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

Lynne A. Fort, Wausau Daily Herald
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Here's your guide to the Aug. 9 primary for the 2022 partisan elections in the Wausau 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 Wausau-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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7th Congressional District

Republican

  • David W. Kunelius II

  • Tom Tiffany (i)

23rd Senate District

Republican

  • Brian Westrate

  • Sandra Scholz

  • Jesse James

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29th Senate District

Republican

  • Brent Jacobson

  • Jon P. Kaiser

  • Cory Tomczyk

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87th Assembly District

Republican

  • James W. Edming (i)

  • Michael Bub

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Marathon County clerk of courts

Republican

  • Kelly Schremp (i)

  • Benjamin Seidler

  • Pam Van Ooyen

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This article originally appeared on Wausau Daily Herald: Wausau-area voters' guide to the Aug. 9 Wisconsin primary election