O'Connor, Plumer win Fond du Lac area State Assembly races; voters approve school district referendums
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FOND DU LAC – Fond du Lac County favored Republican candidates for the contested area State Assembly races Tuesday, as well as three school district referendums.
Several senate and assembly district candidates ran unopposed for districts in the Fond du Lac County area, including incumbents John Jagler in the 13th Senate District, Mark Born in the 39th Assembly District, Alex Dallman in the 41st Assembly District and Michael Schraa in the 53rd Assembly District.
Republican candidate Ty Bodden also ran unopposed for the 59th Assembly race to replace Timothy Ramthun, who did not run for reelection.
In local races, Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt ran unopposed for reelection.
According to the election summary from Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg, 47,086 county residents cast their votes Tuesday.
More:Fond du Lac-area election results
42nd Assembly District
Incumbent Republican Jon Plumer faced Democrat Theresa Valencia for the 42nd Assembly District seat. Both are residents of Lodi.
The 42nd District covers a portion of south-central Wisconsin, including part of Fond du Lac County and the cities of Fox Lake and Lodi.
According to Tuesday's unofficial results, Plumer won Fond du Lac County with 3,399 votes to Valencia's 1,945 votes.
52nd Assembly District
Republican candidate Jerry O'Connor and Democratic candidate Joe Lavrenz faced off for the 52nd Assembly District seat, each seeking to replace Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, who announced in December that he wouldn't run again after representing the district since 2010.
The 52nd District covers central Fond du Lac County, including the city of Fond du Lac.
According to Tuesday's unofficial results, O'Connor won with 15,053 votes to Lavrenz's 9,106.
Referendums
Three area school districts had referendum questions throughout Fond du Lac County ballots for North Fond du Lac, Ripon and Waupun-area schools.
North Fond du Lac posed two questions: one asking to exceed the state's revenue limit for the next few school years by $800,000 per year in the face of a budget shortfall, and one asking for $18.5 million to expand Bessie Allen Middle School and Horace Mann High School.
Voters approved both referendum questions, according to Tuesday's unofficial results.
Ripon School District asked to exceed the revenue limit by $850,000 per year for the next six years to sustain general operations. The referendum passed with 2,472 votes in favor and 1,642 votes opposed.
The Waupun Area School District asked to exceed the revenue limit by $980,000 per year for three years. The referendum passed with 1,572 votes in favor and 1,285 votes opposed.
In addition to the school districts, Moraine Park Technical College asked permission to borrow $55 million for four projects. Two projects would add classrooms and specialized labs, including manufacturing and robotics labs, at the Fond du Lac and West Bend campuses.
The two other projects include a new fire training facility in an undetermined location and a Health & Human Services Facility for Fond du Lac with spaces that simulate real-world clinics and labs.
Fond du Lac County voters were in favor of the referendum with 27,607 votes, though 16,837 voters were opposed.
Bremen Keasey contributed to this report.
Contact Daphne Lemke at dlemke@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @daphlemke.
This article originally appeared on Fond du Lac Reporter: Republican candidates win Fond du Lac area State Assembly races
