MONROE — Several area municipalities will see a change in leadership following the spring election held Tuesday, April 1, 2025. All results are unofficial pending certification over the next week or so.
In Monroe, seven candidates vied for four open seats on the city council. The top vote-getters were Dylan McGuire (1,827), Tom Miller (1,746), Corrine Wartenweiler (1,524) and Craig Franke (1,219), who finished narrowly ahead of Debra Krattiger (1,216) and Christopher Vestin (1,213). Isabelle Motte tallied 1,003 votes. In all, 9,748 ballots were cast in the city of Monroe.
Monroe’s school district had three open spots on the school board. With nearly 6,000 votes cast, Mike Davis (2,651), Nicole Josephs (2,551) and Steve Mayer (2,353) came out on top. The other candidates in the tight race included the only incumbent running for re-election, Dylan McGuire (2,193), as well as Caleb Ahrens (1,955) and Nick Baker (1,807).
Multiple school districts held referendums this spring as well. Belleville, New Glarus and Brodhead passed their operating referendums, while Black Hawk’s came up about 19% shy.
In other local contested races:
James Scheider and Martin Ostby were picked by Adams Township for Green County Supervisors 1 and 2.
Daniel D Crandall was elected as Adams Township Clerk
Rick Nusbaum was picked Jefferson Town Board Chairperson by a dozen votes
Nathan Weber edged Jerad R K Norton in the Jefferson Town Board Supervisor 2 race by just four votes
Taylor M. Pfeuti was tabbed Mount Pleasant Town Board Supervisor 2
Chris Narveson was elected New Glarus Town Board Chairperson
Patrick Faessler won the Spring Grove Town Board Chairperson race
Matt Mordhorst and Rick Austin will be the Spring Grove Town Board Supervisors 1 and 2
Anna Anderson will serve as the Sylvester Town Board Chairperson
Glenn Burgy defeated Calvin Wasserstrass by just six votes in the Washington Town Board Supervisor 1 campaign
Steven Krebs was voted in as Washington Town Clerk
Albany Village Trustee had to pick three of four candidates, with Paul C Rhyner, Michelle Monson and Bert Hefty finishing with the highest vote counts
Belleville Village Trustee had three open positions, which will be filled by Debbie Bongard, Shelli Eichelkraut and Debra M Kazmar
Monticello Village Trustee also had three open seats. Dennis Holcomb, Dale Atkinson and Dawn Pederson were elected by voters
Juda School Board had two open positions, which will be filled by Kendra Sullivan and Eric Munz
In statewide races, the Associated Press called the victory for Susan Crawford in the supreme court race. While there were an estimated 50,000 mail-in ballots left to count in Milwaukee, Crawford led former AG Brad Schimel by a wide enough margin — nearly 15 percentage points. Crawford, the liberal-backed candidate, won Green County 57%-43%, while Lafayette County pulled for the Trump-backed candidate 51.3% to 48.6%.
In the state superintendent race, it appears incumbent Jill Underly of the Blanchardville area defeated challenger Brittany Kinser. With over 70% of the state-wide ballots counted, Underly led by more than 6%. In Green County, Underly grabbed just over 57.3% of the vote to Kinser’s 42.6%. Underly also fared better than Kinser in Lafayette County, 52.1% to 47.8%.
