Here's an Appleton-area voters guide for the April 2 election in the Fox Valley

Peter Frank, Green Bay Press-Gazette
Updated ·5 min read

Here’s your guide to contested races in the April 2 election in the Appleton area. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

There are lots of resources for voters at myvote.wi.gov. You can:

Here’s the list of contested races:

(i) denotes incumbent.

Presidential preference primary

Democratic Party

  • Joe Biden (i)

  • Dean Phillips

Republican Party

  • Chris Christie

  • Vivek Ramaswamy

  • Nikki Haley

  • Donald Trump

State referendum

  • QUESTION 1: “Use of private funds in election administration. Shall section 7 (1) of article III of the constitution be created to provide that private donations and grants may not be applied for, accepted, expended, or used in connection with the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum?”

  • QUESTION 2: “Election officials. Shall section 7 (2) of article III of the constitution be created to provide that only election officials designated by law may perform tasks in the conduct of primaries, elections, and referendums?”

Appleton Common Council (two-year terms)

  • District 4: Martyn Smith and Virgil Van Asten

  • District 14: Incumbent Christopher Croatt and challenger Everett O'Malley

Buchanan Town Board (two-year terms)

  • Supervisor 2: Incumbent Paul Knuppel and challenger Jennifer Rottier

  • Supervisor 4: Tom Meyer and Greg Spranger

Fox Crossing Village Board (two-year term)

  • Trustee 3: Incumbent Gregory Ziegler and challenger Nicholas Gebert

Grand Chute Town Board (two-year terms)

Harrison Village Board (two-year terms)

  • Trustees (3): Incumbents Mike Brantmeier, Scott Handschke and Mark Van Hefty and challengers Joe Mueller and Pete Stier

Kaukauna city attorney (two-year term)

  • Incumbent Kevin Davidson and challenger Timothy Greenwood

Kaukauna Common Council (two-year term)

  • District 1: Incumbent Jennie Eggleston and challenger Will Terry

Menasha mayor (four-year term)

  • Austin Hammond and Rebecca Nichols

More: Hammond raises nearly $12,000 and Nichols nearly $8,000 ahead of Menasha mayoral election

Menasha Common Council (two-year terms)

  • District 2: Incumbent Rosita Eisenach and challenger Sandra Dabill Taylor

  • District 8: Incumbent Randy Ropella and challenger Joshua School

Neenah Common Council (three-year terms)

Outagamie County Board (two-year terms)

  • District 10: Incumbent Christine Lamers and challenger Tom Mischler

  • District 14: Incumbent Timothy Hermes and challenger Paul Cooney

  • District 18: Incumbent Cathy Spears and challenger Mike Thomas

  • District 19: Incumbent Chad Cooke and challenger Jayme Heiser

  • District 20: Incumbent Joe Santonato and challenger Mark Mitchell

  • District 26: Incumbent Sarah Weinberg and challenger June Johnson

Calumet County Board (two-year terms)

  • District 3: Incumbent Emily Voight and challenger Mark Gabriel

  • District 9: James Femal and Anne Machesky

  • District 11: Incumbent Joel Clark and challenger James Lowey

  • District 20: Incumbent Kenneth Irwin and challenger Brian Kolb

SCHOOL BOARDS

Freedom School District referendum

Shall the Freedom Area School District, Outagamie County, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $62,500,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of a school building and facility improvement project consisting of: construction of additions and/or renovations at the Middle-High School, including for technical education, music education, classrooms/labs, safety improvements, a cafeteria/kitchen and a fitness center; construction of a greenhouse for agriculture education; district-wide capital maintenance and site improvements; and acquisition of furnishings, fixtures and equipment?

Kaukauna Board of Education (three-year terms)

  • Board members (2): Incumbents Sally Jo Feistel and Josh Karl and challengers Mike Campbell and Samantha Hoffer

Kimberly Board of Education (three-year terms)

  • Board members (3): Incumbents Ammie Ebben and Mary Pribbenow and challengers Jessica Bowden and Carrie Van Thiel

Neenah Board of Education (three-year terms)

  • Board members (3): Incumbent Brian Epley and challengers Alex Corrigan, Susan Garcia Franz, Chari Long, Jeb Pfeifle and Roxanne Schwandt-Knutson. Incumbent Kristian Sahr lost in the primary, and incumbent David Williams didn't seek reelection.

More: Here's who's behind latest mailers, attack ads in the Neenah school board election

Seymour School District referendum

Shall the Seymour Community School District, Outagamie and Shawano Counties, Wisconsin be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $3,800,000 for the 2024-2025 school year, by $5,200,000 for the 2025-2026 school year, and by $6,000,000 for the 2026-2027 school year, for non-recurring purposes consisting of operational and maintenance expenses, including expenses related to staffing and to maintain programs and services?

Winnebago County Circuit Court judge (six-year term)

  • Branch 1: LaKeisha Haase and Michael Rust. Incumbent Teresa Basiliere didn't seek reelection.

Primary preview: Meet the 3 candidates vying for Winnebago County Circuit Court Branch 1 judge in the spring primary

Winnebago County Board (two-year terms)

  • District 2: Jake Ackmann and Kristl Laux

  • District 5: Incumbent Kay Horan and challenger Stefanie Holt

  • District 6: Jason Kraayvanger and Lucas Reinke

  • District 7: Incumbent Betsy Ellenberger and challenger Kate Hancock-Cooke

  • District 10: Incumbent Bryan Stafford and challenger Timothy Jacobson

  • District 11: Tim Paterson and Jeffery Schettl

  • District 15: Incumbent E. Michael Robinson and challenger Amber Lynn Gilbertson

  • District 16: Robert Knudsen and Christian Mueller

  • District 19: Incumbent Joshua Belville and challenger Larry Lautenschlager

  • District 20: Timothy Macho Sr. and Eric Vlach

  • District 21: Incumbent John Hinz and challenger Jeff Lawrence

  • District 24: Incumbent Andy Buck and challenger Sarah Nelson

  • District 25: Incumbent Karen Powers and challenger Scott Perzentka

  • District 29: Incumbent George Bureau and challenger Benjamin Frank

  • District 32: Frank Frassetto and Robert Keller

  • District 34: Incumbent Edward Jeziorny and challenger Tim O'Brien

This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Appleton-area voters guide for the April 2 election in Fox Valley