2020 Spring Primary
The results from Tuesday's election.
The election results as they come in from the Milwaukee County Election Commission.
The top two candidates in each race advance to the April 7th general election.
Results are unofficial results from the Milwaukee County Election Commission.
Milwaukee County Executive
Purnima Nath – 14,252 – 12.26%
Theodore Lipscomb, Sr. – 19,252 – 16.60%
Chris Larson – 42,154 – 36.34%
David Crowley – 39,756 – 34.27%
Write in – 624
475 of 475 wards reporting
Circuit Court
Brett Blomme – 37,890 – 36.42%
Paul Dedinsky – 34,695 – 33.35%
Zach Whitney – 30,453 – 29.28%
Write in – 985
475 of 475 wards reporting
Mayor
Paul Rasky – 1,902 – 2.87%
Tom Barrett – 33,151 – 50.01%
Tony Zielinski – 10,385 – 15.67%
Lena Taylor – 20,347 – 30.69%
Write in – 509
327 out of 327 wards reporting
City Attorney
Grant Langley – 19,516 – 32.52%
Vince Bobot – 16,480- 27.46%
Tearman Spencer – 23,597 – 39.32%
Write in – 417
327 out of 327 wards reporting
Comptroller
Jason Fields – 25,305 – 42.98%
Aycha Sawa – 17,913 – 30.42%
Alex Brower – 15,248 – 25.90%
Write in – 412
327 of 327 wards reporting
Common Council – 1st District
Vincent Toney – 504 – 13.69%
Leonard Goudy – 299 – 8.12%
Ashanti Hamilton – 2,861 – 77.72%
22 of 22 wards reporting
Common Council – 5th District
Nikiya Dodd – 3,740 – 70.46%
Nicholas McVey – 791 – 14.90%
Bruce Winter – 748 – 14.09%
22 of 22 wards reporting
Common Council – 7th District
Elizabeth Brown – 364 – 8.74%
Khalif Rainey – 2,374 – 57.01%
Kenneth Hughes – 635 – 15.25%
Fred Royal – 780 – 18.73%
22 out of 22 wards reporting
Common Council – 8th District
Ryan Antczak – 164 – 9.80%
Angel C. Sanchez – 227 – 13.56%
JoCasta Zamarripa – 555 – 33.15%
Christian Saldivar – 187 – 11.17%
Justin Bielinski – 538 – 32.14%
16 of 16 wards reporting
Common Council – 11th District
Christian Ahangar – 401 – 7.63%
Mark Borkowski – 3,171 – 60.32%
Peter Burgelis – 1,665 – 31.67%
23 out of 23 wards reporting
Common Council – 14th District
Paul Rasky – 508 – 7.04%
Jason Auerbach – 1,366 – 18.92%
Marina Dimitrijevic – 5,311 – 73.56%
26 out of 26 wards reporting
County Board – District 4
Ryan Clancy – 1,603 – 40.90%
Paul Rasky – 420 – 10.72%
Andrea Rodriguez – 1,866 – 47.61%
26 out of 26 wards reporting
County Board – District 6
John Karol – 1,486 – 18.49%
Shawn Rolland – 3,178 – 39.55%
Barb Schoenherr – 3,305 – 41.13%
27 out of 27 wards reporting
County Board – District 11
Andrew Moriarity – 1,372 – 24.71%
Yaghnam Yaghnam – 548 – 9.87%
Joseph J. Czarnezki – 3,590 – 64.86%
29 out of 29 wards reporting
Wisconsin Supreme Court – Milwaukee County Results
Daniel Kelly – 44,088 – 37.40%
Jill Karofsky – 47,432 – 40.24%
Ed Fallone – 25,963 – 22.03%
Write in – 392
467 out of 475 wards reporting
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More about the 2020 Spring Primary
- Why Don Natzke Couldn’t Vote - Enjoyiana Nururdin - Aug 9th, 2020
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlights public health measures taken by the Milwaukee Health and Fire Departments, Department of Administration, Election Commission, and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Aug 4th, 2020
- CDC Says Election Did Not Cause COVID-19 Spike - Erik Gunn - Aug 4th, 2020
- Pandemic Reduced Black Vote, Study Finds - Dee J. Hall - Jun 25th, 2020
- Did April Election Hike COVID-19 Cases? - Alana Watson - May 20th, 2020
- Elections Commission Notes ‘Lessons Learned’ - Henry Redman - May 19th, 2020
- Wisconsin Elections News: WEC Releases Analysis of Absentee Voting in April 7 Spring Election - Wisconsin Elections Commission - May 18th, 2020
- Election’s Impact on County’s COVID-19 Cases Unclear - Jeramey Jannene - May 6th, 2020
- Why State’s Voting By Mail Was Chaotic - Daniel C. Vock - May 4th, 2020
- At Least 40 COVID-19 Cases Tied to Election in Milwaukee - Graham Kilmer - Apr 24th, 2020
Read more about 2020 Spring Primary here
Political Contributions Tracker
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- October 19, 2019 - Alex Brower received $200 from Tony Zielinski
- July 13, 2019 - Alex Brower received $100 from Tony Zielinski
The total vote in the mayoral primary was 42% of the total vote in the 2016 Mayoral general election. It will be interesting to see how many of the “missing” 92,084 voters from that general election will turn out this April, and which candidate can motivate them favorably.