Elections
La Crosse helps area Democrats sweep Wisconsin state Legislature races but GOP wins by more elsewhere
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 Billings (La Crosse, 95th District), Steve Doyle (Onalaska, 94th District) and Tara Johnson (Shelby, 96th District). In the state Senate, Brad Pfaff (Onalaska) also won reelection in District 32.
Votes in La Crosse County for those four candidates saw the Democrats win by 55.7% — 78,888 votes to 62,757.
Outside La Crosse, in a combination of Monroe, Vernon and Trempealeau counties, the Republicans had 59.7% of the 62,592 votes cast for the eight candidates. Those GOP candidates were Stacey Klein (District 32), Ryan Huebsch (94), Cedric Schnitzler (95) and Loren Oldenburg (96).
LA CROSSE COUNTY VOTES
DEMOCRATS: 78,888
REPUBLICANS: 62,757
OUTSIDE LA CROSSE COUNTY (Monroe, Trempealeau, Vernon)
REPUBLICANS: 37,352
DEMOCRATS: 25,240
Mike Hochertz
November 6, 2024 at 4:59 am
The new Gerrymandered maps put forth to manipulate elections.
The policies are what I vote for NOT the party or person.
Bob N.
November 6, 2024 at 8:44 am
Yes, Judge Janet on the Wisconsin Supreme Court made the difference for the Democrats. The word “rigged’ has been deleted from her vocabulary. La Crosse County is the one blue dot on the map, surrounded by red. The local Dem machine here is organized and well-funded. Meanwhile, local Republicans are there in numbers but leadership seems to be missing.
You would think that the Democrats, who control the La Crosse County Board, La Crosse Mayor’s seat and City Council would have more accomplishments to point to, but for several years they made the serious error of spending inordinate amounts of time and money on a political loser–the homeless.
Wilson
November 6, 2024 at 9:40 am
Exactly right Bob! Forget about the Common Good. Forget about the poor, the tired, the huddled masses. What were our country’s founders thinking!?? It really needs to be every Man for himself. You’re a writer of truth. God bless.
Bob N.
November 7, 2024 at 7:16 am
I’ll bet the air is a bit thin up there where you reside, Wilson. After all the millions that the local liberals spent on the squatters, evicting them turned out to be the right thing. Seems they are gone to fend for themselves like the rest of us were taught to do. But, you must miss the “huddled masses”, enabler.
Tom
November 7, 2024 at 8:50 am
The Common Good is in the Constitution which is to be protected by the gov’t with the consent of the governed. The Founding Fathers did not include (nor since through Amendments) your mentions of the poor, the tired, the huddled masses. Those come from a poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty not the Constitution.
Understand the Constitution does not preclude individuals and private organizations from assisting those but said assistance is not in our Constitution.