CHRIS ABELE and JEFF STONE emerged from Tuesday’s primary to compete in the April 5 general election to determine who will succeed SCOTT WALKER as Milwaukee Co. exec. Stone, a GOP state representative from Greendale, led the field with 43 percent of the vote.
PEDRO COLON, the former Democratic state rep appointed by Gov. JIM DOYLE, to the Milwaukee Co. bench, narrowly led the primary field, garnering 36 percent compared to April election opponent Glendale Municipal Judge Christopher Lipscomb, who got into the finals with 33 percent.
See results: http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=227020.
See the top April match-ups around Wisconsin: http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=227052.
Waukesha County DA BRAD SCHIMEL was among three appointments by Attorney General J.B. VAN HOLLEN to serve on the Wisconsin Crime Victims Council. Read the announcement: http://www.doj.state.wi.us/absolutenm/templates/?a=2415&z=18.
MARK C. SCHUG, president of Mark Schug Consulting and professor emeritus of economics at UW-Milwaukee, and SCOTT NIEDERJOHN, an assistant professor of economics and business at Lakeland College who directs the school’s Center for Economic Education, will present at Economics Wisconsin’s fourth annual “Economics for Opinion Leaders” seminar March 11-12 in Milwaukee. See details: http://www.economicswisconsin.org/journalists.htm.
Port Washington attorney RIK KLUESSENDORF announced his candidacy as a Republican for the open 60th Assembly District being vacated by MARK GOTTLIEB, who left to become WALKER’s Transportation secretary. See more: http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=226574.
