Both citywide and in Milwaukee’s small Republican enclaves, the ex-alderman rolled up a significantly larger share of the vote in his losing 2016 and 2022 mayoral campaigns than the former GOP president did in either his 2016 or 2020 races.
Cavalier Johnson on Tuesday became Milwaukee’s first elected Black mayor in the city’s 176-year history. With all precincts reporting, Johnson had 62,143 votes, or 71.7 percent, to 24,543, or 28.3 percent, for former Ald. Bob Donovan. During his victory speech,
Former Milwaukee Ald. Bob Donovan and Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced their separate election night parties as they gear up to see who will be the city’s next mayor. Polls close at 8 p.m. today. Donovan told WisPolitics.com he is
UW-Milwaukee Prof. Mordecai Lee says Black voters and what he says is a “last hurrah” for Milwaukee’s old south side could drive mayoral election turnout above the 22 percent seen in the primary election. The veteran political scientist told WisPolitics.com
Today’s Midday podcast covers the wind-up before next week’s Milwaukee mayoral race and the election for 2nd District Court of Appeals. Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson will face former southwest side Ald. Bob Donovan as conservative Judge Maria Lazar faces
Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson says he sees the city’s street car system as a way to grow the economy while offering residents, workers and visitors a way to access new developments. Johnson, who also serves as Milwaukee Common Council
Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and former Ald. Bob Donovan differed during a televised debate on how to help the Milwaukee Police Department address rising violent crime in the state’s largest city. The two mayoral candidates at a WTMJ-TV debate
Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson says absentee ballot drop boxes are a secure, convenient way to vote in a response to former Ald. Bob Donovan saying he would get rid of drop boxes if he became mayor. Johnson and Donovan
Meeting in a Milwaukee mayoral forum, former Ald. Bob Donovan and Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson sparred over whether critical race theory should be taught in schools. Johnson said it’s important to teach critical race theory lessons in schools. But he
Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s first TV ad of the mayoral election says he wants to build a safer, stronger and more prosperous Milwaukee. Campaign spokesman Sachin Chheda told WisPolitics.com the 30-second ad buy worth six figures can be seen on
Milwaukee mayoral candidates traded shots during a debate Monday over which of the two voted to fund or defund the police. Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson fired the first volley at former Ald. Bob Donovan, criticizing him for voting against the
Milwaukee’s two mayoral candidates, Cavalier Johnson and Bob Donovan, sparred over police funding on WISN’s “UpFront” in their first joint appearance since winning Tuesday’s primary. “This community has been misled into believing that we’ve got 195 or 200 cops as
Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and former Ald. Bob Donovan advanced to the April election to lead the state’s largest city after finishing in the top two spots of the seven-person field. Johnson said in a victory speech he wants
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
Milwaukee needs big changes to stem a declining population, boost the economy and become a top-tier city, the seven mayoral candidates told a WisPolitics.com-Milwaukee Press Club forum. The primary is Tuesday. Responding to a question on what the city is
