Republican presidential candidates getting 57 percent of votes cast

Of the 29 states that have completed either their Presidential Primary or the party caucus, Republican Presidential Candidates have collected 57.1 percent of the 40,050,708 votes cast nationwide. With Republican candidates collecting 22,855,846 votes, the Democratic candidates had a count of 17,194,862 as of last Tuesday’s Wisconsin Primary.

Of the 29 states, only six have favored Democratic candidates over Republicans. Those states being; Vermont, Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota and Hawaii, went for the Democratic candidates. Six other states and the District of Columbia have not completed their party caucus as of last week. There still are 15 states to vote in primary election yet before this summer’s party conventions.

In last Tuesday’s Wisconsin Primary, the Republican candidates received some 89,567 more votes than Democratic candidates.

Of the Democratic candidates, Bernie Sanders got 567,936 while Hillary Clinton received 432,761 and Martin O’Malley had 1,765. On the Republican ballot side Ted Cruz received some 531,129 votes followed by Donald Trump with 386,370, John Kasich had 155,200; Marco Rubio, 10,569; Ben Carson, 5,608 and Jeb Bush 3,153 to round out the candidates.

In St. Croix County, voters favored Republican candidates over Democratic candidates by a count of 15,034 to 9,474, while in Dunn County the count also favored Republicans with a total of 7,486 to 6,728.

Pete Gaustad new face on City Council

Pete Gaustad will take a seat on the Glenwood City Council following last Tuesday’s election. He was a write-in candidate for one of the three open seats on the Council when incumbent Nancy Hover did not seek re-election. The two other members of the Council that were re-elected are: Ken Peterson and Steve Lee. Gaustad received 30 write-in votes while Peterson collected 229 votes and Lee got 216. There were another 21 write in votes scattered over a number of people.

Voters in Glenwood City favored Trump and Clinton in the Presidential Primary. They gave Hillary 70 votes and 68 for Bernie Sanders. While on the Republican ticket, Donald Trump got 107 votes, Cruz had 71, John Kasich 17, Marco Rubio 4 and Ben Carson 1.

Hellmann wins seat on Boyceville Village Board

John Hellmann received 18 write-in votes at the April 5th election to win a seat on the Boyceville Village Board. He will replace retiring member, Herb Dow. Two other incumbent members were returned to their seat on the Board. They are Jonathan Farrell, with 186 votes and Keith Sorensen who received 196 votes.

In the Presidential Primary election, Boyceville favored Donald Trump with 70 votes; Ted Cruz with 67 and John Kasich got 10 on the Republican ballot while Bernie Sanders received 61 voted and Hillary Clinton with 45.

Village of Knapp has two new faces on board

Jeff Marshall, Georgene Close, and Mark Berg were elected to the village board at last Tuesday’s election. Close was the only incumbent returned to the board. The vote count was 98 for Marshall; 82 for Close; 69 for Berg and Marcia Finder with 58 and Ramona Sobottka with 56.

In the Village of Knapp, voters gave Ted Cruz 57 votes, Donald Trump 39 and none for John Kasich. On the Democratic ticket Bernie Sanders collect 81, Hillary Clinton got 43 and O’Malley had one.

Village of Downing

Donald Trump got the most votes in the Village of Downing with 21, Cruz with 7 and Kasich with 3. Hillary Clinton lost to Sanders in Downing with a count of 18-6. Chad Lee was returned to the village board for another term.

Village of Wheeler

In the Presidential Primary, voters in Wheeler went for Trump over Cruz by a count of 16-14, while they gave Sanders a one-vote margin over Clinton, 19-18.

Village of Wilson

The Village of Wilson, Ted Cruz got 21 votes, while Donald Trump got 17 and John Kasich received 3 voted. Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton 13 to 10. For Village Trustee, Ann Schmit got 55 votes. She was the only candidate for a seat on the village board.

Townships vote for President

The following is the vote total in the President Preference Primary in area townships.

In the Town of Hay River, votes gave Ted Cruz 61, Donald Trump 49 and John Kasich 6, while on the Democratic side voters favored Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton by a vote of 55-40.

In New Haven Township, Trump got 69 votes, Cruz, 53 and Kasich 10 on the Republican ballot. While Sanders outpolled Clinton, 40-33

In the Dunn County Township of Sherman voters gave Cruz 98, Trump 89 and Kasich 22. Sanders outpolled Clinton by a vote of 69-44 with O’Malley getting 3.

In Dunn County Township of Stanton, Trump was the winner with 78 votes followed by Cruz with 67 and Kasich with 12. Sanders outpolled Clinton 58-33.

In Tainter Township, Cruz beat Trump by two votes, 227-225 while Kasich got 65 with 14 votes going to six other candidates. One the Democratic side, Sanders got 197 and Clinton185.

In the Town of Tiffany, Sanders won over Clinton, 39-19 and on the Republican ticket, Trump collected 75 votes while Cruz got 55 and Kasich received 13.

In the Town of Glenwood, Donald Trump collected the most votes with 81, followed by Ted Cruz with 66 and John Kasich, who got 6.

In the Town of Springfield, Donald Trump outpolled Ted Cruz by three voted, 78 to 75, while John Kasich got 24.

Town of Forest favored Donald Trump over Ted Cruz by a count of 66-40 with Kasich collecting 12; Ben Carson had 5, Marco Rubio with 34 and one each for Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina.

A tie in the Presidential Primary happened  in Emerald Township as both Trump and Cruz received 67 votes with six going to Kasich with Ben Carson having 4, Marco Rubio had 3 and two for Rand Paul.

Boyceville School

For members to the Boyceville School Board, two incumbents were the only candidates on the ballot. Here Jeremy Mittlestadt received 1068 voted and Tim Sempf got 943.

Gross wins seat on Glenwood City School Board

Tryn Gross upset incumbent School Board member, Charlotte Obermueller-Heimer in last Tuesday’s election. Four people were seeking the three open seats on the seven-person school board.

Obermueller-Heimer, along with two other incumbents, John Logghe and Lori Klinger, and Gross were on the ballot. Voters gave Klinger, Logghe and Gross the margin of victory to fill the seats.

The unofficial vote tally has Klinger with 795, Logghe with 782, Gross with 526 and Obermueller-Heimer at 510.