Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 6
Contests from the white house to the courthouse
by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer The long election season is drawing to a close and the nominees whose names will be on the Wisconsin ballot have been decided. Up for election this year in our area are the U. S. Presidency, a U. S. senate seat, the seventh district congressional seat, a state senate seat, all the assembly seat, and four offices in each county, Treasurer, Register of Deeds, County Clerk, and District Attorney. All the contests are partisan and most of the races are contested. The Candidates R=Republican D=Democrat I=incumbent President and Vice President of the United States Barack Obama/Joe Biden - D/I Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan - R Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer - Constitution Gary Johnson/James P. Gray – Libertarian Jill Stein/Ben Manski – Green Gloria La Riva/Filberto Ramirez, Jr. – Socialism and Liberation Jerry White/Phyllis Scherrer – Socialist Equality US Senate Tommy G. Thompson – R Tammy Baldwin – D Joseph Kexel – Libertarian Nimrod Y. U. Allen III – I.D.E.A. US Congress – district 7 Sean Duffy – R/I Pat Kreitlow – D State senate – District 10 [no contest for district 25 this year] Sheila Harsdorf – R/I Daniel C. Olson – D Assembly – District 28 Erik Severson – R/I Adam T. Bever – D Assembly – District 73 Nick Milroy – D/I Assembly – District 75 Roger Rivard – R/I Stephen Smith – D Polk County County Clerk – Carole Wondra – D/I Treasurer – Amanda Nissen – D/I Register of Deeds – Laurie Anderson – D/I District Attorney – Dan Steffen - D/I Burnett County County Clerk – Wanda Hinrichs - D/I Patrice Bjorklund – R Treasurer – Joanne Pahl – D/I Register of Deeds – Jeanine Chell – D/I District Attorney – William L. Norine – R/I Washburn County County Clerk – Jacque Avery – D Lolita Olson - R Treasurer – Janet Ullom –R/I Register of Deeds – Diane Poach D/I District Attorney – J. Michael Bitney – R/I |
