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Spring 2022 Elections: Eau Claire County Board Results

The Spring 2022 non-partisan elections were this past Tuesday, April 5th. All 29 of the county board seats were up for reelection and 21 of the 29 seats were contested. Each member of the county board represents around 3,645 people and serves a two year term.

 

Out of the 21 contested races, 14 of them included an incumbent candidate. 10 of the contested incumbents were reelected. Carl Anton of District 5, Kevin Stelljes of District 8, Donald Mowry of District 9, and Nathan Anderson of District 20 were unable to secure enough votes to be reelected. County Board President Nick Smiar of District 15 was also reelected and will serve another two year term. Another result of Tuesday’s election was the passing of the Eau Claire County Clean Water Referendum. The referendum asked whether the State of Wisconsin should establish a right to clean water to protect human health, the environment, and the diverse cultural and natural heritage of Wisconsin. 

Recounts were conducted for Districts 11 and 23. For District 11, Incumbent Nathan Otto led at the end of the night with by a margin of nine votes over opponent Tara Balts. After the recount Balts had lost one vote which led to Ottos reelection by ten votes. For District 23 Incumbent Robin Leary led by only three votes over challenger Donald Zwicker. After the recount, Leary had lost one vote but Donald Zwicker had lost two which secured Leary as the winner.

 

Below are the results and vote counts for each district and the referendum: 

*=Incumbent

District 1

Candidate Total Vote %
Courtney Kneifl 147 36.39%
Todd Meyer 257 63.61%

 

District 2

Amanda Babb 325 54.44%
Brent Knutson 272 45.56%

 

District 3

Joe Knight* 398 54.52%
Gary Mizer 331 45.34%

 

District 4

Stella Pagonis* 266 97.44%

 

District 5

Carl Anton* 118 37.34%
Larry Hoekstra 197 62.34%

 

District 6

Dane Zook* 504 99.02%

 

District 7

Steve Chilson* 689 98.99%

 

District 8

Cory W. Sisk 285 53.47%
Kevin Stelljes* 247 46.34%

 

District 9

Donald Mowry* 400 44.94%
Allen Myren 489 54.94%

 

District 10

Dori Pulse 358 41.87%
Nancy Coffey* 493 57.66%

 

District 11 (Results after recount)

Nathan Otto* 187 51.37%
Tara Balts 177 48.62%

 

District 12

Brett Geboy 349 57.97%
David Lehmkuhl 251 41.69%

 

District 13

Connie Russell* 493 98.40%

 

District 14

Wayne Peters 226 44.05%
Judy Gatlin* 285 55.56%

 

District 15

Joshua Naponiello 59 24.69%
Nick Smiar* 179 74.90%

 

District 16

Benaiah Stanley 118 32.69%
David Hirsch 241 66.76%

 

District 17

Mary M. Sommerfeld 387 38.82%
Thomas Vue 607 60.88%

 

District 18

James A. Dunning* 139 63.76%
Matthew Lehner 74 33.94%

 

District 19

Kathleen Kivlin 232 35.31%
Gerald Jerry Wilkie* 425 64.69%

 

District 20

Nathan D. Anderson* 353 40.62%
John Folstad 513 59.03%

 

District 21

Mark Beckfield* 514 99.04%

 

District 22

Katherine Schneider* 608 99.18%

 

District 23 (Results after recount) 

Robin J. Leary* 348 50.29%
Don Zwicker 344 49.71%

 

District 24

Lewis Titus 313 39.32%
Heather DeLuka* 482 60.55%

 

District 25

Brian Bauer 255 41.60%
Jodi Lepsch 356 58.08%

 

District 26

Tami Schraufnagel* 244 97.99%

 

District 27

Kyle Johnson 221 52.25%
Trudy J. Grill 198 46.81%

 

District 28

Kimberly Cronk* 511 98.84%

 

District 29

Josh Stanley 234 42.47%
Missy Christopherson* 317 57.53%

 

More Information

Election Results Summary Report (Eau Claire County)

 

Posted by Danya Morman, Governmental Affairs Intern

morman@eauclairechamber.org

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