Fond du Lac County Board chairman Sam Kaufman has been elected Fond du Lac County executive in a landslide. Kaufman received 5,447 of the 6,548 votes cast. A special election was held Tuesday for the position following the unexepected death of longtime county executive Al Buechel in March. County Board supervisor Tiffany Brault and Rick Gedemer ran as registered write-in candidates. Kaufman was the only candidate to circulate nomination papers. Kaufman will be sworn into office Thursday.
