Racine County Election Results: Mason Wins New Term

RACINE, WI — With his family at his side, Racine Mayor Cory Mason stood before the crowd gathered at the Red Onion in Downtown Racine to thank his family for their support in his re-election bid for Mayor.

Mason ran for mayor in 2017 for a special election to finish the term of the previous mayor John Dickert. Mason won with the largest share of votes in both the primary and general elections, defeating challenger Sandy Weidner to earn his spot as Mayor. On Tuesday, the longtime State Rep. won his first full term as Mayor. Although he was unopposed on the ballot, Weidner staged a last-minute write-in campaign.

"It's a resounding victory tonight so we're really excited," Mason told Patch.

Mason also told Patch that having a full four-year term is going to mean more time to cast his vision for Racine, including building up the city's middle class, supporting workforce development, promoting sustainability initiatives and continuing to nurture the city's relationship with the Foxconn Electronics Plant currently being built in Racine County.

"It's taken a good year just to learn the job, so to have four full years after having a year-and-a-half to do the work and get better at it, I feel I can really hit the ground running," Mason told Patch. "A four-year term really gives me the space to try to achieve those things on a more scalable timeline."

Hagedorn Says He's The Winner

Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn declared victory early Wednesday morning over liberal challenger Lisa Neubauer in a race that many say is still too close to call.

As of 3 a.m., Wednesday, unofficial vote totals listed Hagedorn as having slightly less than a 5,000 vote lead over Neubauer with about 1.2 million ballots cast. If this slim margin holds, both candidates are expected to brace for a recount.

State Races

State Supreme Court

10-year term

• Brian Keith Hagedorn
• Lisa Neubauer

State Court of Appeals District 2

6-year term

x - Mark Gundrum 23,541

Racine

Racine Mayor

x - Cory Mason 6,072
Total Votes 8,428

Alderperson, District 1
x - Jeff Coe 230
Susan Wagner 164

Alderperson, District 3
x - John Tate, II 389
Ricky S. Jarstad 64

Alderperson, District 5
Steve Smetana 447
x - Jennifer Levie 515

Alderperson, District 7
x - Maurice Horton 444

Alderperson, District 9
Justin L. Coe 193
x - Trevor Jung 576

Alderperson, District 11
x - Mary Land 387

Alderperson, District 13
x - Natalia Taft 222
Christina Seaman 77

Alderperson, District 15
x - Melissa Lemke 722

Caledonia

Caledonia Village President

• Jim Dobbs

Caledonia Village Trustee 1

• Thomas Weatherston
• Jay Benkowski

Caledonia Village Trustee 3

• Kevin Wanggaard

Caledonia Village Trustee 5

• David Prott

Caledonia Village Clerk

• Karie Torkilsen

Mount Pleasant

Village President
2-year term

x - David DeGroot 3,360

Trustee
2-year term

Trustee No. 1

x - John C. Hewitt 3,366

Trustee No. 3

Bruce Hatcher 1,955
x - Sonny Havn 2,194

Trustee No. 5

x - Ram Bhatia 3,522

Sturtevant

President
2-year term

x - Jayme Hoffman 714

Trustee

Vote For Not More Than Three

x - Stuart Ten Cate 401
Kevin Mielcarek 373
x - Mike Rosenbaum 565
x - Kari Villalpando 522

Municipal judge

6-year term, $3,500 salary

x - Robert E. Niemiec 605

RUSD Board

3-year term (3 vacancies)

RUSD-1
x - Amy L. Cimbalnik 748
Jared Bellis 673

RUSD-8
x - Matthew D. Hanser 1,909

RUSD-9
x - Kimberly Hoover 1,753
Anthony J. Hammes 1,365

Racine County

Racine County Executive

x - Jonathan Delagrave 24,441

Racine County Circuit Court Judge Branch 7

Jamie M. McClendon 12,160
x - Jon Fredrickson 18,063