<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/2026/11/11/wisconsin-rapids-election-clerk-jennifer-gossick-died-election-day/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-11T16:25:57.742Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-11-11T16:25:57.742Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Wisconsin Rapids clerk devoted her life to running elections. She died on Election Day.]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/6VAEHX25UJG77ERORGLYUX6Q2I.jpg?auth=bad8f628aae0806126db8b2dda0dd6fff14c088d633eddecf945a157a6d93110&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=600</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Jennifer Gossick, who had served as Wisconsin Rapids city clerk since 2018, died at her home on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2026. Her staff carried out the election in her absence.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/11/09/secretary-of-state-election-official-results-2026/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-11T15:52:33.956Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-11-11T15:52:33.956Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Democrats won several key races for top state election official]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/2KH6SZO7ZRBWDNXW6T5DWEJK5A.jpg?auth=ebf7351b841dbac071021bedc415c8b55b3222ed8592a1430c56b9ce9d79c12a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Georgia Secretary of State-elect Penny Brown Reynolds, a Democrat, speaks during a midterm election night party in Atlanta. Democrats such as Reynolds will control the top election office in most major swing states during the 2028 presidential election. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>