Practically Speaking
Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
How about that? It's Speaker and Ponto!
The results are in for the mayoral primary: Speaker and Ponto advance to the April 6th election.
Here are the vote tallies:
- Speaker - 2,116
- Ponto - 1,556
- Marcello - 1,051
- Schellinger - 457
Total votes cast - 5,180
I was curious how this vote count compared to the last mayoral primary in 2006. So I looked back 4 years to Kilkenny and Speaker advance in a neck and neck race & Heinrich and Mellone advance in district 6. To my surprise, the turnout was less 4 years ago than it was today.
- Kilkenny - 1,706
- Speaker - 1,697
- Schellinger- 614
Total votes cast - 4,017
Results are not final for School Board yet, but it looks like Ziegler, Wilson, Horneffer and Schultz will advance.
Links:
Brookfield7, BetterBrookfield, Vicki McKenna, Jay Weber, The Right View Wisconsin, Randy Melchert, Mark Levin, The Heritage Foundation, CNS News, Breitbart BigGovernment
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On what do you base your conclusion that Ponto will receive the non-incumbent vote in the general election? That's just pure specualtion and wishful thinking, by you.
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I would think that Ponto will gain the non-incumbent vote too.
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HI Kyle,
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Back to topmikeyd - Feb 18, 2010 9:40 AM - Report Abuse
I think Kyle and I are along the same line of thinking with the non-incumbent vote. On the surface, I would think that the majority of those voting for someone other than the incumbent, Mayor Speaker, would again vote for someone other than Speaker. I would think many of them voted for 'anybody other than the incumbent' rather than for a specific candidate. This is speculation by me, but in my case, it isn't wishful thinking.
If all the primary voters who voted for someone other than the incumbent were to again vote for someone other than the incumbent, and if Mayor Speaker keeps almost all of his votes from the previous election, the total would still land Ponto in the same position as Kilkenny. I am not saying all the non-voters will vote for Mayor Speaker, but it is one explanation for what happened in the previous election.
Lord Brookfield - Feb 17, 2010 1:10 PM - Report Abuse
If one were to compare this coming election to last, Kilkenny barely won the primary and then got blasted in the general election by the incumbent. Maybe the voters saw what a numbskull she was. So how can you draw any real conclusion? Maybe with a larger turnout Ponto gets blasted just as Kilkenny did. Or maybe its the other way around. To make any insipid predictions, that Ponto will get the non-incumbent vote as things stand today is pure folly.
You can wish all you want for Speaker to lose and make all the dumb conclusions you want on how people will vote several months from now, but that does not make your wish come true.
Kyle Prast - Feb 17, 2010 11:05 AM - Report Abuse
As for last time, I still believe Kilkenny's totals would have been much higher if not for the mud slinging, but we will never know. The 2006 mayoral totals were Speaker - 6,074 to Kilkenny - 3,746, Write in - 57
See: http://brookfield7.blogspot.com/2006/04/good-news-is-3-new-aldermen-bad-news.html
Last time we had 9 of the council endorse Speaker. This time, will there be any public endorsements?
mikeyd - Feb 17, 2010 10:46 AM - Report Abuse
Interesting info, thanks!
I am also surprised the turnout was Higher this year, but it seems the signs were more saturating, and they had multiple debates so maybe more people were aware of the vote.
I would think that ponto would take more of the non-incumbent votes from the primary into the main election, but that number might not make up for the difference based on past results. What were the final results of the 2006 election? It seems most of those that did not vote in the primaries showed up for the incumbent last time.