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One candidate is tracked for Brown County Clerk of Circuit Court on the November 3, 2026 ballot: John A. Vander Leest. Candidate information follows official Brown County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
August 11 primary result: John A. Vander Leest won the Republican nomination with 17,729 of 17,764 votes cast (99.8 percent, remainder scattered write-ins), per the Brown County Board of Canvassers' certified County Canvass Statement dated August 17, 2026. No named candidate appeared on the Democratic, Constitution, Libertarian or Wisconsin Green primary ballot lines for this office; each of those lines' entire vote total (616 Democratic; 0 Constitution; 2 Libertarian; 3 Wisconsin Green) was certified as 'SCATTERING' with no candidate meeting the threshold to be named, per the same certified canvass. Vander Leest is unopposed on the November 3 ballot.
John A. Vander Leest has served as Brown County Clerk of Circuit Court since defeating challenger Megan Borchardt in the 2022 election, per a Green Bay Press-Gazette wire report. In the role he oversees the circuit court's administrative and operational functions, including case management across civil, criminal, family and small-claims matters, per the county's official elected-officials page. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
