Wisconsin local Elections Interesting Results

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele looked like he was going to cruise to re-election this year.  To be honest I even thought he would.  I have only seen his ads on TV and on the Radio.  They have made me laugh at some of the stuff that he is taking credit for, but still, it appeared he was the only one running a campaign.  However after yesterday's primary, he has some serious reasons to worry.

Milwaukee County Executive100% reporting
✓Chris Larson	45%	48,258
✓Chris Abele (inc)	44%	47,550
Steve Hogan	6%	6,541
Joseph Thomas Klein	4%	4,685

Chris Larson was the biggest vote winner for the election.  This will now be an interesting election to watch and Chris Abele has to be wondering what happened.

The Mayoral Race also looks like it might actually be a real race.  I think most people thought that Tom Barrett was going to cruise to re-election.  Most people couldn't understand why he was getting an easy path to re-election, but it appeared he was.  The voters may have sent a signal yesterday that it isn't going to be as easy as we all thought.  Yes he won the primary, but he failed to garner 50% and if Bob Donovan can convert some of the other competitors supporters, Barrett will be in trouble.

Milwaukee Mayor100% reporting
✓Tom Barrett (inc)	46%	30,039
✓Bob Donovan	33%	21,171
Joe Davis Sr.	19%	12,060
James Methu	3%	1,743