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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
District 13 re-elects Ellingson
Zellers wins District 2 Council seat Madison’s District 2 voters elected alder candidate Ledell Zellers Tuesday, who narrowly defeated opponent Bryan Post for the Common Council seat representing Langdon and TenneyLapham neighborhoods. Zellers won with 51.7 percent of the vote, according to the City Clerk’s office. She said she is excited about the opportunity to serve the heavily student-populated district. “I am delighted,” Zellers said. “I spent a lot of time visiting with sorority and fraternity chapter houses on Langdon Street ... I really care about the student area.” Zellers previously acted as president of the Capitol Neighborhoods Executive Council and served as a member on the Zoning Code Rewrite Committee. She said improving the quality of life in her district and continuing the communication she established with constituents during the campaign will be a key factor for her throughout her
time in office. “I want to hear from students about the issues that they have,” Zellers said. “We need to find a way to communicate with folks so they know what’s going on that might impact them.” Post said he does not know what his future plans are, but called this campaign “just another step forward,” and said he will remain involved in city affairs and continue to serve on the TenneyLapham Neighborhood Association Council. He said he hopes Zellers will pursue issues such as sensible development, in addition to moving the district forward and collaborating with constituents. “This is a district where everyone needs to work together,” Post said. “I hope she takes that very seriously.” Zellers will begin her term at the next Common Council meeting April 16. —Erik Thiel and Ricky Romero
Incumbent Ald. Sue Ellingson, District 13, will remain a member of Madison’s Common Council for two more years following her victory against Edgewood College student Zach Madden in the biennial aldermanic election Tuesday.
“I like talking to people in the district and helping them find solutions to problems.” Sue Ellingson alder District 13 courtney kessler/the daily cardinal
First time Common Council candidate Ledell Zellers celebrates a narrow win over her opponent, Bryan Post, for the District 2 alder seat.
Verveer, Resnick re-elected to Council Two incumbent alders who represent heavily student-populated areas will continue to sit on Madison’s city Council for two more years following their re-elections Tuesday. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, was elected to serve on Common Council for a second term. He will represent a majority of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including all
residence halls. Resnick ran unopposed after his opponent Christian Hansen dropped out of the race March 4. Additionally, Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, won an uncontested race to serve his tenth consecutive Council term. District 4 encompasses the downtown area, including Capitol Square and State Street. Melissa Howison
Ellingson, 60, was first elected to Common Council in 2011 to District 13, which extends south from Regent Street and includes off-campus student housing in the Greenbush and Vilas neighborhoods. It is also home to the Henry Vilas Zoo and the northern shore of Lake Wingra. Ellingson said on her website she is excited for the opportunity a second term
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Roggensack keeps Supreme Court seat Justice Pat Roggensack earned her second 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court after comfortably defeating Marquette University law professor Ed
Fallone in Tuesday’s election. Roggensack won 57 percent of the vote while Fallone received 43 percent. The Associated Press officially called the race for the incum-
bent around two hours after the polls closed. Roggensack, who was first elected to the state’s high-
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Evers wins re-election as state Superintendent Incumbent state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers retained his position for a second term after defeating his challenger, state Rep. Don Pridemore, R-Erin, in Tuesday’s statewide election. Evers, who spent the last four years in the superintendent position, won the election with approximately 61 percent of the vote.
While the race was officially non-partisan, Evers is generally seen as a Democratic-leaning official. He ran his reelection campaign on promises to boost the state’s public school funding and to challenge Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to expand private school vouchers. The voucher program would allow families who meet low-income standards and who have students enrolled in
underperforming schools to use voucher money to send their children to higher performing private schools. The proposal has already drawn heavy criticism from state Democrats who say the expansion will take money away from public schools that are struggling with funding. Evers will now serve another four years as the state’s head of education.
State legislators propose stricter recall regulations Three Republican state legislators introduced a bill Monday that would place more stringent rules on starting recall proceedings against state and local officials.
Legislators designed the bill in response to both political parties in the state using the recall provision as a “campaign tool,” according to Todd Allbaugh, the
chief of staff for state Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, who was one of three state senators
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on campus
Dishin’ out the compliments Freshmen Tom Bainey (left) and Marcus Jahn (right) spent the afternoon Tuesday on Bascom Hill offering free compliments to passersby. + Photo by Grey Satterfield
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