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KEWAUNEE - A primary election will be required in the city of Kewaunee for one of its seats on its Common Council, which will have two to four new faces following the general election.
The primary, which will be held Feb. 16, is taking place because three candidates are running to represent District 2. Councilmember Jeff Dworak did not file candidacy papers by the Jan. 5 deadline to retain the seat, but Jeremy John Robillard, Wendy Shelton and Evan Gibbs filed to run.
The top two vote-getters in the primary will face off for the seat in the April 6 general election.
Two other Kewaunee councilpersons on the ballot face challengers. Incumbent Arthur Schiller goes against John Blaha in District 1 and incumbent Joe Mills faces Robin Nelson in District 3.
Also in Kewaunee, Richard Taylor is running unopposed to replace David Kuehl to represent District 4 after Kuehl filed noncandidacy papers.
Voters in the Kewaunee School District will need to write in a candidate for the school board, which has two seats up for election but just one candidate, Bryan Pagel.
Algoma will have two new faces on its City Council because Jacque Wiese and Mitch Groessl are not seeking re-election in District 2 and 3, respectively. Filing papers to replace them are Leah Pierquet in District 2 and Steve Lautenbach in District 3.
Among village races in the county, Luxemburg will have a contested race for president and five candidates vying for three seats on the Village Board, and all incumbents in those seats are running. Current Village President Jack Seidl faces off against challenger Larry Hurley, and trustees Germaine Burkart, Brian Barbiaux and Lori Hurley are running against challengers Ronald Tlachac and Daniel Rueckl.
Among town elections, it's unknown who will become the new town of Franklin chairperson because longtime chair Richard Wochos decided to not seek re-election and no one filed to become a candidate. A write-in candidate will fill the seat.
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Voters in the town of Red River will cast ballots in three contested races, and every seat but treasurer and constable will have a new person occupying it. Current Supervisor 1 Jeff Dorner is unopposed to replace Mike Sampo as chairperson; Paul Dalebroux and John Maas are competing for Dorner's supervisor seat; Steven LeGrave and David Schmidt are running to replace Chuck Kinnard, who's not seeking re-election, as Supervisor 2; and Sandy Monfils and Kasie Schmidt seek to replace Eric Corroy as town clerk.
The town of Ahnapee will have several changes in its elected officials and one contested race, where incumbent Chairperson Gerald Paape is instead running for the Supervisor 1 seat and is being challenged by Danmiel Haas. Tom Stoller, the current Supervisor 1, is unopposed to replace Paape as the new town chair, and Phillip Steffan also is running unopposed to become the new clerk.
Other contested races for chairperson are in the town of Luxemburg, with incumbent chair Linda Jonet and challenger James Reckelberg competing for the position, and West Kewaunee, where Chairperson Dan Kassner faces a rematch with Milt Swagel; Kassner defeated Swagel, who since was elected as a supervisor on the County Board, for the seat in the spring 2019 election.
In the town of Lincoln, incumbent Supervisor 2 Jesse Jerabek is running unopposed to replace Cory Cochart, who did not file papers to run, as town chairperson. Brent Eisenman is running unopposed to fill Jerabek's supervisor seat.
The races on April's ballot are as follows (i = incumbent):
Contact Christopher Clough at 920-741-7952, 920-562-8900 or cclough@doorcountyadvocate.com.
This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Kewaunee Co. spring election: Primary for Kewaunee council, write-in for town chairperson
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