Election results

Voters across the country cast ballots in federal, statewide and local races in the Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, General Election.

U.S. President

Republican former President Donald J. Trump defeated Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in his bid to return to the White House after losing his 2020 reelection campaign to current Democratic President Joe Biden.
With roughly 99% of votes counted, Trump carried the Badger State with approximately 49.7% of the vote. Harris garnered about 48.8%.
In Lincoln County, Trump tallied 10,631 votes (61.4%), while Harris received 6,306 (36.4%), according to preliminary results from the Lincoln County Clerk’s Office.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ran on the We the People ticket before ultimately dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump, received 119 votes in Lincoln County after his legal efforts to be removed from Wisconsin ballots were unsuccessful. Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate Claudia De la Cruz and Justice for All candidate Cornell West garnered nine and eight votes in the county, respectively, while 44 votes went to Jill Stein of the Wisconsin Green Party. Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver received 36 votes. Randall Terry of the Constitution Party tallied 33 votes.
A total of 23 write-in votes were cast.

Eyes were on pivot counties, like Lincoln County, Wis.

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Did you know that—according to Ballotpedia, an online encylopedia of American politics [Ballotpedia.com]—Lincoln County, Wis., was considered a pivot county in the 2024 Presidential election, and the eyes of the nation were upon us?

“Pivot Counties are the 206 counties nationwide Ballotpedia identified as having voted for Barack Obama (D) in the 2008 and 2012 Presidential elections and Donald Trump (R) in 2016,” the site said. “Media and political observers sometimes refer to these counties as swing counties.”
“Ballotpedia defined Pivot Counties Trump won in 2020 as Retained Pivot Counties and those Joe Biden (D) won as Boomerang Pivot Counties,” the site further said. “As of November 6, 2024, there were 169 Pivot Counties across 27 states that Trump won in 2020 and 2024. There were two Pivot Counties—one each in Vermont and Connecticut—that Trump won in 2020 and Harris won in 2024. There were 14 Pivot Counties across 10 states that voted for Trump in 2016, Biden in 2020, and Trump in 2024. There were seven Pivot Counties across six states that voted for Trump in 2016, Biden in 2020, and Harris in 2024.”
Fourteen pivot counties were still uncalled as of their site update on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2024.
In their analysis of counties in states won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012, Donald Trump won in Lincoln County in this 2024 Presidential election by a 25.2% margin of victory. He also won in Lincoln County by a 22.77% margin of victory in the 2020 election, despite losing Wisconsin overall. And in 2016, Trump won in Lincoln County by a 20.6% margin of victory. That’s a 4.6% increase in his margin of victory in Lincoln County alone from the 2016 election to the 2024 election.
Barack Obama won the Lincoln County vote in the 2008 Presidential Election by a 12.48% margin of victory, and again in the 2012 Presidential election, but that time by a much slimmer .71% margin of victory.
Lincoln County wasn’t the only county in Wisconsin being closely watched in this Presidential race. Eyes were also on Adams, Buffalo, Columbia, Crawford, Door, Dunn, Forest, Grant, Jackson, Juneau, Kenosha, Lafayette, Marquette, Pepin, Price, Racine, Richland, Sauk, Sawyer, Trempealeau, Vernon, and Winnebago Counties in the Dairy State.

U.S. Senate

Incumbent U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) narrowly defeated her Republican challenger, Eric Hovde, by a roughly 49.4% to 48.5% margin to retain her seat.
According to preliminary results, Hovde was the top vote-getter in Lincoln County, tallying 10,119 votes (58.4%) to Baldwin’s 6,527 (38%).
Disrupt the Corruption candidate Phil Anderson and Thomas Leager of the America First Party received 225 votes and 170 votes in the county, respectively.

Six write in-votes were cast in Lincoln County.

U.S. House of Representatives

In Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District, incumbent Republican Tom Tiffany emerged victorious over Democratic challenger Kyle Kilbourn. Approximately 274,000 votes (about 64%) went to Tiffany. Kilbourn garnered about 157,000 votes (roughly 35%).
Lincoln County voters supported Tiffany by an 11,125-vote to 5,738-vote (roughly 64.2% to 33.2%) margin, according to preliminary results.
Lincoln County saw 11 write-in votes cast.

State referendum

A referendum seeking to amend language in the State Constitution to say “only” U.S. citizens can vote in Wisconsin elections was approved by a roughly 70.5% to 29.5% margin.
According to preliminary results, in Lincoln County, 12,972 votes (about 75%) were cast in support, while 3,110 voters (roughly 18%) were opposed.
There were 1,219 undervotes on the referendum question, accounting for about 7% of ballots cast.

State Senate

State Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk) will represent Wisconsin’s 12th Senate District for another term after besting her Democratic opponent, Andi Rich. Approximately 75,000 votes went to Felzkowski (about 68%), while Rich tallied just fewer than 36,000 votes (roughly 32%).
Preliminary results showed that Felzkowski carried Lincoln County by an 11,422-vote to 5,302-vote (approximately 66% to 31%) margin.
Eight write-in votes were cast in the county.

State Assembly

In Wisconsin’s 35th Assembly District, incumbent Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) took down Democratic challenger Elizabeth McCrank. Callahan tallied just fewer than 25,000 votes (approximately 68%), while roughly 11,800 votes (about 32%) went to McCrank.

Callahan emerged as the top vote-getter in Lincoln County, tallying 10,871 votes (about 63%) to McCrank’s 5,788 (roughly 33%).
Seven write-in votes were cast in Lincoln County, preliminary results showed.

Lincoln County District Attorney

Democratic Lincoln County District Attorney Kristopher Ellis was unchallenged in his bid to return to the post. Ellis received 10,895 votes.
Lincoln County voters cast 504 write-in votes.

Lincoln County Clerk

Republican Christopher Marlowe will serve another term as Lincoln County Clerk after running unopposed. A total of 13,948 ballots were cast for Marlowe.
According to preliminary results, 227 write-in votes were cast.

Lincoln County Treasurer

Republican Lincoln County Treasurer Robbin Gigl will return to the post after running for reelection unchallenged. Gigl received 13,782 votes, according to preliminary results.
A total of 140 write-in votes were cast.

Lincoln County Register of Deeds

Republican Lincoln County Register of Deeds Sarah Koss did not face an opponent in her bid to return to the position. Preliminary results showed that Koss tallied 14,016 votes.
Lincoln County voters cast 133 write-in votes.