Tuesday’s primary election results

Metro Wire Staff

WIth 100 percent of precincts reporting, three area races have been narrowed down to for the April ballot.

For Portage Co. Executive, incumbent Chris Holman came in last in the three-way race with Eric Olson and Johnson Pavelski. Olson brought in 3,323 votes and Pavelski earned 3,163. Holman, a first-term County Executive, has been eliminated from the spring election with only 2,601 votes.

Charles Grugel loses the primary for Portage County Board, District 14 with 63 votes. Edward H. Morganroth Jr., earned 122 votes, and Pat Keller brought in 116 votes. All three are newcomers.

The top eight of nine candidates move forward in the Board of Education:

Barb Portzen(I)
3,634

Jeff Ebel (I)
3,561

Dennis David Raabe
3,304

Rob Manzke (I)
3,221

Jennifer Bushman
2,944

Miguel Campos
2,800

Alex Sommers
2,788

Kari Prokop
2,163

Lisa Rychter
1,426

For Stevens Point City Council, District 1, incumbent Marc Christianson moves on, with 193 votes, to challenger Stephen Klein’s 47 votes. A third candidate, Gracia Day, was eliminated from the spring race with 33 votes.