Villages Go For Frontier, Eperjesy, McKenna; Say 'No' to Gateway

Voter turnout in Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant for the Spring 2013 election kept pace, for the most part, with predicted state numbers; 28 percent and 21 percent, respectively.

And, like other communities in Racine County, incumbents seemed to rule the results.

In Mount Pleasant, incumbent trustees Sonny Havn and John Hewitt kept their seats by comfortable margins. Newcomer David DeGroot will take a seat at the dais for a first term, garnering more votes by far than either of the incumbents. Former town chair and current County Supervisor Mark Gleason was elected village president by a sizable lead as well over Trustee Karen Albeck. 

Sturtevant voters also sided with incumbents, choosing to give President Steve Jansen a sixth term and to keep Trustees John Johnson, Chris Larsen and Chris Wright on the board as well.

When it comes to Racine Unified, residents in both villages cast ballots that echo results in neighboring communities, choosing incumbents Chris Eperjesy and Julie McKenna but also giving a resounding win to newcomer Mike Frontier.

Voters overwhelmingly voted "no" to the $49 million Gateway referendum and sided with incumbent state Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack and State Superintendent of Schools Tony Evers.

Here are how residents in Mount Pleasant voted (*indicates incumbent):

Racine Unified School Board

Chris Eperjesy* - 2,205
Roger Pfost - 1,460
Kristie Formolo - 1,372
Robert Wittke - 1,795
Mike Frontier - 2,449
Julie McKenna* - 2,264 

$49 million Gateway referendum

• Yes - 1,536
• No - 3,000

State Supreme Court

• Justice Pat Roggensack* - 2,999
• Ed Fallone - 1,829

State Superindendent of Schools

• Tony Evers* - 2,557
• Don Pridemore - 1,867

Here's how the votes shake out in Sturtevant (*indicates incumbent)

Racine Unified School Board 

• Julie McKenna* - 345
• Mike Frontier - 270
• Robert Wittke - 251
• Chris Eperjesy* - 239
• Kristie Formolo - 238
• Roger Pfost - 219

$49 million Gateway referendum

• Yes - 225
• No - 415

State Supreme Court

• Justice Pat Roggensack* - 448
• Ed Fallone - 272

State Superintendent of Schools

• Tony Evers* - 368
• Don Pridemore - 293