Voters in the Wausau area decided contested races for the Wisconsin State Senate and State Assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 3, returning several incumbents and electing two new faces.
In Senate District 23, Romaine Quinn defeated Jeff Foster, 43,346 votes to 23,764, or 64.6% to 35.4%. In Senate District 29, incumbent Cory Tomczyk defeated Gillian Battino, 42,021 to 33,704, or 55.5% to 44.5%.
In the Assembly, incumbent Calvin Callahan won District 35 over Elizabeth McCrank, 16,887 to 9,906, and incumbent Karen Hurd won District 69 with 11,356 votes against Roger Halls with 4,705 and Josh Kelley with 876.
The biggest local change came in District 85, where Wausau resident John Kroll defeated Pat Snyder, 12,377 votes to 45.9% for Snyder, or 54.1% of the vote. Snyder had held the seat for five terms, first elected in 2016. Kroll, 43, previously served on the Marathon County Board of Supervisors.
Incumbent John Spiros won District 86 over Andy Wuethrich, 16,760 to 10,477, for a term that follows seven previous terms in the seat. In District 87, incumbent Brent Jacobson defeated Bob Look, 15,933 to 12,313.
