About 26% of eligible Oconto County voters turned out in the Aug. 11 primary to weigh in who should advance to the Nov. 3 election.

Those 8,114 voters mostly agreed with the voters statewide, with just one of the county's choices not winning the wider vote – the Democratic nominee for state treasurer.

Here's a look at the results as well as how Oconto County voted on contested primary races for U.S. and state offices, including governor, state Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Oconto County residents threw their support for David Crowley to get the Democratic nomination for governor.

The Milwaukee County Executive and former state representative outdistanced Francesca Hong, a chef and Assembly representative since 2021. Crowley had 46% (1,526) of the vote in the county while Hong had 29% (954).

At 2 a.m., Crowley was leading by about 3,200 votes, 39.8% to 39.4%, with 98% of the votes counted statewide.

On the Republican side, Tom Tiffany, a U.S. House of Representatives member since 2020, easily dominated Andy Manske among Wisconsin and Oconto County voters. Tiffany had 97% of the GOP vote, or 4,339, in Oconto County compared to Manske's 129 votes.

In the lieutenant governor race, David Varnam tallied 58% of the vote in Oconto County, or 2,387, en route to winning the nomination with a statewide victory. Varnam had about 55% statewide.

Rick Crosson earned the right to represent the Democratic Party for a spot in the U.S. House of Representatives by winning over both Oconto County Democrats and those in the rest of the district, which includes Marinette, Menominee, Shawano, Waupaca, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee, Door, Calumet and part of Winnebago counties.

Rick Crosson won 35.5% (1,052) of Oconto County's Democratic vote, compared to Mark Christopher Scheffler 32.2% (956) and Katrina deVille 31.9% (946).

Districtwide, Crosson tallied 35.2% of the vote, according to the Associated Press.

Crosson will face Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Tony Wied and a well-stocked campaign war chest during the Nov. 3 election. The 8th Congressional District has not elected a Democrat in two decades.

Republican voters in Oconto County backed Jay Schroeder to be the Secretary of State nominee. Schroeder amassed 2,167 vote, or 54%. Schroeder also won the statewide vote, with about 47%.

In Oconto County, Brayden Myer was second with 706 votes, 17.4%; Nate Pollnow was third with 687 votes, 17%; and Cindy Werner fourth with 472 votes, 11.7%

Democratic voters in the county backed Dylan Ray Helmenstine's effort to be the nominee to be state treasurer over Yee Leng Xiong. Helmenstine earned 1,588 votes, 54.7%, while Xiong finished with 1,315 votes, 45.3%.

However, statewide, Xiong with the nomination with about 56% of the vote.

This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Oconto County voters weigh in on primary election candidates