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WIZMnews.com Voters passed the School District of La Crosse $53.5 million referendum Tuesday. The plan to build a new elementary school and update another passed with 60.9% of the 34,240 votes. La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, will be on WIZM’s La Crosse Talk in the 6 a.m. hour on Wednesday. Listen on the…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts. With a win in Wisconsin,…

WIZMnews.com Republican Rep. Brad Finstad won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing all of southern Minnesota on Tuesday. Finstad defeated Democrat Rachel Bohman with about 60% of the vote. Finstad is a New Ulm native, who was running for his second full term in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District. Bohman is a Rochester native, who…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats came out of Tuesday’s elections with substantial gains in the Wisconsin Legislature under new district boundaries, setting them up for a run for a majority in two years. Democrats had high hopes that the maps would enable them to get control of the state Assembly for the first time…

WIZMnews.com Democrat Steve Doyle has defended his District 94 Assembly seat. Doyle narrowly beat Republican Ryan Huebsch by about 200 votes — 18,435 to 18,218. Doyle won La Crosse County with 51.5% of the vote — 16,963 to 15,958. In Trempealeau County, Huebsch had 788 more votes — Doyle 1,472 to Huebsch 2,260. Because the…

WIZMnews.com Wisconsin voters approved a Republican-written constitutional amendment in Tuesday’s elections that changed one word regarding citizens voting. The Wisconsin Constitution states that every U.S. citizen, who is at least 18, can vote. The amendment revises that language to read that only U.S. citizens can vote in federal, state and local elections held in Wisconsin.…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional Democratic Party chair, William Garcia, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk PM, working in sci-fi and politics as the fall election cycle comes to an end. Garcia was a good sport to come on and have a conversation that would remain relevant, even after Election Day…

WIZMnews.com Democrat Brad Pfaff has won reelection in Wisconsin’s state Senate. Pfaff retains the 32nd District for a second term, winning with 52.3% of the 100,713 votes cast over Republican Stacey Klein. Pfaff won 52,695 to 47,906. For the past two years, Republicans had held a supermajority in the state Senate, but Pfaff’s win has…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Assembly Rep. Jill Billings has won reelection. The Democrat from La Crosse defeated Cedric Schnitzler with 52.1% of the vote, winning 16,420 to 15,068. In La Crosse County, Billings had 59.1% of the 21,405 votes cast, winning there 12,659 to 8,704. In Monroe County, Schnitzler had 6,364 votes to Billings 3,761. Billings,…

WIZMnews.com Democrat Tara Johnson has unseated Republican incumbent Loren Oldenburg in Wisconsin’s 96th Assembly District. Johnson won with 51% of the 32,490 votes cast for the two candidates. Johnson won 16,578 to 15,912. “Our campaign has been about listening, bringing people together and advocating for solutions to the challenges people of this beautiful new district…