Rachel Maes and Andrea Gage Lead Primaries for Open Seats on Brown County Board of Supervisors
Wisconsin conducted primaries today for the Boards of Supervisors in Brown, Dane, Milwaukee, and Waukesha Counties.
The nonpartisan primaries occurred today in Wisconsin to select the two candidates advancing to the general election for statewide and county contests this spring. This post will cover the races for the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well as every seat on the Boards of Supervisors in the state’s four most populous counties - Brown, Dane, Milwaukee, and Waukesha.
The general election for all of these races will be held on April 7, 2026. Of the 107 contests detailed below, only seven had competitive primaries today.
Wisconsin Supreme Court:
Court of appeals judges Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor will advance.
Brown County Board of Supervisors:
For District 1, 2025 Green Bay school board candidate Megan Martens and nurse Dawn Schampers will advance.
For District 2, Green Bay city prosecutor Rachel Maes and pastor Luke Farwell will advance with 51.4% (408) and 37.1% (295) against National Guard veteran William Swisher with 11.5% (91). 794 votes counted.
For District 3, incumbent Andy Nicholson will advance unopposed.
For District 4, incumbent Emily Jacobson and Reyes Flores will advance.
For District 5, incumbent Dan Theno will advance unopposed.
For District 6, former Green Bay school board president Eric Vanden Heuvel will advance unopposed.
For District 7, former De Pere Alderperson Sam Dunlop will advance unopposed.
For District 8, incumbent Megan Borchardt and Rexton Manibog will advance.
For District 9, incumbent Patrick Evans will advance unopposed.
For District 10, incumbent John Vander Leest and campground host Pete Borchardt will advance with 56.3% (343) and 24.3% (148) against retail specialist Jon Schultz with 19.4% (118). 609 votes counted.
For District 11, incumbent Patrick Buckley and administrative assistant Dawn Spice will advance.
For District 12, incumbent Kevin Gannon will advance unopposed.
For District 13, incumbent Norbert Dantinne will advance unopposed.
For District 14, appointed incumbent Ronald Vigil and Christopher Welch will advance.
For District 15, appointed incumbent Terry Rentmeester and sales consultant Charles Collier will advance.
For District 16, incumbent David Kaster will advance unopposed.
For District 17, incumbent John Van Dyck will advance unopposed.
For District 18, incumbent Katie McDonald will advance unopposed.
For District 19, attorney Andrea Gage and Army veteran Daniel Ammerman will advance with 53.0% (481) and 40.9% (371) against TSA officer Michael Marschie with 6.1% (55). 907 votes counted.
For District 20, incumbent Devon Coenen will advance unopposed.
For District 21, appointed incumbent Stephen Zeke Przybelski and County Democratic party official Lindsay Prall will advance
For District 22, appointed incumbent Rick Van Lanen and business owner Jacob Toll will advance.
For District 23, incumbent Dixon Wolfe and County Democratic party official Jonathan Zamaites will advance.
For District 24, incumbent Ross Toellner and financial counselor Myra Geraldson will advance.
For District 25, incumbent Tom Lund and Marine veteran Rachael Messerschmidt will advance.
For District 26, incumbent Jim Pyle will advance unopposed.
Dane County Board of Supervisors:
For District 1, incumbent Colin Barushok will advance unopposed.
For District 2, incumbent Heidi Wegleitner and business manager Carlos Rodríguez Lewison will advance.
For District 3, incumbent Analiese Eicher will advance unopposed.
For District 4, incumbent Matt Veldran will advance unopposed.
For District 5, incumbent Henry Fries will advance unopposed.
For District 6, incumbent Yogesh Chawla will advance unopposed.
For District 7, incumbent Erin Welsh and The Arc Executive Director John Fons will advance.
For District 8, incumbent Jeffrey Glazer will advance unopposed.
For District 9, clinical director Simran Arora and Middleton Parks, Recreation & Forestry Commissioner Aria Trucios will advance.
For District 10, incumbent Keith Furman will advance unopposed.
For District 11, incumbent Richelle Andrae will advance unopposed.
For District 12, incumbent Tommy Rylander and 2024 runner-up Sean Burke will advance with 51.4% (600) and 24.8% (289) against community advocate Otis Harris Jr. with 23.8% (278). 1,167 votes counted.
For District 13, incumbent Jay Brower will advance unopposed.
For District 14, incumbent Anthony Gray will advance unopposed.
For District 15, appointed incumbent Amy Larson and 2023/25 Madison common council runner-up Anthony Amato will advance with 61.4% (1,221) and 33.3% (661) against school services consultant Rick Cruz with 5.3% (106). 1,988 votes counted.
For District 16, incumbent Rick Rose and 2021 District 12 board candidate Goodwill Obieze will advance.
For District 17, incumbent Dan Blazewicz will advance unopposed.
For District 18, incumbent Michele Ritt will advance unopposed.
For District 19, incumbent Brenda Yang will advance unopposed.
For District 20, incumbent Jeff Weigand and Token Creek Conservancy member Paula Brandmeier will advance.
For District 21, incumbent Jeffrey Kroning will advance unopposed.
For District 22, DeForest Village school board member Gussie Lewis and 2025 County Executive runner-up Stephen Ratzlaff Jr. will advance.
For District 23, incumbent Chuck Erickson will advance unopposed.
For District 24, incumbent Sarah Smith will advance unopposed.
For District 25, incumbent Dave Boetcher and opinion writer Dick Greffin will advance.
For District 26, incumbent Lisa Jackson and financial analyst Mitch Herl will advance.
For District 27, incumbent Kierstin Huelsemann will advance unopposed.
For District 28, incumbent Michele Doolan and business owner Nathan McGree will advance with 73.1% (978) and 15.6% (208) against Aaron Linas with 11.4% (152). 1,338 votes counted.
For District 29, incumbent Don Postler will advance unopposed.
For District 30, incumbent Patrick Downing and contractor Jeremy Pings will advance.
For District 31, incumbent Jerry Bollig will advance unopposed.
For District 32, incumbent Chad Kemp will advance unopposed.
For District 33, Fitchburg Alderperson Donald Dantzler Jr. will advance unopposed.
For District 34, incumbent Patrick Miles will advance unopposed.
For District 35, incumbent Michael Engelberger will advance unopposed.
For District 36, incumbent David Peterson will advance unopposed.
For District 37, incumbent Kerry Marren and Deerfield Town Supervisor Katie Michel will advance.
Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors:
For District 1, incumbent Anne O’Connor will advance unopposed.
For District 2, incumbent Willie Johnson Jr. will advance unopposed.
For District 3, incumbent Sheldon Wasserman will advance unopposed.
For District 4, incumbent John Eckblad will advance unopposed.
For District 5, fashion designer LeeVan Roundtree Jr. will advance unopposed.
For District 6, incumbent Shawn Rolland will advance unopposed.
For District 7, incumbent Felesia Martin and educator Stacy Smiter will advance.
For District 8, incumbent Steven Shea will advance unopposed.
For District 9, incumbent Patti Logsdon and Franklin school board member Maqsood Khan will advance.
For District 10, incumbent Marcelia Nicholson will advance unopposed.
For District 11, incumbent Kathleen Vincent and former corrections officer Ryan Antczak will advance.
For District 12, incumbent Juan Miguel Martinez will advance unopposed.
For District 13, incumbent Priscilla Coggs-Jones will advance unopposed.
For District 14, incumbent Caroline Gómez-Tom will advance unopposed.
For District 15, incumbent Sky Capriolo will advance unopposed.
For District 16, incumbent Justin Bielinski will advance unopposed.
For District 17, incumbent Steve Taylor will advance unopposed.
For District 18, incumbent Deanna Alexander will advance unopposed.
Waukesha County Board of Supervisors:
For District 1, incumbent Steve Styza will advance unopposed.
For District 2, incumbent Wayne Euclide will advance unopposed.
For District 3, appointed incumbent John Gscheidmeier will advance unopposed.
For District 4, incumbent James Batzko will advance unopposed.
For District 5, appointed incumbent Timothy Dondlinger will advance unopposed.
For District 6, incumbent Jeremy Walz will advance unopposed.
For District 7, incumbent Jacob LaFontain will advance unopposed.
For District 8, incumbent Johnny Koremenos will advance unopposed.
For District 9, incumbent Jim Heinrich and PGIM regional sales coordinator Sean Parkinson will advance.
For District 10, incumbent Terry Thieme will advance unopposed.
For District 11, incumbent Christine Howard will advance unopposed.
For District 12, incumbent Peter Wolff will advance unopposed.
For District 13, incumbent John Leisemann will advance unopposed.
For District 14, Dousman Village Trustee Jack Nissen will advance unopposed.
For District 15, incumbent Robert Kolb will advance unopposed.
For District 16, incumbent Michael Crowley will advance unopposed.
For District 17, incumbent Brian Meier will advance unopposed.
For District 18, incumbent Larry Nelson will advance unopposed.
For District 19, incumbent Darryl Enriquez will advance unopposed.
For District 20, incumbent Thomas Schellinger will advance unopposed.
For District 21, incumbent Joel Gaughan and business owner Joseph O’Brien will advance.
For District 22, National Exchange Bank & Trust Vice President Michael Gryczka will advance.
For District 23, incumbent Keith Hammitt will advance unopposed.
For District 24, appointed incumbent Deb Schroeder and Children’s Hospital outreach coordinator Bruce Kurtz will advance with 50.1% (416) and 25.9% (215) against Neumann Village Trustee Dylan Neumann with 24.0% (199). 830 votes counted.
For District 25, incumbent Darlene Johnson will advance unopposed.