By Kim McDarison
Jefferson County Board of Supervisor seats will be on the ballot in April. Seats coming due this spring include those held by supervisors representing constituents within the cities of Fort Atkinson and Whitewater.
Fort Atkinson
In Fort Atkinson, all of the city’s wards, 1-9, are included in Jefferson County. Districts and wards are as follows: District 23 includes Ward 8; District 26 includes Wards 1 and 2; District 27 includes Wards 3 and 4; District 28 includes Wards 7 and 9, and District 29 includes Wards 5 and 6.
Among districts including wards in Fort Atkinson there is a race in District 29. Incumbent Mary Roberts will face challenger Wyatt Cooper.
Cooper announced his candidacy with Fort Atkinson Online on Jan. 3.
Candidates in all other districts including wards in Fort Atkinson are running unopposed, and include: District 23, George Jaeckel; District 26, Joan Fitzgerald; District 27, Joan Callan, and District 28, Anthony Gulig.
The city of Fort Atkinson has traditionally had 9 wards. In 2021, after the annexation of a single property, the city had 10 wards, but after the most recent census update last fall, City Clerk Michelle Ebbert said, the single property in the ward was added to an adjacent ward, bringing the total number of wards within the city back to 9.
Last July, the city designated a Ward 11 as a “placeholder” after land along Banker Road was annexed into the city, but no electors live within the ward, City Manager Rebecca Houseman LeMire explained during the annexation process.
Whitewater
City of Whitewater Wards 10, 11 and 12 are included in Jefferson County.
District 24 includes Wards 11 and 12, and District 25 includes Ward 10.
District Supervisor candidates representing wards in Whitewater are running unopposed and include: District 24, Roger Lindl, and District 25, Matthew Foelker.
Other races
Among other Jefferson County Board races, Heart of the City President Frankie Fuller is running in District 20. Fuller said she lives in the town of Jefferson along its border with Fort Atkinson and within the Fort Atkinson School District. Fuller is running against incumbent Curtis Backlund.
In District 30, incumbent Walt Christiansen will be facing challenger Jeff Agnew, an agricultural education teacher who retired from the School District of Fort Atkinson in 2020. The district includes wards within the towns of Koshkonong and Sumner.
A full list of districts and candidates can be found on the county’s website: https://files4.1.revize.com/jeffersoncountynew/2022%20Nomination%20Papers.pdf.
A map of supervisory districts is here: https://www.jeffersoncountywi.gov/departments/county_clerk/elections/supervisory_district_maps.php#revize_document_center_rz807.
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