Here are the results of yesterday’s elections with a breakdown of local and statewide results. Notably, Douglas County voters were responsible for the election of Janet Bewley* for State Senator over Dane Deutsch. She carried Douglas County by 3509 votes, but only won the election by a margin of 1762.
However on a statewide level, Douglas County voters chose the losing candidates more often than the winners. While the voters of Wisconsin voted in favor of Scott Walker for Governor, Brad Schimel for Attorney General, and Matt Adamczyk for State Treasurer, all Republicans, and for Doug LaFollette for Secretary of State, the Democratic candidate, Douglas County voters chose a straight Democratic ticket, in statewide elections.
In Congressional District 7, Douglas County voters favored Kelly Westlund, Democrat, over incumbent Sean Duffy, Republican by a margin of 57% over 41%, however the entire district was in Duffy’s corner by a vote of 59% to 39%.
The county results were taken from the Douglas County website, while the statewide numbers were pulled from WisconsinVote.org with 3359 of 3368 precincts reporting. Please note that the winning candidates or stances on referendums are in BOLD print, and the winning candidates are depicted in red for Republicans, and blue for Democrats.
Governor |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | Statewide | Victory Margin | |||
| Mary Burke | Democratic | 9,585 | 60.88% | 3,586 | 1,115,943 | 46.58% | |
| Scott Walker | Republican | 5,999 | 38.10% | 1,252,750 | 52.29% | 136,807 | |
| Dennis Fehr | Peoples Party | 43 | 0.27% | 8,981 | 0.37% | ||
| Robert Burke | Libertarian | 111 | 0.70% | 18,289 | 0.76% | ||
| Write Ins | 7 | 0.04% | 0.00% | ||||
| 15,745 | 100.00% | 2,395,963 | 100.00% | ||||
Attorney General |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | Statewide | Victory Margin | |||
| Susan Happ | Democratic | 9,382 | 61.31% | 3,903 | 1,060,425 | 45.38% | |
| Brad Schimel | Republican | 5,479 | 35.81% | 1,205,165 | 51.57% | 144,740 | |
| Thomas Nelson | Libertarian | 427 | 2.79% | 71,215 | 3.05% | ||
| Write Ins | 14 | 0.09% | 0.00% | ||||
| 15,302 | 100.00% | 2,336,805 | 100.00% | ||||
Secretary of State |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | Statewide | Victory Margin | |||
| Doug LaFollette | Democratic | 9,515 | 62.10% | 4,236 | 1,153,997 | 50.04% | 86,136 |
| Julian Bradley | Republican | 5,279 | 34.45% | 1,067,861 | 46.30% | ||
| Jerry Broitzman | Constitution | 185 | 1.21% | 25,755 | 1.12% | ||
| Andy Craig | Libertarian | 332 | 2.17% | 58,641 | 2.54% | ||
| Write Ins | 12 | 0.08% | 0.00% | ||||
| 15,323 | 100.00% | 2,306,254 | 100.00% | ||||
State Treasurer |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | Statewide | Victory Margin | |||
| David Sartori | Democratic | 9,033 | 59.43% | 3,759 | 1,020,354 | 44.76% | |
| Matt Adamczyk | Republican | 5,274 | 34.70% | 1,112,870 | 48.82% | 92,516 | |
| Andrew Zuelke | Constitution | 193 | 1.27% | 28,010 | 1.23% | ||
| Ron Hardy | Wis. Green Party | 409 | 2.69% | 65,709 | 2.88% | ||
| Jerry Shidell | Libertarian | 281 | 1.85% | 52,768 | 2.31% | ||
| Write Ins | 9 | 0.06% | 0.00% | ||||
| 15,199 | 100.00% | 2,279,711 | 100.00% | ||||
Congressional District 7 |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | Statewide | Victory Margin | |||
| Kelly Westlund | Democrat | 8,913 | 57.19% | 2,455 | 112,825 | 39.48% | |
| Sean Duffy | Republican | 6,458 | 41.43% | 169,299 | 59.24% | 56,474 | |
| Lawrence Dale | Green Party | 203 | 1.30% | 3,660 | 1.28% | ||
| Write Ins | 12 | 0.08% | 0.00% | ||||
| 15,586 | 100.00% | 285,784 | 100.00% | ||||
State Senator, District 25 |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | Districtwide | Victory Margin | |||
| Janet Bewley* | Democratic | 9,472 | 61.31% | 3,509 | 34,959 | 51.29% | 1,762 |
| Dane Deutsch | Republican | 5,963 | 38.60% | 33,197 | 48.71% | ||
| Write Ins | 15 | 0.10% | 0.00% | ||||
| 15,450 | 100.00% | 68,156 | 100.00% | ||||
State Assembly, District 73 |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | |||||
| Nick Milroy | Democratic | 11,436 | 97.20% | 11,107 | |||
| Write Ins | 329 | 2.80% | |||||
| 11,765 | 100.00% | ||||||
State Assembly, District 74 |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | Districtwide | Victory Margin | |||
| Beth Meyers | Democratic | 309 | 57.22% | 78 | 14,361 | 57.37% | 3,690 |
| Jamey Francis | Republican | 231 | 42.78% | 10,671 | 42.63% | ||
| Write Ins | |||||||
| 540 | 100.00% | 25,032 | 100.00% | ||||
County Sheriff |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | |||||
| Thomas Dalbec | Democratic | 10,667 | 69.85% | 6,161 | |||
| Daniel Bethards | Republican | 4,506 | 29.51% | ||||
| Write Ins | 98 | 0.64% | |||||
| 15,271 | 100.00% | ||||||
Clerk of Circuit Court |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | |||||
| Michele Wick | Democratic | 11,262 | 98.24% | 11,060 | |||
| Write Ins | 202 | 1.76% | |||||
| 11,464 | 100.00% | ||||||
Referendums |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | Statewide | Victory Margin | |||
State |
Creation of a Transportation Fund |
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| Yes | 12,361 | 84.18% | 10,038 | 577,107 | 99.75% | 575,665 | |
| No | 2,323 | 15.82% | 1,442 | 0.25% | |||
| 14,684 | 100.00% | 578,549 | 100.00% | ||||
Referendums |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | |||||
County |
Acceptance of federal funds for BadgerCare |
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| Yes | 11,911 | 79.44% | 8,829 | ||||
| No | 3,082 | 20.56% | |||||
| 14,993 | 100.00% | ||||||
Referendums |
Douglas County | Victory Margin | |||||
County |
Increase minimum wage to $10.10/advisory |
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| Yes | 10,677 | 71.02% | 6,320 | ||||
| No | 4,357 | 28.98% | |||||
| 15,034 | 100.00% | ||||||
