did she win?
Nope. Coppolla was a hand-picked Milwaukee govt. lackey that moved into the district shortly before filing her election papers.
The city of South Milwaukee is a separate entity from Milwaukee, (I grew up there, and people get a bit touchy about being mistaken for the South Side of the city of Milwaukee) I don't think the voters took kindly to a Milwaukee pol carpet-bagger.
It also didn't hurt that she was running against a long-time resident of the area - Jessie Rodriguez - female, conservative, and Hispanic to boot. Jessie's team pounced right on the carpet bagger aspect of this election with some effective advertising.
SM is one of those bi-polar districts, but Southeastern Wisconsin is trending more conservative lately. We have excellent talk radio here - some of the best in the nation IMHO, and it's had an impact.