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November 7, 2012 · 6:21 pm

More On Mark Honadel’s Win

Check out the story in Oak Creek Patch, which had an interview with Rep. Honadel today. From it:

The 56-year-old welder and businessman said he looked at election results and found that, particularly in South Milwaukee, many people voted for both him and President Barack Obama.

He took those crossover votes as a tribute to his commitment to set politics aside and provide constituents good service.

“I’m a firm believer that if you don’t get caught up in all the fluff and politics, and you just do the job well, people will continue to reward you,” he said.

Honadel said mining legislation will be at the top of his agenda when the next session starts in January. He was a co-author of mining legislation proposed last session that was ultimately rejected. While opponents have voiced environmental and oversight concerns, a vibrant mining industry is important to help create jobs at local companies like Caterpillar, Honadel said.

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November 7, 2012 · 6:56 am

2012 South Milwaukee Election Results: What Happened Locally? Big Wins For Democrats, Honadel

The winners in South Milwaukee: Barack Obama, Tammy Baldwin, Gwen Moore and Mark Honadel.

Here’s a bit more detail from Tuesday …

  • President Barack Obama scored a big win over Mitt Romney locally, tallying 5,810 votes, or 53.1%, to Romney’s 4,956, or 45.2% — larger than the statewide margin.
  • Tammy Baldwin also defeated Tommy Thompson in the U.S. Senate race with 5,557 votes, or 51.9%, to 4,838, or 45.2%, also a bigger victory than across the state.
  • U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore also scored a surprising victory locally in the District 4 House race. After losing badly in 2010 to Republican challenger Mark Sebring, the Democrat had 4,760 votes, or 47.9%, to 4,711 votes, or 47.4%. That margin was much larger across the district, which includes a good portion of the City of Milwaukee.
  • Also, State Rep. Mark Honadel easily beat Democratic challenger William Kurtz, 5,827 votes to 4,525 votes. The 56.2% to 43.6% margin is a bit smaller than how the overall 21st Assembly District was trending, including Oak Creek.

Turnout was also extremely high, with 11,065 of 12,528 voters, or 88.3%, casting a ballot.

See the full election recap here.

Of course, I’d like to know what you think about this. Post your comments below … and be sure to vote in my new poll.

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June 5, 2012 · 10:32 pm

South Milwaukee Election Results: Huge Turnout, Walker Scores Narrow Local Victory

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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May 8, 2012 · 9:57 pm

South Milwaukee Election Results: Barrett Rolls Over Falk In Recall Primary

Not surprisingly, Tom Barrett easily beat Kathleen Falk in the Democratic gubernatorial recall primary on Tuesday in South Milwaukee. The margin among local voters, however, is noteworthy.

Barrett more than doubled up Falk, 67.4% to 28%, or 1,660 to 689 votes, in South Milwaukee. Kathleen Vinehout got 47 votes, and Douglas La Follette got 46. That margin is well ahead of the statewide spread.

Other results and observations:

  • Gov. Scott Walker beat “fake” Republican candidate Arthur Kohl-Riggs, 97.8% to 2%, in South Milwaukee.
  • Mahlon Mitchell easily won the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor with 43.7% of the local vote to 27.7% for Isaac Weix and 26% for Ira Robbins. The fact that a “fake” Democrat (Weix) got such a high percentage of the vote locally is concerning to me — probably as concerning as the fact that these “fake” candidates were allowed to run, on both sides, in the first place.
  • Turnout was a surprisingly high 41.4%, as 4,849 of the city’s 11,699 registered voters cast a ballot on Tuesday.
One other observation, for what it’s worth — and reading tea leaves in elections like this can be tricky business: More Democratic votes (2,461) were cast for governor locally than Republican votes (2,364). How that translates (if it translates at all) to the June 5 general election remains to be seen.

Check out the complete results on the city’s website. What are your observations? Post them below!

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April 3, 2012 · 11:46 pm

South Milwaukee Election Results: No Real Surprises As Incumbents Roll

It was a night for incumbents in South Milwaukee.

No challengers — write-in or otherwise — were able to unseat sitting local leaders in the administration, on the City Council or on the South Milwaukee School Board.

Here are the local results:

  • South Milwaukee Mayor Tom Zepecki easily won a fourth term, beating write-in candidates Michael Moeller and Todd Lorino. Zepecki had 78% of the vote to Lorino’s 18.4% and Moeller’s 1.8%.
  • In the First District, incumbent Alderman Frank Van Dusen III cruised past Moeller, also running as a write-in for that seat, 95.1% to 3.8%.
  • Other local offices were uncontested, with City Clerk Jim Shelenske, City Treasurer Karen Skowronski, City Attorney Joseph Murphy and Municipal Judge Bill Fenger all winning re-election.
  • On the South Milwaukee School Board, incumbents David Maass (38.9%) and Kathleen Molus (32.8%) won re-election, with challenger Sophia Williams coming in third (28.3%).

Also winning re-election was County Supervisor Pat Jursik, who was running unopposed. In the locally contested Milwaukee County court races, Carolina Stark and Lindsey Grady won large majorities in South Milwaukee.

See all local results in this PDF document … and post your comments below!

(See a post on Republican presidential primary results here.)

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