Rob Nelson defeated registered write-in candidate Jim Astle by roughly 870 votes in the spring primary election Tuesday, making him the next mayor of the city of Baraboo.
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West Baraboo resident Kathy Gray signs her name in the poll book as her husband, Frank, waits in line Tuesday morning at Village Hall.
West Baraboo resident Ron Rupert signs in to vote Tuesday morning at village hall.
West Baraboo resident Melinda Zufall feeds her ballot into a voting machine Tuesday morning at village hall.
West Baraboo residents Ron Rupert and Melinda Zufall fill out their ballots Tuesday morning at village hall.
Mikka Roessler fills out a ballot Tuesday at the Baraboo Civic Center.
Baraboo voter Ryan Ramnarace signs an electronic poll book Tuesday at the Civic Center before collecting a ballot.
Bill Armstrong, Baraboo, inserts a completed ballot into the counter Tuesday at Baraboo Civic Center.
Election Chief Inspector Pam Jones processes absentee ballots Tuesday at Portage City Hall.
Election workers routinely wipe down and sanitize the ballot machine and the individual voting station throughout the day Tuesday during the spring primary election at Portage City Hall.
Portage City Clerk Marie Moe talks about absentee ballot processing to election workers Tuesday at City Hall.
Adriana Sierra votes Tuesday at the Portage Municipal Building. Turnout was heavy, but more than half of Columbia County's registered voters voted in advance.
Erica Helwig receives ballot instructions Oct. 21 at the Portage Municipal Building. Helwig, 21, cast her first vote in a presidential election through in-person early voting because she said it's a safer option than standing in line on Election Day during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poll worker Kennedy Fehd cleans a voting station at the Portage Municipal Building on Election Day.
Erica Helwig fills out her ballot Oct. 21 at the Portage Municipal Building. Helwig, 21, decided to cast her first vote in a presidential election through in-person early voting because she said it's a safer option than standing in line on Election Day, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poll worker Matigan O'Leary sits outside Portage City Hall to screen voters for COVID-19 symptoms prior to entering the building to vote in the Aug. 11 primary election. Plexiglass partitions were placed between voters and poll workers and voters were given hand sanitizer upon entering the polling place.
Poll worker Sue Barton feeds an absentee ballot into a machine Aug. 11 at Portage City Hall during Wisconsin's partisan primary election.
Springvale Clerk Becky Gutzman signs in before dropping off town ballots April 13 at the Columbia County Administrative Building.
Patti Hauser-Kassner, of Lewiston, Randolph Clerk Maxine DeYoung, Lewiston Clerk Kurt Kassner and Hampden Clerk Diane Guenther wait with ballot bags while spaced apart April 13 in the lobby of the Columbia County Administrative Building.
Poll worker Matt Foster wipes down polling stations during the spring election April 7 in the basement of Portage city hall.
Poll worker Matt Foster sprays hand sanitizer on the hands of voter Adam Gaffney during the April election in the basement of Portage City Hall.
Becky Ness, deputy clerk for the city of Portage, explains the absentee ballot process to a voter days before the April election from behind a sheet of plastic at the Portage Municipal Building. Organizers also put curtains of plastic in front of poll workers during the election to prevent possible transmission of COVID-19.
Baraboo City Clerk Brenda Zeman, left, and poll worker Ann Adkins count absentee ballots Tuesday afternoon at the civic center in Baraboo.
Gerald Cote signs a poll book Tuesday at the Baraboo Civic Center.
Election Day 2020 in West Baraboo
Election Day 2020 in Baraboo
Election Day 2020 in West Baraboo
West Baraboo residents stand in land before preparing and casting their ballots in the Nov. 3 election.
Election Day 2020 in Baraboo
