How Did Caledonia Vote? Residents Favored Hovde

With voter turnout at 26 percent, Caledonia faired a little better in voter turnout in the primary election Tuesday than was predicted. The Government Accountability Board predicted voter turnout to be 20 percent, and of the 17,454 registered voters in the Village of Caledonia, 4,547 cast their ballot.

And while the Village followed along the same lines in election results for some of the races, one key race stands out – voters favored Eric Hovde over Tommy Thompson in the U.S. Senate race. Thompson ended up being the top vote getter in that race and he’ll now face Democratic nominee Tammy Baldwin in November.

Another number that stood out was the number of votes cast for Republican nominee Tom Weatherston, who ran unopposed in the primary. He garnered 2,545 votes. However, the winner of the Democratic nomination, Melissa Lemke, received 462 votes.

Here's how Caledonia voted:

62nd Assembly District race (not all of Caledonia is in the district)

3,262 people voted of the 16,807, or 19 percent, of total registered voters cast a ballot in the 62nd Assembly district race.

Democrats

Randy Bryce: 255

Melissa Lemke: 462

Republican

Tom Weatherston: 2,545

U.S. Senate race

4,323 people voted of the 17,454, or 24.7 percent, of total registered voters cast a ballot.

Republicans

Eric Hovde: 1,134

Tommy Thompson: 1,122

Mark Neumann: 746

Jeff Fitzgerald: 662

Democrat

Tammy Baldwin: 659

First Congressional District race

3,739 people voted of the 17,454, or just over 21 percent, of total registered voters cast a ballot.

Republican

Paul Ryan: 3,113

Democrat

Rob Zerban: 626