Wednesday, November 3, 2010
1:14 PM
Dems hit Dane, Milwaukee targets, but still fall short
Dem hit their marks in Dane and Milwaukee counties yesterday. But they appeared to miss badly in the other key areas of the state.
A check of county results in the guv’s race shows the Fox Valley came home for Republicans yesterday, the Milwaukee suburban counties went hard for the GOP, and Scott Walker won counties like La Crosse, Marathon and Kenosha that went for Jim Doyle in 2006.
Walker did not appear to cut into the Dem advantage in Milwaukee County as some had believed he would. But his margins elsewhere more than made up for that as he won with 52 percent of the vote, according to unofficial returns.
And places like Racine County seem to underscore the wave that snapped back against Dems after they won control of the Assembly in 2008 to give them full control of the Legislature and guv’s office for the first time in more than 20 years.
In 2006, 71,327 voters turned out for the guv’s race as Republican Mark Green eked out a 300-vote win in the county.
Yesterday, almost 13,000 fewer voters cast ballots in the guv’s race, and Walker carried a 9,483-vote advantage over Dem Tom Barrett.
Here’s a rundown of some key counties with their 2006 results for the guv’s race compared to the unofficial returns from yesterday.
Dane and Milwaukee
-Dane:
2006: 213,608 votes; 149,661 Doyle, 58,302 Green, 5,645 Eisman; Margin: plus-91,359 Doyle.
2010: 217,869 votes; 149,652 Barrett, 68,217 Walker; plus-81,435 Barrett
-Milwaukee:
2006: 323,504 votes; 199,536 Doyle, 118,949 Green, 5,019 Eisman; plus-80,587 Doyle.
2010: 336,390 votes with on precinct out; 208,562 Barrett, 127,828 Walker; plus 80,734 Barrett.
Milwaukee suburbs:
-Ozaukee:
2006: 41,231 votes; 15,229 Doyle, 25,460 Green, 542 Eisman; plus-10,231 Green.
2010: 43,106 votes; 13,232 Barrett, 29,874 Walker; plus-16,642 Walker
-Washington:
2006: 53,284 votes; 17,219 Doyle, 35,262 Green, 803 Eisman; plus-18,043 Green.
2010: 58,494 votes, 14,275 Barrett, 44,219 Walker; plus-29,944 Walker
-Waukesha:
2006: 175,965 votes; 61,402 Doyle, 112,243 Green, 2,320 Eisman; plus-50,841 Green.
2010: 185,496 votes; 52,222 Barrett, 133,274 Walker; plus-81,052 Walker
The Fox Valley
-Brown:
2006: 93,552 votes; 45,046 Doyle, 46,989 Green, 1,517 Eisman; plus-1,943 Green.
2010: 87,018 votes; 37,456 Barrett, 49,562 Walker; plus-12,016 Walker.
-Outagamie:
2006: 69,696 votes; 34,901 Doyle, 33,511 Green, 1,284 Eisman; plus-1,390 Doyle.
2010: 64,387 votes; 29,183 Barrett, 35,654 Walker; plus-6,471 Walker.
-Winnebago:
2006: 64,447 votes; 32,765 Doyle, 30,629 Green, 1,413 Eisman; plus-2,136 Doyle.
2010: 60,182 votes; 27,138 Barrett, 33,044 Walker; plus-5,906 Walker.
Other Dem counties
-Kenosha:
2006: 51,013 votes; 28,338 Doyle, 21,737 Green, 938 Eisman; plus-6,601 Doyle.
2010: 47,081 votes; 22,835 Barrett, 24,246 Walker; plus-1,411 Walker.
-La Crosse:
2006: 42,900 votes; 24,663 Doyle, 17,235 Green, 1,002 Eisman; plus-7,428 Doyle.
2010: 41,385 cast; 20,636 Barrett, 20,749 Walker; plus-113 Walker.
-Eau Claire:
2006: 38,862 votes; 22,240 Doyle, 15,733 Green, 889 Eisman; plus-6,507 Doyle.
2010: 36,468 votes; 18,453 Barrett, 18,015 Walker; plus-438 Barrett.
-Marathon:
2006: 49,143 votes; 25,836 Doyle, 22,186 Green, 1,121 Eisman; plus-3,650 Doyle.
2010: 48,540 votes; 20,026 Barrett, 28,514 Walker; plus 8,488-Walker.
-- By JR Ross
Labels: 2010_fall_election
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