, and he came in second in Walworth County. Mitchell Berman was declared the nominee.

Party Preference

	Jefferson County	Walworth County	Total
Republican	39	187	226
Democrat	95	571	666

Republican Primary

Governor

	City/Jefferson	City/Walworth	Total	Walworth Co.
Tiffany	37	187	224	10133
Manske	2	5	7	400

Lt. Governor

	City/Jefferson Co.	City/Walworth Co.	Total	Walworth Co.
Varnam	28	90	118	5179
Martin	9	80	89	4137

Secretary of State

	City/Jefferson Co.	City/Walworth Co.	Total	Walworth Co.
Schroeder	19	70	89	4462
Pollnow	11	49	60	2633
Werner	6	19	25	1213
Myer	2	26	28	950

Democratic Primary

Governor

	City/Jefferson	City/Walworth	Total	Walworth Co.
Hong	49	320	369	3569
Crowley	35	209	244	3900
Roys	10	59	69	793
Brennan	3	16	19	390

In Walworth County, candidates who dropped out received these votes:
Rodriguez – 427, Barnes – 394, Hughes – 45

State Treasurer

	City/Jefferson	City/Walworth	Total	Walworth Co.
Xiong (State Winner)	41	319	360	4266
Helmenstine	42	191	233	3862

U.S. House District 1

	City/Jefferson	City/Walworth	Total	Walworth Co.
Berman		120		2895
Aranda		348		1780
Burgelis		36		1571
Santos		61		1318