Wausau will have a new mayor

Doug Diny defeats incumbent mayor Katie Rosenberg and other election results

Doug Diny at his election party at Bull Falls Tuesday. Diny was elected mayor of Wausau over Katie Rosenberg.

Doug Diny pulled up to his election night party around 7:45 pm, huddling through the snowy night into Bull Falls Brewery, where supporters such as former mayor Jim Tipple awaited him. He was focused on his phone, where info about some challenges with ballots were reaching him.

It’s there Diny learned later that evening that he became the next mayor of Wausau after a contentious race that saw record amount of spending, including from outside groups in support of both candidates.

Diny defeated Katie Rosenberg 5,222 votes to 4,798 to become Wausau’s next mayor following his first term as city council member.

Here is a short Wausonian interview with Diny prior to the election results coming in. (Rosenberg’s party was closed to the public and press, a first for this reporter):

The full results

City Council

District 1: Carol Lukens (I) defeated Catherine Kronenwetter 713-436

District 4: Tom Neal defeated Deb Weiss 660-214

District 5: Gary Gisselman (I) defeated Orlando Alfonso 374-292

District 6: Becky McElhaney (I) defeated Bronson Lobato 890-357

District 8: Sarah Watson (I) defeated Josh Dirks 317-299

District 9: Victoria Tierney defeated Dawn Herbst (I) 410-359

County Board

District 1: John Kroll defeated Ken Tokarz 669-500

District 3: Kody Hart (I) defeated Jo Ann Egelkrout 244-188

District 5: Gary Gisselman (I) defeated Orlando Alfonso 371-300

District 6: Stacey Morache (I) defeated Jeff Johnson 799-560

District 7: Deb Hoppa defeated Alex Eichten 444-415

District 10: Randy Radtke defeated Donna Krause (I) 362-260

District 11: Randy DeBroux (I) defeated Bruce Trueblood 454-405

District 14: Rick Seefeldt (I) defeated Ken Charneski 538-286

District 15: Randy Fifrick defeated Joel Straub 377-285

District 16: Bill Conway defeated Tony Sherfinski (I) 255-254

District 23: Chris Voll defeated David Baker (I) 398-359

District 32: Kurt Gibbs (I) defeated Cindy Beaty 418-350

District 36: Scott Poole defeated Fred Schaefer 530-441

District 38: Brandon Jensen defeated Jon Fisher 860-335

Boards

Kronenwetter board: Aaron Myszka (914), Cindy Lee Buchowski-Hoffmann (795) and Ken Charneski (I) (748) were elected out of six candidates to the board Tuesday.

Rothschild Board: Bill Schremp (I) (717), Deb Ehster (I) (548) and Dan Hegelson (I) (419) were elected to the board from five total candidates.

Wausau School Board: Patrick McKee (I) (6,864), Jane Rusch (5,834) and Sarah Marie Brock (5,787) were elected among six candidates to the Wausau School Board.

You can also watch our election night coverage here.

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