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Treasurer and Supreme Court races bring out primary voters in La Crosse County
Turnout prediction was 12% in county, but total was 14%
Fears of primary voters being discouraged by bad weather may not have come to pass in La Crosse County yesterday.
The turnout for the county’s primary elections was 14%…exceeding the county clerk’s guess of 12%.
Voters overwhelmingly picked treasurer’s office staffer Amy Twitchell over Campbell town treasurer Chad Hawkins in a Democratic primary for La Crosse County treasurer, with Twitchell getting 80% of the votes.
Twitchell goes against Republican Pamela Hollnagel in the spring.
In the state Supreme Court primary, Rebecca Dallet received 45% of the La Crosse County vote, with Michael Screnock getting 31%, and Tim Burns having 24%.
Conservative Screnock led statewide with 46%, and will face Dallet in April.
A West Salem school referendum to reallocate $1.5 million for new school projects passed easily.
Diane Wulf and Dan Stevens were the top candidates in a primary for one Onalaska city council seat.