By Kim McDarison
Six Whitewater Unified School District Board of Education primary election candidates — Stephanie Hicks, Christy Linse, Thayer Coburn, Joseph Kromholz, Lisa Huempfner and Chuck Mills — will advance to the April 4 general election.
The six candidates will next vie for three seats on the district’s school board.
The six candidates were the top vote-getters emerging from a field of 11. A 12th candidate, Nathan Vander Pas, withdrew from the race, although his name appeared on the primary ballot.
Across the district, with voters weighing in from three counties — Walworth, Jefferson and Rock — vote totals were as follows: Hicks, 921; Linse, 904; Coburn, 881; Kromholz, 783; Huempfner, 771; Mills, 668; Will Dammeir, 389; John Truesdale, 364; Daniel Dern, 330; Michael Bergman, 286, and Brian Schanen, 272 votes.
In Walworth County 5,282 voters living within five precincts cast their votes.
In Walworth County, vote totals were as follows: Hicks, 731; Linse, 710; Coburn, 690; Kromholz, 629; Huempfner, 609; Mills, 514; Dammeir, 322; Truesdale, 291; Dern, 273; Schanen, 230, and Bergman, 212.
In Jefferson County, 885 voters cast their votes, including those within Ward 1 in the town of Cold Spring, Wards 1-6 in the town of Koshkonong, and Wards 11-13 in the city of Whitewater.
In Jefferson County, vote totals were as follows: Coburn, 126; Linse, 116; Hicks, 111; Mills, 107; Kromholz, 107; Huempfner, 98; Truesdale, 51; Dammeir, 50; Bergman, 44; Dern, 39, and Schanen, 25.
In Rock County, 502 voters living within the towns of Johnstown and Lima cast their votes.
In Rock County, vote totals were as follows: Hicks, 79; Linse, 78; Coburn, 65; Huempfner, 64; Kromholz, 47; Mills, 47; Bergman, 30; Dammeir, 28; Truesdale, 22; Dern, 18, and Schanen, 17.
Tuesday’s vote tallies remain unofficial until certified by county clerks.
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