By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — David Bartlett, Dunn County Board supervisor for District 2 and who served as chair of the Dunn County Board, lost the non-partisan spring election April 5 to challenger Patrick Breslin.
Bartlett, of Boyceville, received 132 votes while Breslin, of Downing, received 138 votes.
All vote totals reported are the unofficial totals reported on election night. The results will not be official until the Board of Canvassers meets.
Of the 29 supervisory districts on the Dunn County Board, 11 of them had two candidates on the ballot.
In the districts with two candidates, some were registered write-in candidates and some had filed nomination papers by the deadline in January.
The deadline for filing as a registered write-in candidate was Friday, April 1.
In District 8, challenger Luke Wilsey of Menomonie prevailed over incumbent Charles Maves of Boyceville, with Wilsey receiving 271 votes while Maves received 166.
District 9 incumbent Tom Quinn of Downing received 164 votes, while challenger James Chich of Knapp received 163 votes.
Michael Rogers of Menomonie, incumbent in District 10, prevailed over challenger Pilar Gerasimo, with Rogers receiving 186 votes while Gerasimo received 105 votes.
Incumbent supervisor for District 11, James R. Anderson of Menomonie, filed a notification of non-candidacy with the county clerk by the deadline in December. District 11 had one registered write-in candidate, Korlee Witzel, who received 93 votes. In the election round-up story published March 30, it was incorrectly reported that John “Jay” Quilling had filed nomination papers and would be on the ballot. Quilling filed nomination papers with the county clerk in January, but his ballot status was marked “denied.”
In District 13, challenger Monica Berrier of Menomonie prevailed over incumbent Jody Kromrey of Menomonie, with Berrier receiving 160 votes while Kromrey received 151 votes.
Donald O. Kuether of Menomonie, incumbent supervisor for District 15, prevailed over challenger Greg Rugland of Menomonie, with Kuether receiving 110 votes while Rugland received 86 votes.
In District 16, incumbent Ann Vogl of Menomonie prevailed over registered write-in candidate Tom Wagner. Vogl received 51 votes while Wagner received 14 votes.
In District 18, incumbent Sheila Stori of Menomonie did not file nomination papers by the deadline in January. Candidate Sean Breslin filed nomination papers and was listed on the ballot. Stori subsequently registered with the county clerk as a write-in candidate. Breslin received 133 votes while Stori received 87 votes.
Diane L. Morehouse of Menomonie, incumbent supervisor for District 21, prevailed over challenger Laurie J. Christianson of Menomonie. Morehouse received 161 votes, while Christianson received 86 votes.
In District 24, incumbent Randy L. Prochnow of Menomonie prevailed over registered write-in candidate Alissa Giljohann, with Prochnow receiving 191 votes, while Giljohann received 57 votes.
Incumbent Tim Lienau of Menomonie, supervisor for District 28, prevailed over registered write-in candidate Bobbie Stokke, with Lienau receiving 188 votes while Stokke received 153 votes.
District 22
Andrew Hagen of Menomonie was the only candidate on the ballot for District 22 and received 241 votes.
Incumbent supervisor Sarah Kennedy of Menomonie died December 14.
Kennedy worked at the Dunn County Health Care Center for 37 years and retired in 2011. She began serving on the Dunn County Board after her retirement.
Retirements
In addition to Anderson filing a declaration of non-candidacy for District 11, District 23 incumbent James Tripp filed a notification of non-candidacy in January.
District 23 had one candidate on the ballot, Mark Thomas of Menomonie, and there were no registered write-in candidates for District 23. Thomas received 245 votes.
District 20 incumbent Tim Niehoff filed a declaration of non-candidacy by the deadline, and Hilary D. Robinson was on the only candidate on the ballot with no registered write-in candidates. Robinson received 81 votes.
District 25, represented by Steve Jenson of Elk Mound, did not have a declared candidate. Jenson filed a notification of non-candidacy by the deadline in December.
Two people subsequently registered as write-in candidates with the county clerk: Tom Gilbert and Susan Suechting.
Gilbert received 34 votes, and Suechting received 30 votes.
Other candidates
The remaining supervisory districts on the Dunn County Board had one candidate on the ballot: Brian Johnson of Colfax (District 1)`with 199 votes; Vaughn Hedlund of Boyceville (District 3) with 156 votes; Ronald P. Score of Boyceville (District 4) with 149 votes; Gary Stene of Colfax (District 5) with 210 votes; Jim Zons of Colfax (District 6) with 173 votes; Gary Bjork of Colfax (District 7) with 180 votes; Michael Kneer of Menomonie (District 12) with 258 votes; John Calabrese of Menomonie (District 14) with 301 votes; Kelly McCullough of Menomonie (District 17) with 50 votes; Carl Vandermeulen of Menomonie (District 19) with 28 votes; Larry R. Bjork of Menomonie (District 26) with 102 votes; Robert Bauer of Mondovi (District 27) with 145 votes; Jerry Joe Hartung of Elmwood (District 29) with 164 votes.
