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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
FALL PRIMARY ELECTIONS 2010 Walker beats Neumann
Hulsey, Lee win local races
Nelson and Kleefisch win Lt. Gov. nominations
By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal
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Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker claimed victory Tuesday night in a hard-fought battle against former congressman Mark Neumann. The Associated Press reported a Walker win by a significant margin. The GOP-endorsed candidate received 58 percent of the vote with an 18-point lead over Neumann. “On November 2, we, we the people of Wisconsin, can reclaim our rightful place in history. We can put the government back on the side of the people again. We can make this a Wisconsin we can believe in again,” Walker told supporters. The two Republicans have engaged in a contentious race, with Walker recently linking Neumann’s congressional record to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and Neumann denouncing Walker as a career politician. However, Neumann showed no bitterness toward his opponent Tuesday night. Immediately following the announcement, Neumann offered Walker his support. “Tonight I am keeping my word and endorsing Scott Walker,” he said in a statement. “I wish him the best in the general election.” After nearly 14 months of campaigning and sinking about $4 million of his own wealth into the effort, Neumann said he has no regrets. “I once heard a saying I really believed in and I really believe it’s true,” he told supporters. “I would much rather have been in the arena and fought the battle for what I believe in and lost, than to have never entered the arena in the first place, and I really believe that.” In his victory speech, Walker called Neumann “a good and decent man,” and implored Neumann’s voters to throw their support behind him in the general election. “We have a lot in common. We each want to put the government back in the hands of the people,” Walker said. governor page 3
Johnson to face Feingold in general U.S. Senate election Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson will face U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, in the general election after winning the primary for the Republican candidacy with 84 percent of the vote, according to the Associated Press. “We all got involved in this campaign because Senator Feingold and his allies in Washington are leading our nation and Wisconsin down the wrong path,” Johnson told his supporters. Johnson handedly defeated Watertown businessman David Westlake and Milwaukee plumber Stephen Finn Tuesday night, after the two received just 11 percent and five percent of the vote, respectively. Despite entering the race late, Johnson received the GOP’s
endorsement and was the heavy favorite to win the nomination. He has run a mostly self-financed campaign that has focused on cutting government spending and lowering taxes. According to a Rasmussen report issued in August, Johnson has a slight lead over Feingold in the polls, with 47 percent of respondents favoring Johnson and 46 percent backing Feingold. “I congratulate Ron Johnson and look forward to having an honest debate of the issues with him,” Feingold said in statement. Feingold has challenged Johnson to six debates before the November election, including one in Madison Oct. 22 should Johnson accept. —Adam Wollner
Dane County Supervisor Brett Hulsey clinched the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin’s 77th district assembly, as reported by the Associated Press. Hulsey received 44 percent of the vote in the race to claim the seat currently held by the retiring state Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison. Black has a legacy of being a champion for the environment in the legislature, and Hulsey, who founded Better Environment Solutions, an energy and environmental consulting firm, has stated that he would follow in Black’s footsteps and make the environment his top priority. Fellow County Board Supervisor Dianne Hesselbein claimed 30 percent of the vote. Hesselbein and Hulsey split area endorsements from fellow Board Supervisors to former and current Madison mayors. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz supported Hulsey, and former mayor Paul Soglin backed up Hesselbein. During the campaign, Hulsey issued a UW protection plan to eliminate furloughs and increase state investment in the state university system. He also intends to put in place a massive lake cleanup effort and to reduce blue-green algae threats. Three others ran for the nomination, including attorney Fred Wade, entrepreneur John Imes, and former Middleton Mayor Doug Zwank. They received 17 percent, 5 percent, and 3 percent of the vote, respectively. Hulsey will face Republican David Redick and the Green Party candidate Ben Manski. So far, Manski has focused on his community activist credentials for the assembly seat in November. Redick has been marketing himself as a Ron Paul-esque candidate, and wrote a book named Monetary RevolutionUSA supporting a gold standard currency. The 77th Assembly District covers most of campus, West Madison, and Middleton. Another decisive local primary took place Tuesday night with the Republican nomination for the Second Congressional District going to businessman Chad Lee. Lee garnered 53 percent of the vote against former UW-Madison instructor Peter Theron, who received 47 percent. Lee, a self-proclaimed “defender of the Constitution” who states on his website that believes in limited government, will face current U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, in the general elections.
Wisconsin Primary Election Statistics for Fall 2010 GOVERNOR Republican: Scott Walker 57% Mark Neumann 40% Democrat: Tom Barrett 90% Tim John 10% SENATE Republican: Ron Johnson 84% Dave Westlake 11% Stephen Finn 5%
LT. GOVERNOR Republican: Rebecca Kleefisch 45% Brett Davis 26% Dave Ross 15% Robert Lorge 10% Nick Voegeli 4%
77th DISTRICT Democrat: Brett Hulsey 44% Dianne Hesselbein 30% Fred Wade 17% John Imes 5% Doug Zwank 3%
Democrat: Tom Nelson 52% Spencer Coggs 21% James Schneider 18% Henry Sanders 9%
CONGRESS DISTRICT 2 Republican: Chad Lee 53% Peter Theron 47%
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