NEW BERLIN – Village of New Berlin Mayor Wade Schrag retracted his reelection bid Wednesday, citing health-related issues.

Ambulance crews were called to the mayor’s home Friday night after his wife called 911 and reported a medical emergency.

“As many of you may have heard already, I recently had a rather dramatic event occur with my health, which had a very emotional impact on my family. After much consideration, I have come to realize that I need to put my health and my family first. In an effort to allow myself to recover, and to be able to spend more quality time with my family, I am officially withdrawing myself from the re-election campaign,” said Schrag in an announcement yesterday.

Schrag is in his first two-year term as mayor and was in the midst of a write-in campaign for another term.

Schrag completed his petition by the deadline Feb. 9, but a review by the village clerk found unregistered voters had signed it, making their names ineligible. As a result, Schrag’s name, nor any other, will not appear on the March 15 ballot.

Trustee Terry Potter completed his petition to run for his sixth term on the village board, but later decided to mount his own write-in campaign for mayor.

Schrag has served as mayor since 2009, and was a village board member for 10 years before, the last two as deputy mayor.