South Milwaukee voters in Tuesday’s Republican U.S. Senate primary chose Eric Hovde.
Hovde got 706 of the 2,219 votes cast in the Senate race locally, or 31.8%, to Thompson’s 672 votes, or 30.2%. Jeff Fitzgerald (438 votes, 19.7%) was third, and Mark Neumann (401 votes, 18.1%) was fourth.
Statewide, numbers were trending differently, as Thompson held a small lead over Hovde as of 10 p.m.
The winner of the primary faces Tammy Baldwin on Nov. 6.
See local primary results here. Among some key numbers:
- Turnout was pretty high for a primary at 23.2%, as 2,874 voters (out of 12,393 registered voters) cast ballots.
- More than 1,500 Republican voters went to the polls, compared with 462 Democratic voters. Of course, there were no contested Democrtic races in the primary, keeping turnout low.
- Thompson and Hovde split the city’s four districts. Thompson won in the Second and Third, Hovde in the First and Fourth.
Of course, I’d like to know what you think of the results. Post your comments below!
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I think if Baldwin would have had a challenger it would have been different. The results seem to be caused by a lot of cross-over voting since it is so at odds with the general trend in the Republican party. Tommy’s tenure in HHS and his “stick it to Milwaukee” comment to the northerners about the stadium tax indicate the old-school, insider type of politician rather than the small government type that has been unseating establishment Republicans in many districts across the country.