The election is Tuesday. Here are contested races for Manitowoc County voters and how to vote.

Alisa M. Schafer, Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
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Voters cast their ballots at the Lincoln Park Fieldhouse poll during the election primary, Tuesday, August 9, 2022, in Manitowoc, Wis.
Voters cast their ballots at the Lincoln Park Fieldhouse poll during the election primary, Tuesday, August 9, 2022, in Manitowoc, Wis.

MANITOWOC - Midterm elections are Tuesday. Here's what you need to know to navigate the polls.

County-level races and referendums

There is one contested race in Manitowoc County — Clerk of Circuit Court. Incumbent Lynn Zigmunt is running as a Democrat and challenger April Higgins is running as a Republican.

You can read their candidate profiles here.

April Higgins (left) and Lynn Zigmunt are facing off in the Nov. 8 elections for the Manitowoc County clerk of courts position.
April Higgins (left) and Lynn Zigmunt are facing off in the Nov. 8 elections for the Manitowoc County clerk of courts position.

Other Manitowoc County races include the offices of sheriff and coroner. Sheriff Dan Hartwig is running unopposed for his second term and Coroner Curt Green is running unopposed for his fourth term.

Two Rivers voters will also find a referendum included in their ballot from the Two Rivers Public School District. If approved, the school district would use the $38.7 million to expand L.B. Clarke Middle School and update safety and technology needs throughout the district.

The referendum is expected to increase the property taxes by $49 for each $100,000 of property value, which would bring the projected 2022 tax mill rate from $8.43 to $8.92 per $1,000 of property value.

Three towns in Manitowoc County will also have a referendum. The towns of Gibson, Kossuth and Schleswig will ask voters if the people holding the positions of town clerk and town treasurer should be appointed by the town board of each respective community. In the past, those positions have been filled through elections.

Statewide races

The biggest race of Tuesday's election is for Wisconsin governor between Democratic incumbent Tony Evers and challengers Tim Michels and Joan Ellis Beglinger. Michels has registered as Republican and Beglinger as independent.

MORE: Here's a Manitowoc-area voters' guide to the Nov. 8 Wisconsin election

For the 2nd Assembly District, Republican incumbent Shae Sortwell is running against Democratic challenger Renee Gasch.

District 2 includes large portions of southern Brown County, including most of the city of De Pere, and northern Manitowoc County, including the city of Two Rivers.

In District 25, Republican Paul Tittl is running unopposed for a sixth term. He was first elected in 2012.

Voters in the northern part of the county will also see a race for the 1st State Senate District between Republican incumbent André Jacque and Democratic challenger Andrea Gage-Michaels.

Other statewide races include those for attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer and U.S. senator.

You can find a full list of races on the Manitowoc County ballot here.

Voting info and polls

Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Voters must be registered and present a photo ID, such as a driver's license. Registration is available at each polling location. To register, people will need to provide proof of residence with a utility bill, bank statement, driver's license, etc.

To find polling locations and more information about what will be on the ballot, visit myvote.wi.gov or call your local clerk's office.

Contact Alisa Schafer at aschafer@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @AlisaMSchafer.

This article originally appeared on Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: Wisconsin midterm: Manitowoc County ballot for Nov. 8, 2022, election