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How Hudson Voted in the Recall Primary Election

State voters delivered a June 5 rematch of the 2010 gubernatorial race and a Mahlon Mitchell-Rebecca Kleefisch matchup in the lieutenant governor's race. But protest candidate Isaac Weix carried St. Croix County.

Protest candidate Isaac Weix, an Elmwood resident, carried St. Croix County in Tuesday's Democratic recall primary election. Weix (41.9 percent) defeated Mahlon Mitchell (39.4 percent) and Ira Robins (15.3 percent) in St. Croix County. Mitchell won statewide with more than half the vote.

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HOW THE STATE VOTED

Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett emerged from their primaries on Tuesday and will face off against each other on June 5, in a rematch of the 2010 gubernatorial election. In November 2010, after incumbent Jim Doyle chose not to run for re-election, Walker defeated Barrett with 52 percent of the vote to become the state’s 45th governor.

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Walker (97 percent) easily beat protester Arthur Kohl-Riggs (3 percent) in the statewide totals.

Barrett (57 percent) defeated Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk (37 percent), state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (4 percent), Secretary of State Doug La Follette (3 percent) and protester Gladys Huber (1 percent). 

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In the lieutenant governor Democratic primary, Mahlon Mitchell (51 percent) defeated Isaac Weix (27 percent) and Ira Robins (22 percent). Mitchell will face Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch on June 5.

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HOW HUDSON VOTED

GOVERNOR - DEMOCRATIC 

Barrett Falk Vinehout Huber La Follette Other   -City of Hudson 591 246 60 38 23 8   -Town of Hudson 282 140 40 16 10 4   -Village of North Hudson 210 47 38 4 17 0 Total 1,083 433 138 58 50 12 Percentage (rounded) 61.5% 24.6% 7.8% 3.3% 2.8% 0.7%

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GOVERNOR - REPUBLICAN

Walker Kohl-Riggs Other   -City of Hudson 1,002 20 1   -Town of Hudson 866 12 0   -Village of North Hudson 447 11 0 Total 2,315 53 1 Percentage (rounded) 97.7% 2.2% 0.0%

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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR - DEMOCRATIC


Weix Mitchell Robins Other   -City of Hudson 398 447 166 33   -Town of Hudson 278 235 82 31   -Village of North Hudson 190 172 79 19 Total 866 854 327 83 Percentage (rounded) 40.7% 40.1% 15.4% 3.9%
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