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Challenger Carolina Stark and incumbent Nelson Phillips III have advanced to the April general election for Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge in Branch 17 — and the race was almost a tie in South Milwaukee.

Check out the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story here. And here are the South Milwaukee results, which showed less than 20 votes separating first and third place …

• Nelson Phillips III: 373
• Carolina Stark: 360
• Christopher Lipscomb: 353

If you don’t mind sharing, who did you vote for and why?

(And check out Oak Creek Patch for their local results. Oak Creek had mayoral, aldermanic and clerk races onthe ballot Tuesday.)

Update: Be sure to vote in my poll on this. And here is a sample ballot.

With all of the big-name elections coming up this year — from the gubernatorial recall to the presidential election — it’s easy to forget that the spring primaries are on Tuesday.

Voters heading to the polls in South Milwaukee will see just one race on the ballot: Milwaukee County Court, Branch 17. This is because none of the incumbents running for re-election in the city have competition in 2012, and the South Milwaukee School Board race (in which three people are running for two seats) won’t require a primary.

Of course, other communities have contested primaries, including Oak Creek, which will see primary elections for mayor, clerk and alderman on the ballot.

Christopher Lipscomb Sr., Nelson Phillips III and Carolina Stark are running for the Branch 17 judgeship. Phillips is the incumbent.

And don’t forget that the City Council meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday this week due to the election.