In photos: Election Day in the City of Racine
From Festival Hall to a community center to a school while classes are in session: Voters are making their voices heard at the ballot box today.
Senator Tammy Baldwin stopped at the Racine County Democratic Party headquarters on Election Day Tuesday. She is shown chatting with Mayor Cory Mason.Â
Anthony Hammes, candidate for Wisconsin State Assembly, District 62, visited the headquarters of the Racine County Democratic Party on Tuesday.Â
Racine City Hall Room 207 is functioning as central county for Tuesday's election. All absentee ballots were brought to the tables for processing. City Clerk Tara McMenamin explained the process paired members from different political parties to form a team. People who were not affiliated with a political party worked together. Shown here: Michelle Cook, left, and Ellen Nuechterlein work together to process absentee ballots.
Voters wait for the polls to open for the general election at Festival Hall in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
TED ANDERSEN shows his ID card to a poll worker before voting in the general election at Festival Hall in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022. Democratic Party election observers are right, rear.
An attorney with the Department of Justice, left, interviews Adam Kingsley, a poll watcher for the Democratic Party, in Festival Hall Tuesday morning.
Working voting check-in at Festival Hall Tuesday morning are, from left to right sitting at the table: Megan O'Driscoll, Thomas Karkow, Maureen Reisner, and Maria Herrera.
A voter carries her ballot to the tabulating machines during the general election at Festival Hall in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
KAREN WEISS votes in the general election at Festival Hall in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
KAREN WEISS votes in the general election at Festival Hall in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
JAMES SLAASTED votes in the general election at Festival Hall in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
Election observers from both major political parties sit in a designated area during the general election the Dr. John Bryant Community Center in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
Election observers from both major political parties sit in a designated area during the general election the Dr. John Bryant Community Center in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
Poll workers look at a computer screen as a voter checks in during the general election the Dr. John Bryant Community Center in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
Students look in at voters as they wait for school to open at Julian Thomas Elementary School during the general election in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
Students arrive for school during the general election at Julian Thomas Elementary School in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
Students arrive for school during the general election at Julian Thomas Elementary School in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
Students arrive for school during the general election at Julian Thomas Elementary School in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
KATELIN OLIVER votes in the general election. at the Village Center in the Village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022. Her children CLAIRE OLIVER, 2, and SILAS OLIVER, 10 months, are with her.
Ballots are cast at Tyler-Domer Community Center during the general election in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
the general election at Festival Hall in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022.
Racine, Wisconsin was one of two Wisconsin cities to which the United States Department of Justice sent two Federal Election Monitors to monitor the general election. They are shown at Festival Hall in downtown Racine Tuesday November 8, 2022.
A poll worker looks on as KEN BROWN, Chairman of the Republican Party of Racine County, and party member THERESA DIXON show poll workers that the designated area for election observers is farther away from check-in desks than it should be at Tyler-Domer Community Center during the general election in Racine, Wisconsin Tuesday November 8, 2022. BROWN brought a tape measure with him.
Areas of the floor in Festival Hall were taped off to indicate where poll watchers would be allowed to stand and observe. From left to right: Ron Jolly and Adam Kingsley, who are observing for the Democratic Party, and Michelle Schmidt and Jeff Poquette.
Election observers, including Adam Kingsley of the Democratic Party pictured here, are told they must remain within the blue-taped area during the general election at Festival Hall in Racine.
Working voting check-in at Festival Hall Tuesday morning are, from right to left sitting at the table: Megan O'Driscoll, Thomas Karkow, Maureen Reisner, and Maria Herrera.
An attorney with the Department of Justice, left, interviews Adam Kingsley, a poll watcher for the Democratic Party, in the City of Racine's Festival Hall during Election Day Tuesday morning. Racine was one of two Wisconsin cities to which the United States Department of Justice sent federal election monitors to monitor the general election; the other was Milwaukee.
A man pulled a knife and demanded poll workers "stop the voting" at a polling place Tuesday afternoon, the West Bend Police Department reported.
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.
