Midterm Election results from Tuesday, November 3:
Democrat David Crowley won Wisconsin’s governor’s race, defeating Republican Tom Tiffany. Crowley finished with 54 percent, while Tiffany had 45 percent of the vote.
Democrat challenger Mitchell Berman won Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District race defeating Republican incumbent Bryan Steil.
Three questions determined whether to make changes to the state constitution. Voters approved a constitutional amendment that will limit the governor’s partial veto authority, preventing its use to introduce new taxes or fees. The measure passed with 51 percent of the vote.
Voters also decided whether the state government can close a place of worship during a public health emergency. With 52 percent voting no, leaving the Constitution as is. Voters rejected the proposed amendment that would have prohibited the government from shutting down places of worship during a state of emergency.
Voters approved an amendment that will prohibit state and local governments from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any groups based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, public contracting, or public administration.
Democrats won control of the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly.
Democrats have won both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature, setting up single-party control of state government.
In the state Senate, Democrats flipped three seats in the November election, giving them an 18-15 majority, according to preliminary results compiled by The Associated Press.
In the state Assembly, Democrats flipped eight seats and held all their own, giving them a 53-46 majority.
Wisconsin State Representative Rick Gundrum did not seek re-election to a fifth term in the Wisconsin 58th Assembly District. The 58th will have a new representative. Republican Bernie Newman wins the seat. He earned 67 percent of the vote.
Republican incumbent Jim Piwowarczyk wins with 67 percent of the vote in the State Assembly District 98. Piwowarczyk told WTKM that he was anxious to run for a second term.
"I didn't think twice about it, I was excited to run again. If I'm going to do something, I'm going all the way. If I'm going to ask people to donate money and help me knock on doors and get signatures I owe it to them to give one hundred ten percent. I think I had twenty bills passed on the floor during my first term."
Matt Philibert received 33 percent of the vote in the 98th Assembly race.
Lake Mills Area School District voters approved a ballot question that would let the district exceed Wisconsin's state-imposed revenue limit by $2.9 million per year for four years, to cover operating costs. Superintendent Dr. Tonya Olson told WTKM that they ran out of options.
"We got to the point here last year where we had run out of options in terms of finding any revenue source. This is actually the school district's first operational referendum, just to balance the budget."
2,655 voted for it in Lake Mills, while 2,623 voted against it. It's an operational referendum for ongoing school activities, not construction.
56 percent of the residents within the Oconomowoc Area School District voted against an operational referendum, or 11,414. 8,920 voted for it.
Mayville School District’s referendum was approved with 59 percent of the vote. Superintendent Dr. Scott Sabol told WTKM that the referendum is for seven years, at $950,000 per year.
"It will really address more of a preventative plan for facility maintenance. It's to ensure that our buildings are safe, with some safety updates. All of that technology ages out quickly. And it's to update our bus fleet."
It will not become an annual tax increase beyond the override period in Mayville.
A referendum in New Berlin was defeated with 56 percent of the vote. It would have increased the city's annual property tax levy to fund additional police and fire department staffing and related equipment.
Republican incumbent Dan Knodl wins in Assembly District 24 with 54 percent of the vote, while Matt Brown received 46 percent.
Republican Bradley Petersen wins in the Assembly District 59 race with 73 percent of the vote, or 22,111. Jack Holzman had 8,332 votes.
In the 5th Congressional District, Scott Fitzgerald wins with 59 percent of the vote. Andrew Beck received 32 percent.
