(H/T – a pissed-off Croc)
Patricia Jursik: 3,104 votes (54.1%)
Christopher Kujawa: 2,622 votes (45.7%)
Write-in: 14 votes (0.3%)
And yes, this is a bad omen, not only for Scott Walker, not only for Milwaukee County, and not only for Pubbies, but for the entirety of Wisconsin. Cudahy was the flashpoint of the never-quite-realized 2002 Clean Up County Government movement, and South Milwaukee was (a bit less than) half the nascient tax-freeze movement. This 9+-point failure, especially with another pension grab in the news, has the distinct feel of the final shovel of dirt being dumped on the graves of those movements. I might just have to keep packing.
Now, I REALLY need a vacation. Patrick, Fred and Aaron, take it away.
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I might agree with you if sore loser Ralph Lisowski (he lost in the primary) wasn’t encouraging people to actually vote for Jursik so that he could run against her in the spring election. He knew he couldn’t run against Kujawa.
If anything this should help the anti-tax movement in the Spring elections. I think we’re in for a bumpy ride.