Some Contested April 4th Election Races in Clark and Wood Counties

Thursday, March 30th, 2023 -- 1:01 PM

The April 4th Elections are right around the corner.

The main, state-wide race on the ballot is State Supreme Court judge between Democrat Janet Protasiewicz and Republican Dan Kelly. For Clark and Wood Counties, they’ll also be voting for District 4 Appeals Court Judge. Chris Taylor is the only candidate for that seat.

Clark County will also vote for judge for Clark County Circuit Court Branch II between Jake Brunette and William Bratcher. Clark County residents in the Neillsville area will vote for the Neillsville School District’s building referendum and residents in the Loyal area will vote for the Loyal School District’s operational referendum.

Some Clark County residents that fall within the Marshfield School District, will also vote for their building referendum. There are some School Board races, but looking specifically at contested races, for the Loyal School Board, residents will choose between Derek Weyer and Kim Bremmer.

For the Owen-Withee School Board, residents will choose two members out of the three candidates that include Joan Jalling, Dean Schmelzer, and Charles Milliren. There are some contested races for some county residents that will vote for the Alma Center-Humbird-Merillan School District, Black River Falls School District, Marshfield School District, and Pittsville School District.

There are also some contested County races. And there are some contested city/village races. For the Village of Granton, Tom Gorst and John Garbisch are running for Village President and Troy Moen and Tyler Montie are running for Granton Trustee.

For the City of Greenwood, Mitch Behrens and Abby Rowan-Bolf are running for 1st Aldermanic District. Dean Hinker and Mary Denk are running for 2nd Aldermanic District. In the City of Owen, Scott Jalling and Tim Swiggum are running for Mayor.

Wood County residents will also be voting for the Branch IV Circuit Court Judge between Timothy Gebert and Craig Lambert. There are also contested county, villages/cities, school board races throughout Wood County.

There are four candidates running for the Marshfield School Board and they are Tara Tremelling, Dan Neve, Nicole Forst, and Mark Konrardy. The top two will be voted to the Board. Marshfield residents witin the School District will also vote on the District's referendum.

Those living within the Auburndale School District will also vote for their referendum to exceed the revenue limit by $600,000 for the next two school years.

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