Contact: Bill Arnold, Public Information Manager/City of Milwaukee/Public Information Division/Office of the City Clerk (414)286.3285 warnol@milwaukee.gov Over the course of the last six weeks, Milwaukeeans were given a plethora of options to cast their ballots. Residents of our city were able to vote early and vote at locations close and convenient to their homes and jobs. As a result, Milwaukee played a sizable role in the 2018 midterm elections. When Milwaukee votes, it changes the dynamic of elections in Wisconsin. Voters here have shown that in order to make it to the people’s house, you’ve got to make it through

Wisconsinites, I have just reached out to Ms. Godlewski and congratulated her on winning the election. I am immensely proud of the campaign that we ran. We were outraised 30-1 but didn’t give up. Despite the celebrity endorsements and the help of outside PACs that she received, Godlewski just barely won. Our campaign was driven by the grassroots through small donations and help from passionate volunteers. I believe in our wonderful state, it is where I call home. Now is the time for us to rise above partisan politics so I offer my assistance to Ms. Godlewski in recreating the

Contact: 715.789.1825 Cable, WI – James Bolen candidate for the 25th Senate District released the following statement: “Thank you to all of my supporters, my family, and especially my wife, Heather. Despite the enthusiasm surrounding our campaign and the tremendous grassroots support, we fell just short. Congratulations, Senator Bewley.”

Contact: John T. Zapfel 414.870.2081 Cell jz@ibew494.com Twitter: @ibewlocal494 MILWAUKEE –The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 494 congratulate Tony Evers on his election for Governor of the State of Wisconsin. We applaud the hard fought campaign that led to this moment. This is a momentous occasion for the working people everywhere who are still fighting to level the playing field in their workplace. Evers said labor will always have a champion in the Office of the Governor and a seat at the table if he is Governor. Evers stands with working people and believes unions are critical to providing

Contact: Sen. Howard Marklein 608-588-5632 howard@howardmarklein.com Spring Green, WI – State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) accepted concession from his opponent and announced his win for another four-year term in the Wisconsin State Senate. “I am honored by the trust and support from the voters in the 17th Senate District,” Marklein said. “I cannot wait to get back to work for the people I serve. We have huge accomplishments to celebrate, but more work to do.” “I am tremendously honored by the support I have received and all of the kind words and encouragement given to me over the last several months

Contact: David James djames@rslc.gop WASHINGTON — Republican State Leadership Committee President Matt Walter released the following statement regarding the 2018 state-level election results: “After two years of overstated proclamations and fever-pitch predictions from a newly created constellation of progressive groups pledging to spend hundreds of millions, Democrats only managed to flip five net chambers—all in blue states won by Hillary Clinton.  The Republican state legislative red firewall held strong in battleground states like Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Republicans are projected to end the 2018 cycle with a dominant 62 GOP to 37 Dem legislative chamber

Contact: Courtney Beyer courtneyb@wisdems.org The following is a statement from Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair Martha Laning on Tony Evers’s and Mandela Barnes’s victory: “Tonight, Wisconsin turns a new page. Under Tony Ever’s leadership, Wisconsin will once again strive to be a state where everyone has a fair shot to get ahead and make a good life for themselves. Today we leave behind the politics of divide and conquer and chart a new future where we invest in each other’s success because we all do better when we all do better. “Tonight’s win is a victory for all of Wisconsin.

Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman 414-469-9206 sfreeman@vdlf.org MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — In Wisconsin, the Latinx vote proved key as Tony Evers defeated Scott Walker. Evers declared support for restoring access to driver licenses for immigrant families and in-state tuition in public colleges for immigrant students, withstanding racist, anti-immigrant attack ads from Walker assailing him for these positions in the final weeks of the campaign. Voces de la Frontera Action organized thousands of Latinx voters across Wisconsin through the Voceros por el Voto program to vote for Evers and pro-immigrant candidates up and down the ballot. “We that knew this was a tight race and the Latinx

Contact: (202) 646-6435 jeremy@speakerryan.com Janesville, WI — House Speaker and Wisconsin’s First District Congressman Paul Ryan issued the following statement in response to the results of the 2018 midterm elections: “Tonight history has repeated itself. A party in power always faces tough odds in its first midterm election. It is always hard to see friends and good colleagues work so hard and fall short. Yet I’m proud of the campaign that our members and candidates ran in a challenging political environment. I congratulate Democrats on a new House majority and Senate Republicans for maintaining theirs. We don’t need an election

Contact: Karen Hickey 414-573-7579 khickey@wisaflcio.org “Wisconsin voters have gone to the polls to reject Scott Walker’s union-busting style of politics and voted him out of office,” said Stephanie Bloomingdale, President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO.  “Tony Ever’s victory is a clear signal that Wisconsinites will not stand for attacks on workers’ rights and our freedom to collectively bargain. We look forward to working with the Evers Administration to restore union rights to every Wisconsin worker, raise wages, fully fund our schools and invest in infrastructure so that we can finally fix our roads and bridges.” “Union members have been doing the grassroots work

Contact: Eric Bott EBott@afphq.org MADISON, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) celebrated the policy champions who won election to the Wisconsin Legislature and looks forward to continuing working with them and other lawmakers to double down on policies that break barriers that keep Wisconsinites from improving their lives and communities. Every candidate for state legislature AFP-WI backed has won or is winning their election. AFP-WI had invested six-figures in grassroots activities and paid media to urge Wisconsinites to vote for these lawmakers.   AFP-WI State Director Eric Bott issued the following statement: “These lawmakers have driven policies that have helped people