Here's a Stevens Point-area voters' guide to the Aug. 9 Wisconsin primary election

Lynne A. Fort, Stevens Point Journal
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Here's your guide to the Aug. 9 primary for the 2022 partisan elections in the Stevens Point area. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Primary winners advance to the general election Nov. 8.

There are lots of resources for voters at myvote.wi.gov. You can:

Here's the list of contested primaries for Stevens Point-area voters

(i) denotes incumbent.

Governor

Republican

  • Kevin Nicholson (he has dropped out of the race, though he'll remain on the ballot)

  • Rebecca Kleefisch

  • Timothy Ramthun

  • Adam J. Fischer

  • Tim Michels

Lieutenant governor

Democratic

  • Peng Her

  • Sara Rodriguez

Republican

  • Patrick Testin

  • Will Martin

  • Kyle Yudes

  • Roger Roth

  • David C. Varnam

  • Cindy Werner

  • David D. King

  • Jonathan Wichmann

Attorney general

Republican

  • Eric Toney

  • Karen Mueller

  • Adam Jarchow

Secretary of state

Democratic

  • Doug La Follette

  • Alexia Sabor

Republican

  • Amy Lynn Loudenbeck

  • Jay Schroeder

  • Justin D. Schmidtka

State treasurer

Democratic

  • Aaron Richardson

  • Angelito Tenorio

  • Gillian M. Battino

Republican

  • John S. Leiber

  • Orlando Owens

U.S. senator

Democratic

  • Mandela Barnes

  • Alex Lasry (he has dropped out of the race, though he'll remain on the ballot)

  • Kou C. Lee

  • Sarah Godlewski (she has dropped out of the race, though she'll remain on the ballot)

  • Peter Peckarsky

  • Steven Olikara

  • Darrell Williams

  • Tom Nelson (he has dropped out of the race, though he'll remain on the ballot)

Republican

  • Ron Johnson (i)

  • David Schroeder

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3rd Congressional District

Democratic

  • Rebecca Cooke

  • Mark Neumann

  • Deb Baldus McGrath

  • Brad Pfaff

71st Assembly District

Republican

  • Robert Glisczinski

  • Scott C. Soik

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Portage County sheriff

Democratic

  • Mike Lukas (i)

  • Florian Chojnacki Jr.

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Stevens Point referendum

Shall the City of Stevens Point adopt the following ordinance: Prior to the start of any physical construction of any municipally financed (in whole or in part) public roadway or transportation project requiring a city capital expenditure of $1,000,000.00 or more, the common council shall submit to the electorate a binding referendum for approval of the project. Failure of the binding referendum shall preclude the city from proceeding with the project. The wording of any referendum shall provide the specific purpose, location, and cost of the project. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to preclude the city from exercising its role in the planning or design of such publicly financed projects.

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