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Milwaukee County Executive elections: Ryan lost his own community in early returns Tuesday
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ^ | 30 April 2002 | Meg Jones and various

Posted on 04/30/2002 7:49:27 PM PDT by July 4th

Ryan lost his own community in early returns Tuesday

Hales Corners Village President Jim Ryan lost his own community as early returns Tuesday night showed Scott Walker leading in the race for Milwaukee County Executive.

Ryan lost Hales Corners by a margin of 50 votes with 47% of eligible voters in the community turning up to vote.

Early results showed Walker, a Republican member of the State Assembly from Wauwatosa, with a nearly 300-vote edge over Ryan. As of 8:30 p.m. River Hills, West Milwaukee and Hales Corners all went for Walker.

With 10 of 463 precincts reporting, Walker had 2,736 votes, or 54%, while Ryan had 2,362, or 46%, according to unofficial returns.

Voter turnout appeared to be at least as strong as in the primary and probably heavier, according to election officials.

Walker and Ryan are vying to replace F. Thomas Ament, who resigned in February amid public outrage over generous pension changes proposed by his administration and approved by the County Board.

The election has been a rapid-fire event - eight weeks from registration to runoff. Walker and Ryan emerged as the top finishers April 2, after a six-person primary that featured 14 major forums. Since then, the two have squared off at least 28 more times, an average of one a day. Though attendance waned at some of the final forums, in the past two months several thousand voters have seen the candidates side by side in person.

On April 2, more than 139,000 people voted, with turnout in Milwaukee at 22%. In the suburbs, turnout was between 30% and 40%. That day, however, there were other races on the ballot that helped draw voters to the polls.

Turnout Tuesday was one measure of the public's interest in county government and the changes that are taking place. Like the executive's race today, upcoming recall votes against county supervisors will take place on days when no other election is on the ballot.

Barring a recount, the new executive likely will be sworn in May 9 or 10, county officials said.

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Milwaukee County Executive
REPORTING 86%
Scott WALKER - 96,734 - 58%
Jim RYAN - 71,444 - 42%



TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: recallelection; ryan; walker
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For those who haven't been following, this is an election to replace Milwaukee's outgoing County Executive. (www.recallament.com) After granting himself and others in county government an overly-generous pension scheme - which reached in to the millions for Ament - the Milwaukee country voters amassed enough recall petitions and forced a resignation.

Tonight, a REPUBLICAN was voted into the office in MILWAUKEE COUNTY! Maybe there's hope after all!

(note: not a lot's going on in breaking tonight, so maybe this will fit for a while.)
1 posted on 04/30/2002 7:49:27 PM PDT by July 4th
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To: July 4th
Thank you for the great news!!!
2 posted on 04/30/2002 7:54:00 PM PDT by OldFriend
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To: July 4th
This wil be the first time in HISTORY that a conservative Republican was elected to ANYTHING city- or county-wide in Milwaukee, home of Dan Hoan and Frank Zeidler (Socialists and proud of it.)

My bet is that if the lead holds up in the mid-to high 50's that Madison will sit up and take note--and maybe even the DNC/RNC bozos in D.C.

3 posted on 04/30/2002 7:56:44 PM PDT by ninenot
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To: July 4th
I remember this story! Great news! I am bumping this so more people cn see the results. Thanks!
4 posted on 04/30/2002 7:57:26 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: July 4th
Some reasons why this happened:
1. Scott Walker ran a terrific campaign. He became identified as the "reform" candidate. The recall committee endorsed him.
2. Jim Ryan ran a terrible campaign. Though a liberal in a liberal county (61% for Gore in 2000), Ryan took open positions on very unpopular issues (for light rail, for domestic partner benefits, for the Hoan bridge bicycle path), etc. He must have been hoping for a very low turnout with liberal activists being all that would be necessary. Final vote total will be ca. 190 - 200 thousand (up from 134K in the primary). Big mistake.
3. The Norquist saga last week reminded everyone what kind of leadership the DemonRats have provided. Lots of normally Dem voters are just fed up.
5 posted on 04/30/2002 7:59:40 PM PDT by Faraday
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To: July 4th
Awesome! Ryan even lost Hales Corners. Wouldn't it be wonderful if a Republican could win the mayoral race in '04?
6 posted on 04/30/2002 7:59:48 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: July 4th
This is awesome! There's hope for Milwaukee yet. This plus the news that the demosocialcrat Mayor will not run again.....
7 posted on 04/30/2002 8:00:12 PM PDT by WIMom
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To: July 4th
This is an amazing story. For those that want background, here's a search showing postings on this.

In a local way, this is huge. The people decided that they wanted something other than the graft that was here. And Walker has not hid how conservative he is.

Here's something I posted on the Wisconsin board earlier:

Interesting anecdote.

I have a coworker who is your standard middle-class, educated, but lifelong dem (oh, yes, he is black). He and some others were talking about the election. They called them the young guy and the old guy.

This life-long dem said he is going to vote Republican for the first time in his life because the old guy is the same as they last and will just raise our taxes more.

There is some hope out there.

8 posted on 04/30/2002 8:01:26 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: WIMom
I was getting worried today after listening to Belling predict a Ryan victory. I think he was playing games with people to get them to go out and vote.
9 posted on 04/30/2002 8:07:01 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: JeanS
I rarely listen to Belling anymore. He's so pessimistic about anything conservative.
10 posted on 04/30/2002 8:09:07 PM PDT by WIMom
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To: July 4th
Tonight, a REPUBLICAN was voted into the office in MILWAUKEE COUNTY! Maybe there's hope after all!

*Applause* !

11 posted on 04/30/2002 8:09:14 PM PDT by ChadGore
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Whoo-Hoo!! Thanks for the news. The Journal was pulling so hard for Ryan to win. Too bad! :)

I think Walker will do a great job.

12 posted on 04/30/2002 8:10:09 PM PDT by Peace4EarthNow
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To: WIMom
I'm going to listen tomorrow, I can't wait to hear him explain this away.
13 posted on 04/30/2002 8:10:54 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: JeanS
According to Belling, Al Gore is President, and Richard Jewell did the Olympic bombing in Atlanta. His political judgement is about as good as his football picks, ie. lousy.
14 posted on 04/30/2002 8:12:22 PM PDT by Faraday
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To: Faraday
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporting now:

Scott Walker wins executive's race

15 posted on 04/30/2002 8:14:52 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: Faraday
Don't even start me on his stupid sports stuff. I'd rather have him gone and Savage was on.
16 posted on 04/30/2002 8:15:36 PM PDT by WIMom
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To: JeanS
Hehehe, He'll probably say something like what you stated above.
17 posted on 04/30/2002 8:16:33 PM PDT by WIMom
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To: JeanS
I'll bet the county board members are shaking in their boots right now!
18 posted on 04/30/2002 8:21:19 PM PDT by WIMom
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To: JeanS
Man I hate the Journal Sentinal web page. Do you think they could load any more crap onto their page?
19 posted on 04/30/2002 8:22:18 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: July 4th
From the WISN 12 website . . .

Ryan Concedes, Walker Projected Winner

Unofficial Returns: Ryan Loses Hales Corners

Posted: 8:23 p.m. CDT April 30, 2002
Updated: 10:08 p.m. CDT April 30, 2002

MILWAUKEE --Unofficial results show State Rep. Scott Walker wins the race for Milwaukee County executive.

The 34-year-old becomes the youngest Milwaukee County executive since the post was created in 1960. "Starting tomorrow, we will begin our campaign to restore county government and I need your help. We can improve county government," Walker said.

Hales Corners Village President Jim Ryan conceded Tuesday night, thanking voters for their support.

With 86 percent of the vote counted, Walker has 96,734 votes, or 58 percent, while Ryan has 71,444 or 42 percent, according to unofficial returns. Four aldermanic districts in the city of Milwaukee have not reported their numbers. The suburbs results are all in.

Walker is a Republican state representative from Wauwatosa. Ryan is president of the village of Hales Corners.

According to unofficial returns, Ryan lost Hales Cornes by 50 votes.

The winner will take over the job vacated by the retirement of Tom Ament.

He left office in February rather than face a recall election prompted by lucrative pension benefits approved over the previous two years.

Ryan, 34, and Walker, 58, were the top two vote-getters in a primary election April 2.

Citizens launched the recall campaign after disclosures about lucrative pension benefits for county employees that were approved over the previous two years.

BraveMan Note: The candidates' ages are transposed in the article. Walker is 34 whereas Ryan is 58.

20 posted on 04/30/2002 8:22:38 PM PDT by BraveMan
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