Three Women, Three Men Advance to April Race for School Board in Unexpectedly High Turnout Primary

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

Turnout was unexpectedly high for a spring primary in the city and surrounding towns that are part of the Whitewater Unified School District. It seems clear that the very competitive Supreme Court race combined with the very large field of engaged candidates for school board generated more than average interest. There were 1495 voters in the city, 215 of whom were in the Jefferson County portion and 1280 in Walworth County. Unofficial results are shown below. Voters were allowed to cast their ballot for up to three candidates. The six candidates with the highest votes, indicated by an asterisk, will advance to the general election on April 4.

CandidateWalworthJeffersonRockTotal
Stephanie Hicks*73111179921
Christy Linse*71011678904
Thayer Coburn*69012665881
Joseph Kromholz*62910747783
Lisa Huempfner*6099864771
Chuck Mills*51410747668
Will Dammeir3225028400
John Truesdale2915122364
Daniel Dern2733918330
Michael Bergman2124430286
Brian Schanen2302517272
Nathan Vander Pas (withdrew from active candidacy)5210769
Total votes cast52828855026669
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