2011 Outagamie County Executive election

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2011 Outagamie County Executive election
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Nominee Tom Nelson Jack Voight
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote14,69313,886
Percentage51.32%48.50%
County Executive before election

Toby Paltzer
Nonpartisan

Elected County Executive

Tom Nelson
Nonpartisan

The 2011 Outagamie County Executive election took place on April 5, 2011 to elect the County Executive of Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Incumbent County Executive Toby Paltzer declined to seek re-election to a fourth term. [1]

Contents

Six candidates ran to succeed Paltzer: former State Representative Tom Nelson; former State Treasurer Jack Voight; County Supervisors Charlie Kramer, Anne Strauch, and Mike Thomas; and Grand Chute Town Chairman Mike Marsden. Nelson and Voight placed first and second in the primary election by a wide margin, with Nelson receiving 34 percent of the vote and Voight receiving 33 percent, while Marsden placed a distant third with 11 percent. [2] In the general election, Nelson narrowly defeated Voight, winning 52 percent of the vote. [3]

Primary election

Candidates

Declined

  • Toby Paltzer, incumbent County Executive [1]

Results

Primary election results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Tom Nelson 5,215 34.04%
Nonpartisan Jack Voight 5,098 33.28%
Nonpartisan Mike Marsden1,63110.65%
Nonpartisan Anne Strauch1,4339.36%
Nonpartisan Mike Thomas1,2137.92%
Nonpartisan Charlie Kramer7154.67%
Write-in 130.08%
Total votes15,318 100.00%

General election

Results

2011 Outagamie County Executive election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Tom Nelson 21,972 52.26%
Nonpartisan Jack Voight20,02747.64%
Write-in 430.10%
Total votes42,042 100.00%

References

  1. 1 2 3 Squires, Susan (June 9, 2009). "Candidates get a jump on 2011 race for Outagamie exec". The Post-Crescent . Appleton, Wisconsin. p. A-1. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ Bach, Pete (February 16, 2011). "Nelson, Voight advance". The Post-Crescent . Appleton, Wisconsin. p. A-1. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ Richmond, Todd (April 6, 2011). "Supreme Court race deadlocked; Nelson wins county executive". The Post-Crescent . Appleton, Wisconsin. p. A-1. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  4. ↑ Espino, J.E. (December 21, 2010). "Outagamie exec race crowded". The Post-Crescent . Appleton, Wisconsin. p. A-1. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  5. ↑ Bach, Pete (December 1, 2010). "Marsden to run for Outagamie County executive". The Post-Crescent . Appleton, Wisconsin. p. A-3. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Race for county exec grows". The Post-Crescent . Appleton, Wisconsin. March 10, 2010. p. A-3. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Thomas seeks job as Outagamie exec". The Post-Crescent . Appleton, Wisconsin. June 22, 2010. p. A-4. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  8. ↑ Bach, Pete (October 30, 2010). "Kramer runs for county executive". The Post-Crescent . Appleton, Wisconsin. p. A-3. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  9. ↑ "OUTAGAMIE COUNTY SPRING PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS". Outagamie County Clerk. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  10. ↑ "OUTAGAMIE COUNTY SPRING ELECTION RESULTS". Outagamie County Clerk. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
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