Humbled By A Mayoral Victory

Election results are in, and I’m proud to say I won the South Milwaukee mayoral race with more than 60% of the vote.

You can check out the full results here. Among them …

• Turnout in South Milwaukee was 28%.
• The final tally in the mayoral race: I had 2,021 votes, or 60.4%, to incumbent Tom Zepecki’s 1,248, or 37.3%. I’ll serve a three-year team.
• In the only other contested race on the ballot, Laura Gramling Perez beat Cedric Cornwall in the race for Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge Branch 32, 53.9% to 28.7%.
• In South Milwaukee, the Milwaukee County Board pay reduction referendum passed, 66.5% to 20.5%.
• Also winning re-election in uncontested races were City Clerk James Shelenske, Treasurer Karen Skowronski, and Attorney Joseph Murphy. They will serve three-year terms.
• South Milwaukee School Board members John Haslam, Carol Dufek and Patricia Bordak also won re-election in uncontested races. They will serve three-year terms.

Congratulations to all the winners.

Also, thanks to all of the workers from the clerk’s office, led by Jim Shelenske, and those at the polls for their efforts with this and all elections. It’s thankless work, but critical. And it’s always run professionally.

And one final word on Mayor Zepecki. I want to thank him for his decades of dedicated service to South Milwaukee. He is a good man who leaves a strong legacy of leadership that I hope to build on in coming years. I can only hope to have the long-term impact he has had on this great city.

I promise to responsibly build on the foundation he has helped establish.