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!
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