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October 25, 2010 · 9:13 pm

Larson or Ripp? Endorsements Roll in in State Senate Race

The teachers like Chris Larson. Police officers like Jess Ripp.

Both candidates in the 7th Senate District race — Larson, the Democrat, and Ripp, the Republican — are landing their share of endorsements.

Most recently, it was the Wisconsin Education Association Council for Larson and the Milwaukee Police Association for Ripp.

Larson has also landed endorsements from a variety of unions, as well as a couple of supervisor colleagues, two Milwaukee aldermen and Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton. Ripp, meanwhile, has the backing of state Rep. Mark Honadel (R-South Milwaukee) and Milwaukee County Executive and Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker, as well as the mayors of Oak Creek and South Milwaukee.

See a complete listing of all endorsements for Ripp and Larson on their campaign websites.

Don’t forget to vote on Nov. 2. All 4th District residents cast their ballots at Rawson Elementary School. Learn more on the city’s election information page.

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October 11, 2010 · 9:44 pm

Oak Creek Mayor Endorses Ripp, Too, and Other Headlines of Interest

Republican State Senate candidate Jess Ripp has garnered another key South Shore endorsement: Oak Creek Mayor Dick Bolender.

Read the press release here. From it:

“Jess is the best candidate to represent the citizens of this district in Madison,” Bolender said. “His pledge to lower taxes and promote fiscal responsibility will help bring much needed jobs back to Wisconsin. Jess will be a true leader in Madison and I proudly endorse his campaign to represent our district in the State Senate.”

Bolender’s backing follows Saturday’s announcement that South Milwaukee Mayor Tom Zepecki would endorse Ripp (see below).

Check out Ripp’s full list of endorsements on his campaign website. They include South Milwaukee Rep. Mark Honadel and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, both Republicans, of course.

And check out these other headlines of interest from around the South Shore:

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September 14, 2010 · 11:27 pm

Big South Milwaukee Turnout and Other Interesting Local Polling Data

Update: See the full local results here.

South Milwaukeeans turned out in huge numbers to vote in Tuesday’s primary.

Turnout was 35.3 percent, as 4,664 of the city’s 13,196 registered voters came out to the polls, according to totals from the South Milwaukee city clerk’s office.

That is a pretty amazing number for a primary election, and it’s clearly a reflection of the bitterly contested 7th Senate District race between incumbent Jeff Plale and challenger Chris Larson, among others.

Plale easily beat Larson in the city (see post below).

So, how did South Milwaukeeans vote in the other races?

  • For starters, 1,740 people voted in the Republican primary on Tuesday, compared with 1,443 in the Democratic primary. That means 1,740 people did not vote in the Plale-Larson race … voters that would have probably leaned toward the more centrist Plale and led to an even wider margin in South Milwaukee for him.
  • As he did in other areas in southeastern Wisconsin, Scott Walker scored a big victory over Mark Neumann in South Milwaukee, 75.2 to 23.4 percent (1,874 votes to 585).
  • Republican Rebecca Kleefisch and Democrat Tom Nelson, candidates for lieutenant governor, each scored big victories in South Milwaukee, easily tallying more than twice as many votes as their next competitors.
  • The race for Milwaukee County sheriff was much closer here than in the rest of the county, as incumbent David Clarke tallied 931 votes to Chris Moews’ 886 in the Democratic primary.
  • U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore easily beat Paul Morel in South Milwaukee but by a smaller margin (66.1 to 33.8 percent) than the overall spread of 84 to 16 percent as of 11:15 p.m.

I’ll post more details on the election as I get them. Check out voting totals on the Journal Sentinel website.

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