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Lindsey Grady

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Whitefish Bay Goes Solidly for Romney in Primary Election

With 38 percent voter turnout, Bay voters also chose Phillips and Grady in judicial elections and favored a decrease in size and salary for the Milwaukee County Board.

Whitefish Bay has traditionally enjoyed strong election turnouts, and despite the lack of contested local races, 38 percent of voters went to the polls Tuesday for county races and the presidential primary election. Out of the 2,691 residents that voted in the Republican presidential primary, 66 percent voted for GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney, 22 percent voted for Rick Santorum, 7 percent voted for Ron Paul and 3 percent voted for Newt Gingrich. On the Democratic side, 843 Whitefish Bay residents voted for President Barack Obama, who is uncontested. On his way to vote at Whitefish Bay Village Hall Tuesday afternoon, Whitefish Bay resident Dan Sabin said he was voting for Mitt Romney because he likes what the former Massachusetts governor …

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Milwaukee County Board Incumbents Earn Re-election

Stark and Grady win judicial races as Manske cruises to county comptroller victory.

Voters turned Tuesday's election into a resounding referendum in favor of incumbents as three current Milwaukee County Board supervisors in Patch's coverage area were reelected, according to unofficial election results on WISN.com.  Incumbent Willie Johnson Jr. defeated Bria Grant, in the race for the District 13 supervisor seat on the County Board. Unofficially, Johnson earned 64 percent of the vote. Part of Johnson's district is in Whitefish Bay. The 61-year-old has served on the County Board since 2000. Unofficially, he earned 64 percent of the vote.  Supervisor Johnson is chairman of the County Board Judiciary, Safety and General Services Committee and a member of the County Board Finance and Audit Committee andCounty Board Economic …

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Mike in OC

8:18 am on Thursday, April 5, 2012

walker should appoint barrett and falk to some meaningless positions... then the left wouldnt know what to do....   more ›

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