Joe Voiland Ousts Incumbent Ozaukee County Judge Thomas Wolfgram

It appears challenger Joe Voiland will take over for Judge Tom Wolfgram in Ozaukee County Circuit Court, grabbing 62 percent of the vote in Tuesday's election.

As of 10:26 p.m. Tuesday, Voiland led with 12,386 votes over Wolfgram's 7,435; all votes had been counted but results are still considered unofficial.

Wolfgram has held the position in Branch 2 since 1994, but knowledge that Wolfgram signed the petiton to recall Gov. Scott Walker sparked controversy, according to a JSOnline.com article, and was apparently enough to scare away voters.

Voiland has consistently pointed to Wolfgram's support of the recall as a reason to oust the judge, which Wolfgram has called a move to insert partisan politics into a nonpartisan race, according to an article on the Ozaukee Press.

Voiland lives in Grafton and works as an attorney, according to his website. He has been a public service special prosecutor for the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, counsel to the State of Wisconsin and served as law clerk at the Wisconsin Supreme Court to Justice Diane S. Sykes. (Learn more about his experience.)