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The 2017 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 4, 2017. The top of the ballot was the election for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. There was also an uncontested election for Wisconsin Supreme Court, three uncontested elections for Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and several other nonpartisan local and judicial elections. There were also a number of local referendums for school funding. The 2017 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held February 21, 2017.
In the election for Superintendent of Public Instruction, incumbent Tony Evers won a third term. He would not complete the term, however, as he was elected Governor of Wisconsin the following year.
State elections
Executive
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers easily defeated challenger Lowell E. Holtz, taking nearly 70% of the vote. Evers' performance in this statewide election would prove useful as he made his case in a crowded Democratic primary field for Governor of Wisconsin in 2018.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Primary Election, February 21, 2017 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Tony Evers (incumbent) | 255,552 | 69.43% | ||
| Nonpartisan | Lowell E. Holtz | 84,398 | 22.93% | ||
| Nonpartisan | John Humphries | 27,066 | 7.35% | ||
| Nonpartisan | Rick Melcher (Write-in) | 377 | 0.10% | ||
| Scattering | 703 | 0.19% | |||
| Total votes | 368,096 | 100.0% | |||
| General Election, April 4, 2017 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Tony Evers (incumbent) | 494,793 | 69.86% | +7.71% | |
| Nonpartisan | Lowell E. Holtz | 212,504 | 30.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan | Rick Melcher (write-in) | 62 | 0.01% | ||
| Scattering | 930 | 0.13% | −0.04% | ||
| Plurality | 282,289 | 39.86% | +17.39% | ||
| Total votes | 708,289 | 100.0% | -11.08% | ||
Judicial
State Supreme Court
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A regularly-scheduled Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held this year. Incumbent Annette Ziegler was unopposed seeking her second ten-year term.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Annette Ziegler (incumbent) | 492,352 | 97.20% | |
| Write-in | 14,165 | 2.80% | ||
| Total votes | 506,517 | 100.0% | ||
State Court of Appeals
Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in 2017. All three were uncontested.
- In District I, Judge William W. Brash III, appointed by Governor Scott Walker in 2015, was unopposed seeking election to his first full term.
- In District II, Judge Brian Hagedorn, also appointed by Governor Scott Walker in 2015, was unopposed seeking election to his first full term.
- In District IV, Rock County Circuit Court Judge Michael R. Fitzpatrick was unopposed in the election to succeed retiring judge Paul B. Higginbotham.
State Circuit Courts
Forty eight of the state's 249 circuit court seats were up for election in 2017. Eleven of those seats were contested. No incumbent judge was defeated in the general election, but Trempealeau County judge Charles V. Feltes was defeated in the February primary. Feltes had been appointed by Governor Scott Walker the previous July.
| Circuit | Branch | Incumbent | Elected | Defeated | Defeated in Primary | ||||
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| Name | Votes | % | Name | Votes | % | Name(s) | |||
| Burnett | Kenneth Kutz | Melissia R. Christianson Mogen | 1,850 | 63.03% | David Grindell | 1,085 | 36.97% | ||
| Columbia | 2 | W. Andrew Voigt | W. Andrew Voigt | 5,024 | 99.31% | ||||
| Dane | 9 | Richard G. Niess | Richard G. Niess | 58,785 | 99.11% | ||||
| 12 | Clayton Kawski | Jill J. Karofsky | 50,585 | 57.54% | Marilyn Townsend | 37,110 | 42.21% | ||
| Dodge | 2 | Martin De Vries | Martin De Vries | 7,988 | 64.09% | Randall E. Doyle | 4,476 | 35.91% | |
| Door | 2 | David L. Weber | David L. Weber | 5,426 | 99.12% | ||||
| Fond du Lac | 5 | Robert Wirtz | Robert Wirtz | 9,140 | 99.66% | ||||
| Grant | 1 | Robert P. VanDeHey | Robert P. VanDeHey | 6,086 | 99.51% | ||||
| Green Lake | Mark Slate | Mark Slate | 1,643 | 99.58% | |||||
| Iron | Patrick J. Madden | Patrick J. Madden | 1,081 | 98.45% | |||||
| Jefferson | 4 | Randy R. Koschnick | Bennett J. Brantmeier | 6,087 | 98.94% | ||||
| Kenosha | 4 | Anthony Milisauskas | Anthony Milisauskas | 10,390 | 99.16% | ||||
| 7 | Jodi L. Meier | Jodi L. Meier | 12,386 | 85.10% | John Anthony Ward | 2,145 | 14.74% | ||
| Manitowoc | 3 | Jerome L. Fox | Bob Dewane | 7,646 | 55.03% | Patricia Koppa | 6,217 | 44.75% | Donald J. Chewning |
| Marathon | 4 | Gregory J. Strasser | Gregory J. Strasser | 12,528 | 99.52% | ||||
| 5 | Michael K. Moran | Michael K. Moran | 12,780 | 99.58% | |||||
| Milwaukee | 1 | Maxine Aldridge White | Maxine Aldridge White | 55,038 | 98.90% | ||||
| 4 | Michael J. Hanrahan | Michael J. Hanrahan | 52,096 | 98.81% | |||||
| 9 | Paul Van Grunsven | Paul Van Grunsven | 51,192 | 98.80% | |||||
| 10 | Vacant | Michelle Ackerman Havas | 52,032 | 98.71% | |||||
| 13 | Mary E. Triggiano | Mary E. Triggiano | 52,348 | 99.02% | |||||
| 18 | Pedro Colón | Pedro Colón | 54,247 | 98.80% | |||||
| 19 | Dennis R. Cimpl | Dennis R. Cimpl | 51,670 | 98.93% | |||||
| 21 | Cynthia Davis | Cynthia Davis | 52,464 | 98.96% | |||||
| 33 | Carl Ashley | Carl Ashley | 52,473 | 99.11% | |||||
| 35 | Frederick C. Rosa | Frederick C. Rosa | 52,864 | 98.89% | |||||
| 36 | Jeffrey Kremers | Jeffrey Kremers | 52,611 | 98.69% | |||||
| 47 | John Siefert | Kristy Yang | 49,342 | 57.20% | Scott A. Wales | 36,705 | 42.55% | ||
| Oconto | 1 | Michael T. Judge | Michael T. Judge | 4,846 | 100.0% | ||||
| Outagamie | 1 | Mark J. McGinnis | Mark J. McGinnis | 14,032 | 100.0% | ||||
| Polk | 1 | Daniel J. Tolan | Daniel J. Tolan | 4,839 | 60.06% | Malia Malone | 3,218 | 39.94% | David D. Danielson |
| 2 | Jeff Anderson | Jeff Anderson | 6,959 | 100.0% | |||||
| Racine | 3 | Emily S. Mueller | Emily S. Mueller | 15,242 | 100.0% | ||||
| Rock | 6 | John M. Wood | John M. Wood | 11,822 | 99.13% | ||||
| Sheboygan | 2 | Kent Hoffmann | Kent Hoffmann | 10,159 | 99.65% | ||||
| 3 | Angela W. Sutkiewicz | Angela W. Sutkiewicz | 10,722 | 99.55% | |||||
| 5 | Daniel Borowski | Daniel Borowski | 10,143 | 99.46% | |||||
| Trempealeau | Charles V. Feltes | Rian W. Radtke | 2,856 | 52.29% | Rick Schaumberg | 2,594 | 47.49% | Charles V. Feltes | |
| Vernon | Michael J. Rosborough | Darcy Rood | 3,253 | 56.43% | Timothy J. Gaskell | 2,512 | 43.57% | ||
| Washington | 1 | James G. Porous | James G. Porous | 10,004 | 99.32% | ||||
| 3 | Todd K. Martens | Todd K. Martens | 8,903 | 73.32% | Robert T. Olson | 3,210 | 26.44% | ||
| Waukesha | 3 | Ralph M. Ramirez | Ralph M. Ramirez | 31,937 | 99.33% | ||||
| 3 | Lloyd V. Carter | Lloyd V. Carter | 30,757 | 99.29% | |||||
| 4 | William Domina | William Domina | 31,326 | 99.31% | |||||
| Waupaca | 1 | Philip M. Kirk | Troy L. Nielsen | 4,522 | 63.74% | Eric D. Hendrickson | 2,568 | 36.19% | |
| Waushara | Guy Dutcher | Guy Dutcher | 2,078 | 100.0% | |||||
| Winnebago | 2 | Scott C. Woldt | Scott C. Woldt | 11,811 | 99.18% | ||||
| 6 | Daniel J. Bissett | Daniel J. Bissett | 11,715 | 99.26% | |||||
Local elections
Madison
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi won re-election without opposition.
Racine
In Racine's special mayoral election, held in October, State Assemblymember Cory Mason was elected to fill the remainder of Mayor John Dickert's unexpired term. Mason topped a six-person primary and went on to defeat Alderman Sandy Weidner in the special election.
School referendums
There were 65 local education-funding referendums on the ballot in the 2017 election. 40 of those referendums passed, awarding the school districts approximately $700 million in additional funding.
References
- Harris, Adam (August 8, 2018). "The Wisconsin Governor's Race Might Be Decided by Education". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- "Canvass Results for 2017 Spring Primary - 2/21/2017" (PDF). Wisconsin State Elections Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- "Canvass Results for 2017 Spring Election - 4/4/2017" (PDF). Wisconsin State Elections Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- "2017 Spring Election Results" (PDF).
- Marley, Patrick (October 18, 2017). "State Rep. Cory Mason wins Racine mayor's race". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- Johnson, Annysa; Crowe, Kevin (April 6, 2017). "Wisconsin voters continue to approve more school referendums as $700 million OK'd this week". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
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