By Kevin Boneske
Staff Writer
BROWN COUNTY – Unofficial election results indicate all incumbents on the ballot in local primaries Tuesday, Feb. 15, advanced to the April 5 general election.
Three of the 12 Green Bay City Council seats up for grabs had Tuesday primaries – with two seats being vacated by the incumbent and the current alderperson in the other race advancing.
In the four-way primary in District 2, where Veronica Corpus-Dax did not seek another two-year term, a former alderperson, Andy Nicholson, received the most votes at 378. He will face Jim Hutchison (364) in the general election. Cassidy McGowan (229) and Michael Shea (94) were eliminated.
In the District 4 three-way primary, incumbent Bill Galvin received the most votes at 326 and will face challenger Natalie Hoffman (167) in the general election. Douglas Yates (79) was eliminated.
In District 6, where Kathy Lefebvre isn’t seeking reelection, the top vote-getter in the four-way primary was Steven Campbell (164).
However, his general election opponent was not determined when the polls closed with Andrew Gerlach and Aron Obrecht both receiving 73 votes in the unofficial vote count.
Paul Boucher finished a distant fourth with 18 votes and was eliminated from the race.
School boards
Both incumbents in the six-person race for two school board seats in West De Pere received the most votes, with the top four vote-getters all advancing in their bids for three-year terms.
Barbara Van Deurzen topped the vote count at 940, followed by Scott Borley at 811.
Challengers Jamie Kinjerski (771) and Jason Dorn (689) also advanced to the general election, with Nathan DeLorey (558) and Adam Aleknavicius (227) eliminated from the race.
The best an incumbent did in the nine-way race for three seats on the Howard-Suamico School Board was third place, though all three current officeholders on the primary ballot advanced to the general election.
Challengers Amy Rubright and Allen McGuire topped the vote tally at 1,162 and 1,086, respectively.
Jason Potts was the only incumbent to exceed 1,000 with the third-most votes at 1.017.
Challenger Michael Moran (988) and incumbents Teresa Ford (971) and Scott Jandrin (883) also made the primary cut.
Challengers Amanda Pascoe (697), Michell Bartlein (543) and Jeff Eilers (361) were eliminated.
Pulaski School District voters eliminated one of three candidates running for the Zone 1 seat representing the Village of Pulaski, to replace Brian Chlopek, who is not seeking a new three-year term.Â
Jackie Huisman (543) and Heidi Bukowiec (476) will face off in the general election, after Matt Rowland (139) was knocked out of the race.
Bellevue Village Board
Five candidates ran in the primary for two seats on the Bellevue Village Board with incumbent John Sinkler topping the vote tally at 453. He advances to the general election, as do challengers Jackie Krull (451), Kenneth Garwood (198) and Victor Hoffman (162).
Larry Hamsing (101) was eliminated.
Incumbent Tom Katers did not seek reelection.
Brown County Board
Three Brown County Board seats in the City of Green Bay held three-way primaries with two seats being vacated by the incumbents and the current supervisor in the other race advancing to the general election.
Sherrelle Schmidt (93) was eliminated.
In District 5, Daniel Theno (197) and Liv Miller (165) advanced to the general election, after eliminating Robert Maccaux, Jr. (116).
In District 7, incumbent Tom Friberg topped the primary vote count at 292 and will face challenger Leanne Cramer (129) in the general election.
Roger Patrick Moore (81) was eliminated.
With not all of Brown County having primary races for voters to head to the polls, the unofficial county vote count lists a total of 9,622 ballots cast.