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Tom Barrett Will Face Scott Walker In Wisconsin's Recall Election
The Milwaukee mayor trounced liberal favorite Kathleen Falk. Now he gets a shot at revenge for his 2010 loss to Walker.
—By Andy Kroll
| Tue May. 8, 2012 8:16 PM PDT
It's time for a rematch in Wisconsin.
Democrat Tom Barrett cruised to victory in the Wisconsin recall primary contest on Tuesday night and will face Gov. Scott Walker on June 5. Barrett's win sets up his second gubernatorial fight with Walker in less than two years. With 81 percent of precincts reporting, Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee, led his top challenger, former Dane County executive Kathleen Falk, 57 percent to 35 percent.
Firefighter and union leader Mahlon Mitchell, who dominated the Democratic primary for the lieutenant governor, will join Barrett on the Democratic ticket in the June 5 recall. Mitchell's impassioned support for workers' rights and public-sector unions during the 2011 protests transformed him into something of a celebrity in progressive circles in Wisconsin.
Labor unions, who poured money and manpower into backing Falk, wasted no time Tuesday night throwing their full support behind Barrett.
More: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/tom-barrett-primary-scott-walker-wisconsin-recall
—By Andy Kroll
| Tue May. 8, 2012 8:16 PM PDT
It's time for a rematch in Wisconsin.
Democrat Tom Barrett cruised to victory in the Wisconsin recall primary contest on Tuesday night and will face Gov. Scott Walker on June 5. Barrett's win sets up his second gubernatorial fight with Walker in less than two years. With 81 percent of precincts reporting, Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee, led his top challenger, former Dane County executive Kathleen Falk, 57 percent to 35 percent.
Firefighter and union leader Mahlon Mitchell, who dominated the Democratic primary for the lieutenant governor, will join Barrett on the Democratic ticket in the June 5 recall. Mitchell's impassioned support for workers' rights and public-sector unions during the 2011 protests transformed him into something of a celebrity in progressive circles in Wisconsin.
Labor unions, who poured money and manpower into backing Falk, wasted no time Tuesday night throwing their full support behind Barrett.
More: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/tom-barrett-primary-scott-walker-wisconsin-recall
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