STEVENS POINT – Stevens Point voters headed to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in several contested races including for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, Stevens Point Common Council, Portage County executive, Portage County Board, and Stevens Point School Board.
The Stevens Point Common Council will see three new faces following the decisions of three current sitting members to not seek reelection after being elected to their first full terms in 2024.
Here are the results of the Stevens Point Common Council races.
District 4
Andrea Olson defeated David W. Crueger for District 4 on the Stevens Point Common Council. The seat was previously held by Lara Broderick, who filed for noncandidacy in the race.
Olson, 43, is a small business owner. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biomedical photographic communications, a master’s degree in business administration and has completed undergraduate and graduate-level coursework in nursing and hospital administration.
“With a professional background in health care and business, I look at policy through the lens of both fiscal responsibility and human impact,” Olson told the Stevens Point Journal before the election. “I’m not a career politician; I’m a neighbor who believes that if the city is spending the public’s money, the public deserves a seat at the table.”
District 6
Joe Donahue defeated Sal Cuomo for the District 6 seat on the Stevens Point Common Council. The seat was previously held by Dale Steinmetz, who filed for noncandidacy in the race.
Donahue, 62, is retired from a career in industrial sales. He studied finance and management at UW-Platteville and has lived in his home in Stevens Point for 32 years, or since before his neighborhood was annexed into the city in the early 2000s.
“My strength is in being a good neighbor, being someone who cares, checks-in and lends a hand,” Donahue told the Stevens Point Journal before the election.
District 10
Matt Moldenhauer defeated Zack Sowieja for the District 10 seat on the Stevens Point Common Council. The seat was previously held by Dustin Buse, who filed for noncandidacy in the race.
Moldenhauer, 24, works as an IT Support Engineer where he provides IT support and maintenance of IT infrastructure. He holds an Associate of Applied Science degree in IT security specialist.
“I’m also often tasked with working on projects for areas I don’t have experience in. In those situations, I find leaning on the subject matter expert is vital to ensure you’re making a positive impact and seeing the whole picture,” Moldenhauer told the Stevens Point Journal before the election.
Erik Pfantz covers local government and education in central Wisconsin for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin and values his background as a rural Wisconsinite. Contact him at epfantz@usatodayco.com.
This article originally appeared on Stevens Point Journal: These candidates won seats on the Stevens Point Common Council April 7
Reporting by Erik Pfantz, Stevens Point Journal / Stevens Point Journal
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