8 photos from the end of voting and the counting of ballots in Racine County Tuesday
Write-in ballots were counted on the floor in Burlington minutes after the final voters across the county scrambled to make it to their polling places on time in order to participate in our republic.
End of the day
Poll watchers, who at the beginning of the day but were provided chairs within a couple hours, prepare to end their day at Festival Hall in the City of Racine late Tuesday.
Cutting it close
Miketra Larry fills out her ballot while one of her sons, Illijah, 7, gets distracted by something off to the left in the final 20 minutes of voting at Festival Hall in Racine Tuesday evening.
The final voter, the final sticker
Poll worker Scott Kinderman hands 3-year-old Areyah a sticker after her mom, Zsara Thomas, at center, was the final person to cast a ballot in Festival Hall in the City of Racine Tuesday. "I'm just glad to see the engagement," Kinderman, 53, who has been a poll worker about a half-dozen times, said of what he saw as a high turnout Tuesday. "I've voted since I was 19 and I haven't missed one. It's important that I provide the opportunity (to vote) to others."
Burlington poll workers sort ballots in a state legislative race with two write-in challengers
Burlington polling place worker Ashley Adams, far right, directs traffic Tuesday as workers sort out ballots Tuesday on a raised platform inside Veterans Terrace, including, from left, Judi Adams, Heather Christenson and Kimberly Trakas-Lois.
Ashley Adams and Kimberly Trakas-Lois use the floor to count ballots in Burlington
Poll workers Ashley Adams, left, and Kimberly Trakas-Lois use the floor to sort and count ballots following Tuesday's election inside Veterans Terrace in Burlington.
Kimberly Trakas-Lois helps count ballots at Veterans Terrace in Burlington
Poll worker Kimberly Trakas-Lois kneels on the floor inside Veterans Terrace in Burlington while she and other workers organize and count ballots in Tuesday's elections.
Syed Haque
Syed Haque helps count the first batch of election ballots for Racine County in the 2022 midterm elections Tuesday night inside the county clerk's office within the Racine County Courthouse.
Jean Halling and Joyce Mattner
Joyce Mattner, left, and Jean Halling help count the first batch of election ballots for Racine County in the 2022 midterm elections Tuesday night within the Racine County Courthouse.
In statewide races on Tuesday, Wisconsin’s voters again showed themselves to be incredibly purple. According to the unofficial preliminary counts, Wisconsin elected two Democrats (Gov. Tony Evers, Attorney General Josh Kaul) and one Republican (U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson) in narrowly decided statewide races.
But in Wisconsin’s Assembly, made up of 99 state representatives all of whom were up for election Tuesday, the state looks much redder. After Tuesday’s votes were counted, it appears 64 Republicans and 35 Democrats were elected — although several races are within the margin where recounts could be coming.
