Updated 5 a.m. Wednesday: Once all the ballots were counted, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, walked away from Tuesday’ election with a victory over Democrat Andy Mitchell by more than 8,000 votes in the 63rd Assembly District, which includes the western two-thirds of Racine County. The final tally was 18,771 to 10,487 in favor of Vos.
Updated 5 a.m. Wednesday: In the final unofficial vote tally, Deputy District Attorney Tricia Hanson prevailed over Thomas Binger 51,074 to 36,988 in the race for the Racine County district attorney seat. All other county incumbents were re-elected without opposition.
Updated at 12:15 a.m. Wednesday: With several precincts in the cities of Racine and Mount Pleasant still pending, Tricia Hanson has a commanding lead over Thomas Binger in the race to succeed Racine County District Attorney Richard Chiapete. Hanson was leading 44,030 to 27610 with 52 of 67 precincts counted. Hanson has served as deputy district attorney under Chiapete, who decided not to seek re-election.
Updated at 10:30 p.m.: With 11 of 15 precincts counted in Racine County Assembly Speaker Robin Vos held a 2-to-1 margin over his Democratic challenger Andy Mitchell. Vos, a multi-term Republican from Rochester, has been elected to the Assembly since 2004 and was elected Assembly Speaker in 2013 and 2015.
Updated at 5:50 p.m.: Doing a quick check around the area, there were indications of a very strong turnout for this election.
At 1:30 p.m. in the City of Burlington, about 2,700 of about 6,000 voters had already registered their ballots (including most if not all absentee ballots). At shortly after 4 p.m. in the Village of Waterford, about 2,400 of about 3,500 registered voters had gone through.
At 4:45 p.m. in Union Grove, more than 2,000 ballots had been registered in Union Grove with registered voters sitting at about 2,500. For Yorkville, close to 1,600 ballots had been cast.
Racine County had 91 percent voter turnout during the 2012 presidential election. Predictions for this year’s statewide turnout is about 70 percent, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
General voting information
Polls throughout the area opened at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Those who are in line at their polling place before 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote, according to the Wisconsin Election Commission.
Voters are reminded that Wisconsin’s Voter ID law is in effect and they will be required to show an approved photo ID before receiving a ballot.
While the ballot is topped by the heated and controversial race for president between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, at least one local issue will be decided in today’s election — the Burlington Community Pool referendum for City of Burlington voters. The advisory referendum asks voters if they support the city spending up to $5.4 million to build a new pool to replace the 50-year-old facility at Devor Park.
Also on the ballot is the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Russ Feingold along with several area state Assembly races.
Voters are advised to check with the clerk in their municipalities for specific questions regarding today’s election.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is predicting that 3.1 million people will cast ballots in the General Election. That’s 69.6 percent of Wisconsin’s 2016 voting-age population of 4,449,170, according to census estimates.
“We project turnout will be similar to the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, which was 2,996,869 (69.2 percent) and 3,080,628 (70.4 percent),” said Michael Haas, Wisconsin’s chief elections official. “We typically look at history for guidance in predicting turnout. We expect turnout for this election to be similar to previous presidential elections.”
Because of the anticipated heavy turnout, results may be posted later than usual.
Readers should check back here after polls close for local results from the election.
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