Wood County followed historical paths with a heavy Republican Vote in the preliminary unofficial numbers.
Melissa KayeNov 6, 2024, 1:39 AM CST
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (WFHR, WIRI) – The preliminary unofficial numbers for Wood County voters lean heavily to the Republican party. With 50 of 50 precincts reporting, Former President Donald Trump is ahead with 24-thousand 9-hundred 95 votes to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 16-thousand 5-hundred 95. Over 500 votes went to the other Presidential candidates.
Wood County Voters chose Eric Hovde with 23-thousand 6-hundred 60 votes to Tammy Baldwin’s 17-thousand 1-hundred 30. Phil Anderson received 527 and Thomas Leager 481, both Independent candidates.
In the Congressional race for District 3 Derrick Van Orden received 13-thousand 9-hundred 75 votes to Rebecca Cooke’s 10-thousand 2-hundred 28. In CD 7 Tom Tiffany received more Wood County votes than Kyle Kilbourn by a wide margin.
Senator Patrick Testin looks to hold onto State Senate for District 24 with all 19 precincts reporting Testin ahead with over 13-thousand votes to McNamara’s 82-hundred. Representative Scott Krug also ahead for Assembly District 72. Krug has over 13-thousand votes to Campbell’s 82-hundred. John Spiros has won Assembly District 86.
Seven different municipalities voted on whether or not the town board should appoint the person holding the office of Town Clerk and/or Town Treasurer or both. All of them voted yes except the Town of Wood. That passed with a no vote of 240, the yeses weighed in at 231.
The Wisconsin Rapids ATV Ordinance DID NOT PASS. The Ordinance received over 39-hundred YES votes and 48-hundred NOs with all 8 precincts reporting.
Marshfield School District Bonding – PASSED IN WOOD COUNTY with 16/16 Precincts Voting – 6551 YES / 6430 NO. This authorizes the Unified School District of Marshfield, Wood, Marathon, and Clark Counties to issue bonds to pay for a school building and facility improvements.
The Pittsville School District Exceed Revenue also PASSED IN WOOD COUNTY with 11/11 Precincts Voting – 1107 YES / 887 NO. This allows the School Districts of Pittsville, Wood, Jackson, Clark, and Juneau Counties to exceed the revenue limit through 2028. These funds can be used for general operations, including maintaining the educational programs and facility maintenance among other items.
