Tuesday’s primary sets stage for historic mayoral election in Milwaukee

Johnson is the acknowledged front-runner in a field of seven on Tuesday’s primary ballot. Four are Black — Johnson, Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas, Democratic state Sen. Lena Taylor and community activist Ieshuh Griffin. Three — Ald. Marina Dimitrijevic, Taylor and Griffin — are women, in a city where no woman has ever held the mayor’s office. Only two — former Ald. Bob Donovan and events planner Michael Sampson — are white males.

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MON PM Update: Schmaling says he’s forwarding charging recommendations to Elections commissioners’ home counties

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Racine County sheriff says he’s contacted the district attorneys in the home counties of five state Elections commissioners he wants charged with felonies after his own DA decided she lacked jurisdiction to prosecute them. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling also again called on

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Kirk Bangstad: Time to hold Wisconsin lawbreakers accountable

Folks, there is a huge dichotomy between the January 6 committee holding criminals accountable at the national level and Wisconsin’s lawbreakers getting a free pass. Once we unpack it all, we’ll realize that we gotta start pushing our Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul to find his spine, but first let’s unpack…

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Tuesday’s primary sets stage for historic mayoral election in Milwaukee

Johnson is the acknowledged front-runner in a field of seven on Tuesday’s primary ballot. Four are Black — Johnson, Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas, Democratic state Sen. Lena Taylor and community activist Ieshuh Griffin. Three — Ald. Marina Dimitrijevic, Taylor and Griffin — are women, in a city where no woman has ever held the mayor’s office. Only two — former Ald. Bob Donovan and events planner Michael Sampson — are white males.

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