The Partisan Primary is Tuesday, August 13th. Election sites are open from 7 am to 8 pm. A great place to see what will be on your ballot is myvote.wi.gov. This site also provides other useful information such as where you vote and how to register to vote.
You can also find helpful information on the Dunn County Clerk's website, including
SAMPLE BALLOTS for all townships and wards in Dunn County, and the City Clerk's website.
What is a Partisan Primary?
The purpose of a partisan primary is to decide who will represent each political party in the General Election in November.
Wisconsin has open primaries which means that voters don't register with a party in order to vote in the primary election. Voters choose which party's primary they want to vote in when completing their ballot.
When voting in a partisan primary, you can only vote for candidates in ONE party.
You will see the instructions on the right on your ballot.
Appearing on every ballot in Dunn County
State Referendums
Everyone in Dunn County will see two referendums on the ballot.
Here's is a very informative, non-partisan article from the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School that presents both sides.
If you'd rather listen than read, you can find an interview with the author HERE. This interview is from WBAY in Green Bay.
US Senator
Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin is running unopposed. Three Republicans are running to face her in the November election. Links are to official candidate websites.
Republican candidates on the ballot are:
3rd Congressional District
Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden is running unopposed. Three Democrats are running for the chance to face him in the November election. Links are to official candidate websites.
Democratic candidates on the ballot are:
Interesting side note - Eric Wilson is from Menomonie.
Dunn County Clerk
The last item that will be the same on every ballot in Dunn County is the County Clerk. The current County Clerk, Andrew Mercil, is up for election. Mercil was appointed in 2021 to fill the unexpired term of Julie Wathke, who resigned from the position. James Erickson is also running as a Democrat. Each of them has a Facebook page where you can find more information about them.
Since there is no candidate on the Republican ticket, the winner will be the County Clerk.
The County Treasurer (Lynn Niggemann), County Register of Deeds (Heather Kuhn), and District Attorney (Andrea Noldolf) are all up for election, but all are running unopposed.
District races in Dunn County
With the new legislative maps, there has been some shifting in your local representatives. Everyone in Dunn County should have received the below map that was sent out by the County Clerk's office. Information on the back of the map was specific for your district.
State Senate seats are up for election every four years. There is an election every two years rotating between the even and odd numbered districts. In 2024, the even numbered districts are up for election. In Senate District 10, only one Republican, the incumbent Rob Stafsholt, and one Democrat, challenger Paul Hambleton, are running, so both will advance to the November election.
Each Senate district has three assembly districts. District 10 contains assembly districts 28, 29, and 30, with only the 28th district falling in Dunn County. District 23 contains assembly districts 67, 68, and 69, with only the 67th district falling in Dunn County. District 31 contains assembly districts 91, 92, and 93. Both 92 and 93 fall in Dunn County.
Contested races are in bold. Links are to their Facebook pages.
Assembly District 28
Republican - Rob Kreibich and Brady Penfield
Democrat - Danielle Johnson
Assembly District 67
Republican - David Armstrong and Jimmy Swenson
Democrat - Jeff Foster
Assembly District 92
Democrat - Joe Plouff and Caden Berg
Republican - Clint Moses
Assembly District 93
Democrat - Christian Phelps and Nickolas Butler
Republican - James Rolbiecki
Maps
If you want more information on the new maps, below is a link where you can see the old and the new with the option to overlap them to see the differences. You can also click on the different districts to see the senators and assembly representatives in each.
SENATE DISTRICTS
ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS
BOTH - our area close up
Both with color
