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The early results are in from yesterday’s (February 18th) primary election.
In Manitowoc’s 1st Aldermanic District, Incumbent Brett Vanderkin received 91 votes, which was good enough to keep his spot on the April ballot.
However, challenger Andrew Dunbar was the top vote-getter, with 115. Fellow challenger Ray Geigel was knocked off after only receiving 57 votes.
In the race for the Manitowoc Public School Board, seven candidates were slimmed down to six.
Ann Holsen, David Bowman, and Mary Lofy Blahnik were the overwhelming favorites, receiving over 1,600 votes each.
Lisa Ann Krueger was fourth with 880 votes, comfortably ahead of the final three.
The battle for the fifth and sixth spots on the general election ballot was very tight. Only 19 votes separated Chrystal Myer, Brayden Myer, and Michael Retzinger.
In the end, it was Myer and Myer receiving 793 and 782 votes, while Retzinger just missed moving on with 774.
State Superintendent, the largest state race on the ballot, saw Jill Underly and Brittney Kinser advance to the general election after securing 177,098 and 160,966 votes statewide.
Challenger Jeff Wright ended the day with 127,968 votes.
Manitowoc County followed a similar voting pattern, but actually put Kinser on top with 2,389, while Underly received 2,058 locally.
Wright had 1,405 Manitowoc County residents vote for him.
The 2025 Spring General Election will be held on April 1st, with these and many other local races on the ballot.
