A Kenosha County Board supervisor who currently chairs the board has announced she will not seek office to the District 17 post she has held the last eight years.
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2022 Midterm Election results in Kenosha County
WATCH NOW: Amanda Nedweski wins Wisconsin Assembly District 61 seat
Republican candidate Amanda Nedweski won the race for Wisconsin Assembly District 61 Tuesday, taking the seat formerly held by current County Executive Samantha Kerkman.
Nedweski, of Pleasant Prairie, a county board supervisor for Kenosha County District 16, received 17,538 votes while political newcomer Max Winkels of Burlington received 9,848 votes. Nedweski received 64% of the vote, Winkels 35.94%.
WATCH NOW: Majority of Kenosha County voters favor Wisconsin becoming sanctuary state for gun owners
Kenosha County voters Tuesday night told their state legislators by a close margin that they favored Wisconsin becoming a sanctuary for gun owners.
By a vote of 32,362 to 30,126, or 51.79% to 48.21%, respectively, a majority of county residents sided with an advisory referendum with its basis in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the right to keep and bear arms.
Rebecca Matoska-Mentink wins fifth term for Kenosha County clerk of courts
Rebecca Matoska-Mentink won a fifth term as Kenosha County Clerk of Courts Tuesday night.
Matoska-Mentink, a Democrat, defeated County Supervisor Zach Rodriguez, a Republican. Matoska-Mentink won 52.9% of the vote (34,322) and Rodriguez won 47.01% (30,500), according to unofficial results.
Kenosha Clerk of Courts Rebecca Matoska-Mentik, right, hugs her grandson Lucas Matoska, 2, as her son, Tony Matoska, looks on after winning her election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
City of Kenosha votes overwhelmingly in support for legalizing and taxing marijuana in non-binding referendum
City of Kenosha residents voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in a non-binding referendum in support of legalized, taxed and regulated marijuana.
Residents voted 71.93% (23,952) to 28.07% (9,347), according to unofficial results. The following question appeared on city ballots: “Should marijuana be legalized for adult use, taxed, and regulated like alcohol?”
US President Joe Biden on Thursday pardoned thousands of Americans convicted of marijuana possession in a major new step towards destigmatizing the drug -- and fulfilling a promise to his supporters a month before midterm elections.
WATCH NOW: U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil wins re-election, visits Kenosha County on election night
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, won a third term in U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday night.
Steil, who attended an election night watch party at Parkway Chateau, 12304 75th St., in Kenosha while returns were being counted, expressed his appreciation to the public for supporting him for another term.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, speaks at the Parkway Chateau as Kenosha County Executive Samantha Kerkman looks on after he won reelection on Tuesday.
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