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WIZMnews.com So, now that the voting is done for this big election, what did you consider the most important issue affecting your vote? One issue that rose to the top quite frequently was ‘high gas prices.’ Does that mean lots of Americans assume the price of filling up your car largely depends on who’s in…

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 Republican Derrick Van Orden has retained his US House seat in Wisconsin’s 3rd District, which includes La Crosse County. With most ballots counted, Van Orden was up on Democrat Rebecca Cooke by about 2.8% or just over 11,000 votes. In La Crosse County, Cooke beat Van Orden by nearly 13% — 40,250 to 31,052.…

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 Sheer numbers from La Crosse County helped Democrats win the four area Wisconsin state Legislature races, but outside the county, the GOP won by more. Democrats won by 55.7 percent in La Crosse County. Republicans won by 59.7% outside it. All four Democratic candidates won their races on Tuesday, including state Assembly Reps. Jill…

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…

WIZMnews.com At 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, Democratic US Sen. Tammy Baldwin is calling game. With counts in Milwaukee County going late into the night and early into the morning, Baldwin votes kept coming in, making up ground on Republican Eric Hovde. With 98.2% reported, Baldwin called the race with a 26,181 vote lead — having 49.3%…

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…