13 of 29 Dunn County supervisory districts have 2 candidates
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By LeAnn R.Ralph
MENOMONIE — Out of the 29 supervisory districts representing the Dunn County Board, 13 have two candidates, while one district has no candidate for the April 2 election.
Districts 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 24, 25 and 28 all have two candidates.
District 20, which covers Ward 8 in Menomonie on the southwestern side of the city, is listed on the county clerk’s website page as having no candidate for the April 2 election.
Hilary Robinson, the Dunn County Board supervisor representing District 20, filed a notification of non-candidacy on December 21.
A resident of District 20 who wishes to run as a write-in candidate for the April 2 election must register with the county clerk by the Friday before the election, which would be March 29.
According to state statute, votes cannot be counted for write-in candidates who do not register with their municipal clerks by the deadline.
District 5
District 5, which includes the Village of Colfax, the northern one-third of the Town of Colfax and the southeastern quarter of the Town of Grant, currently is represented by Gary Stene of Colfax and initially appeared to have two candidates.
According to the Dunn County clerk’s website, Stene submitted his declaration of candidacy at 1:37 p.m. December 4. He submitted his campaign finance registration statement on December 20 at 3:15 p.m. and submitted his nomination papers, with 36 valid signatures, at 3 p.m. December 20.
Stene’s ballot status is marked as “approved.”
Thomas R. Hendrickson of Colfax submitted his declaration of candidacy at 12:45 p.m. December 8 and submitted his nomination papers at 12:40 p.m. January 2 with 20 valid signatures.
Hendrickson did not, however, return his campaign finance registration statement, and his ballot status is blank.
In response to an e-mail message asking about Hendrickson’s ballot status, Andrew Mercil, Dunn County clerk, replied, “State statutes dictate that all paperwork to run for County Supervisor must be returned to the filing officer no later than 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in January. Not all paperwork was returned on time, and thus, Mr. Hendrickson is ineligible to appear on the April 2nd, 2024, ballot for County Board of Supervisors.”
Non-candidacy
Three county board supervisors decided not to run again and turned in their declaration of non-candidacy by the deadline in December.
In addition to Robinson filing a notification of non-candidacy for District 20, Brian Johnson, District 1, filed a notification of non-candidacy on November 27, and Sean Breslin, District 18, filed a notification of non-candidacy on December 26.
Remaining districts
Here are the other supervisory districts and the candidates who filed paperwork to be on the ballot.
• District 1 includes the Town of Sand Creek, the Town of Wilson, and about three-quarters of the Town of Grant. The candidate for District 1 will be Timothy A. Lauffer of Colfax. Lauffer declared his candidacy November 30 and returned his campaign finance registration statement and nomination papers with 26 valid signatures on December 22.
• District 2 includes the Town of Sheridan, the Town of New Haven, and the northern three-quarters of the Town of Tiffany. Patrick Breslin of Downing, who currently represents District 2, returned his paperwork, with 24 valid signatures, on December 29. Heather Seburn of Prairie Farm returned the campaign registration statement and nomination papers, with 36 valid signatures, on January 2.
• District 3 includes the southern one-third of the Town of Hay River, a portion of Hay River north of Wheeler and the southern one-third of the Town of Tiffany west to Downing as well as the Village of Boyceville. Incumbent Vaughn Hedlund of Boyceville is the only candidate on the ballot for District 3. Hedlund returned his paperwork December 29 with 21 valid signatures.
• District 4 covers the northern one-quarter of the Town of Tainter, the Town of Otter Creek, and the northern portion of the Town of Hay River not included in District 3. Incumbent Ronald P. Score of Boyceville is the only candidate on the ballot. Score filed his campaign finance registration statement December 1 and returned his nomination papers December 12 with 25 valid signatures.
• District 6 includes the southern two-thirds of the Town of Tainter northeast, east and south of Tainter Lake and the western one-third of the Town of Colfax. Incumbent Jim Zons of Colfax filed his paperwork on January 2 with 24 valid signatures. Challenger Dustin Shackleton of Menomonie turned his campaign finance registration December 29 and his nomination papers with 33 valid signatures on December 28.
• District 7 includes the Town of Colfax east, southeast and somewhat southwest of the Village of Colfax as well as a portion of the Town of Elk Mound south to I-94 on the west side of the township and a narrow strip on the east side of the township. Incumbent Gary Bjork is the only candidate on the ballot for District 7 and turned in his nomination papers December 6 with 28 valid signatures.
• District 8 includes the majority of the Town of Sherman, except for a narrow pie-shaped section in the southwest corner as well as part of the Town of Tainter. Incumbent Luke Wilsey of Menomonie returned his paperwork on December 29 with 28 valid signatures. Challenger Daniel J. Baldus returned his campaign finance registration December 29 and his nomination papers on January 2 with 45 valid signatures.
• District 9 includes the Village of Downing, the Town of Stanton and pie-shaped wedge out of the Town of Sherman on the west side. Incumbent Thomas Quinn of Downing filed all of his paperwork by the deadline January 2 with 22 valid signatures. Challenger Karl Hackbarth of Knapp filed his paperwork January 2 with 29 valid signatures.
• District 10 covers the Town of Lucas, the northern one-third of the Town of Weston and the southwest corner of the Town of Menomonie. Michael Rogers, who served as the supervisor for District 10 for a number of years, died on August 25, 2023, after an eight-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Pilar Gerasimo, who was on the ballot in the April of 2022 election for District 10, was appointed to serve out Rogers’ term on the Dunn County Board until April of 2024.
Incumbent Pilar Gerasimo of Menomonie filed her paperwork on December 29, with 27 valid signatures. Challenger Donald Gjeston of Knapp turned in the campaign finance registration and the nomination papers on December 29, with 25 valid signatures.
• District 11 includes the Town of Menomonie south of Menomonie and part of the Town of Red Cedar south of Menomonie. Incumbent Korlee Witzel of Menomonie submitted her paperwork on December 13, with 38 valid signatures. Challenger Michelle Bachand of Menomonie filed her paperwork by the deadline, with 26 valid signatures.
• District 12 covers the northern portion of the Town of Menomonie south to Irvington.
Incumbent Michael Kneer is the only candidate on the ballot. Kneer filed his paperwork on December 8, with 30 valid signatures.
• District 13 covers Ward 1 in the City of Menomonie. Incumbent Monica Berrier of Menomonie filed her paperwork on December 4, with 23 valid signatures. Challenger Scott Parker of Menomonie filed his paperwork on December 21, with 21 valid signatures.
• District 14 covers Ward 2 in the northwest corner of the City of Menomonie. Incumbent John Calabrese of Menomonie is the only candidate on the ballot. He filed his campaign finance registration and the nomination papers on December 28, with 24 valid signatures.
• District 15 covers Ward 3 on the northwest side of Menomonie. Donald Kuether, who represented District 15 for many years, died on October 28, 2023, following a long illness. Barbara Lyon was subsequently appointed to the District 15 position to serve the remainder of the term until the April 2024 election. Lyon filed the campaign finance registration statement December 28 and filed the nomination papers December 4, with 26 valid signatures. Challenger Michael Werner of Menomonie filed his paperwork December 29, with 30 valid signatures.
• District 16 covers Ward 4 in the City of Menomonie along the southern shore of Lake Menomin. Incumbent Ann Vogl of Menomonie filed a declaration of candidacy on November 21 and filed the other paperwork on December 11, with 23 valid signatures.
• District 17 covers Ward 5 in the City of Menomonie, which is southwest of Lake Menomin.
Incumbent Kelly McCullough of Menomonie, who currently serves as chair of the Dunn County Board, will be the only candidate on the ballot. He filed his paperwork by the deadline January 2 with 22 valid signatures.
• District 18 covers Ward 6 in the City of Menomonie on the southwest corner of the city. Sheila Stori, who previously served on the Dunn County Board until April of 2022, filed nomination papers December 28 with 26 valid signatures. Jim Uhlir turned in nomination papers December 22 with 26 valid signatures.
• District 19 covers the south side of the City of Menomonie. Incumbent Carl Vandermeulen filed his paperwork on December 28, with 22 valid signatures.
• District 21 covers Ward 9 in the City of Menomonie in the southeast corner. Incumbent Diane L. Morehouse of Menomonie filed her campaign finance registration statement and nomination papers on December 12 with 29 valid signatures. Challenger Laurie J. Christianson of Menomonie filed her nomination papers December 29 with 27 valid signatures.
• District 22 covers Ward 10 on the east side of the City of Menomonie on the south side of Lake Menomin. Incumbent Andrew Hagen filed his paperwork December 15 with 20 valid signatures.
• District 23 covers Ward 11 on the northeast side of the City of Menomonie. Incumbent Mark Thomas of Menomonie filed his paperwork December 21, with 34 valid signatures.
• District 24 covers most of the Town of Red Cedar and includes Cedar Falls. Incumbent Randy Prochnow of Menomonie filed his campaign finance registration statement and nomination papers with 22 valid signatures on December 13. Challenger Ryan Martin of Menomonie filed his paperwork January 2 with 24 valid signatures.
• District 25 includes a section in the middle of the Town of Elk Mound as well as the Village of Elk Mound. Incumbent Tom Gilbert filed his campaign finance registration statement and nomination papers on January 2 with 29 valid signatures. Challenger Sue Suechting filed her paperwork on December 18 with 26 valid signatures.
• District 26 includes the southeast corner of the Town of Elk Mound and south of the Village Elk Mound along with the northern part of the Town of Spring Brook. Incumbent Larry R. Bjork of Menomonie filed his paperwork on December 18 with 28 valid signatures.
• District 27 includes the southern portion of the Town of Spring Brook, the Town of Rock Creek and the Town of Peru. Incumbent Robert Bauer of Mondovi filed his campaign finance registration statement and nomination papers December 14 with 27 valid signatures.
• District 28 includes a little more than half of the eastern part of the Town of Dunn, including Downsville. Incumbent Tim Lienau of Menomonie filed his campaign finance registration statement and nomination papers on December 7 with 42 valid signatures. Challenger Gordon Wolf of Menomonie filed his campaign finance registration statement on December 15 and his nomination papers on December 19 with 20 valid signatures.
• District 29 covers the western portion of the Town of Dunn along with the Town of Eau Galle.
Jerry Joe Hartung of Elmwood filed his paperwork on January 2 with 25 valid signatures.
