Tuesday is Partisan Primary Election Day in Wisconsin, and while races for Governor and Congress have gotten most of the attention, there are lots of other ballot entries that will decide candidates in the upcoming November 8th General Election.

All voters will be limited to voting in one party only, meaning that if you choose a party, only votes cast in that party will be counted.  If you don’t choose a party, and you vote in more than one party, then no votes will be counted.  In November, voters will be able to either pick and choose candidates from any party, or vote a straight party line.

In Statewide elections, Governor Evers is the only Democrat candidate, while Republicans will be choosing between Kevin Nicholson, Rebecca Kleefisch, Timothy Ramnthun, Adam Fischer and Tim Michels.

The Democrats will select either Peng Her or Sara Rodriguez for Lieutenant Governor, while Republicans have eight candidates for that office: Patrick Testin, Will Martin, Kyle Yudes, Roger Roth, David C. Varnam, Cindy Werner, David D. King and Jonathan Wichmann.

Incumbent Josh Kaul is the only Democrat for Attorney General, while Republicans will chose between Eric Toney, Karen Mueller and Adam Jarchow.

Doug LaFollette, who has held the Secretary of State office since 1983, hopes to continue his streak against Democrat candidate Alexia Sabor, while Republicans must choose either Amy Lynn Loudenbeck, Jay Schroeder or Justin D. Schmidtka.

The State Treasurer’s race has three Democrats – Aaron Richardson, Angelito Tenorio and Gillian M. Bettino on the ballot, while Republicans will choose either John S. Leiber or Orlando Owens.

Libertarian and Constitution Parties have only two statewide candidates in all on tomorrow’s ballot; Libertarian Neil Harmon for Secretary of State, and Constitutionalist Andrew Zuelke for State Treasurer.  And while write-in votes are allowed in any race for any office, any vote for Libertarian or Constitution Party candidates will only count if votes cast for any other office on the ballot are of that same party.

In the race for U.S. Senator, Ron Johnson, the incumbent Republican, is facing a challenge from David Schroeder, while the most prominent Democrat remaining in the race is current Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes.  Among the seven others still on the ballot, all but Steven Olikara, Kou Lee, Peter Peckarsky and Darrell Williams have given their support to Barnes.

In the race for U.S. District 6 Representative in Congress, Incumbent Republican Glenn Grothman will face a primary challenge from Douglas Mullenix.

In races for the Wisconsin State Assembly there are no challengers to either Incumbent Republican Terry Katsma nor Democrat Lisa Salgado for the District 26 seat.  In District 27, Republican Amy Binsfeld is the only one of her party on the ballot, while Independent Chet Gerlach hopes to receive votes as well.  Democrats have not fielded a candidate for that office.  District 59 has just two candidates, Republican Ty Bodden and Vinny Egle on the primary ballot.

Wisconsin Senate District 9 sees a three-way race between Republican Incumbent Devin Lemahieu, Jeanette Deschene and Ruth Villareal.

A few other partisan candidates appear on the county level, but without opposition, including Republicans Sheriff Cory Roeseler and Clerk of Circuit Court Christine M. Koenig.

Sample ballots for all of Sheboygan County can be found at https://www.sheboygancounty.com/departments/departments-a-e/county-clerk/elections/upcoming-election-sample-ballots

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