Update: I went back to my post on the 2010 gubernatorial election and found that the gap between Walker and Barrett actually narrowed slightly in South Milwaukee in the past two years.
Gov. Scott Walker may have won Tuesday’s recall election big statewide, but that wasn’t the case here.
A closer-than-expected margin is among the interesting local results in South Milwaukee …
- Walker beat Tom Barrett by less than 400 votes in South Milwaukee: 4,767, or 51.7%, to 4,372, or 47.5%.
- Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch topped Mahlon Mitchell by a similar margin.
- And turnout was huge: more than 78%. Of the city’s 11,976 registered voters, 9,223 actually voted. Impressive.
Check out the complete results here … and post your comments below!
South Milwaukee Blog 
I had a feeling the vote would be very split here in South Milwaukee. For every Recall Walker sign I saw while walking in the city, I saw a Stand With Walker sign.
Yes, the silent majority has taken back the State!!! This clearly shows that Wisconsonites want LOWER TAXES!!!
I don’t like the characterization of “silent majority.” Everyone was yelling at each other during this election. Neither side was silent. And all this election did for me is show that about half of the people support Walker, and about half don’t, especially in South Milwaukee, where that “silent majority” was slight. That hasn’t changed much since 2010. Instead, this election — and every election in these polarized times — was all about organizing your base. No one is changing any hearts and minds these days … on both sides.
Okay, silly question here but how come I was given number 1986 and your sheet says only 1960 were given in the 1st district? This was at 5:30 with 2.5 hours of the polls still being open?
There were actually 2,344 votes cast in the 1st District, as I read that chart. I made a mistake in the earlier post — the first number in each district is the number voting via optical scan; the second number is for those who voted via the machine. That might explain your concern.