Tuesday, August 14, 2012
10:08 PM
Progressives pull off series of wins in Milwaukee primaries
Progressive candidates pulled off a series of wins in Milwaukee Dem primaries Tuesday, including knocking off incumbent Reps. Jason Fields and Peggy Krusick.
Various Dem sources also indicated Nikiya Harris has won the 6th SD, beating state Rep. Elizabeth Coggs for the seat of the retiring state Sen. Spencer Coggs.
The sources also indicated Sandy Pasch will win the 10th AD, La Tonya Johnson will win the 17th and Evan Goyke will win the 18th. In the 7th Dan Riemer bested Krusick, while Mandela Barnes beat Fields in the 11th.
Dem Sen. Lena Taylor, who endorsed in some of the primaries, posted a "welcome" on her Facebook page to Harris, Barnes, Pasch, Goyke and Johnson, along with Dem state Rep. Fred Kessler, who easily won his race.
Several of those races took on racial overtones in the closing weeks with some in the African-American community unhappy that Caucasian candidates such as Pasch were running in districts with large black populations.
"Good bye to 1/2 of the black representation in Wisconsin's legislature and the progress of my elders," Taylor wrote on her page.
-- By JR Ross
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