Democrats choose Marathon County Hmong leader to run for state treasurer

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: August 12, 2026

Words: 359

Last Updated: 6 days, 22 hours ago

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Yee Leng Xiong, a Marathon County school board treasurer and county board member, will face Republican State Treasurer John Leiber in November in the only race for a statewide office held by a member of the Republican party.

With 90% of ballots counted, Xiong had 57% of the votes cast in the Democratic primary for the office Tuesday. Dylan Ray Helmenstein, of Black Earth in western Dane County, had just under 43%. The Associated …

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