A few observations on yesterday’s election — The 4th District Council Race. Despite experiencing the most negative campaign in recent memory, Lynn Binnie won reelection handily over Paul Yvarra. Of the two-candidate vote (excluding write-in votes), Mr. Binnie received 283 to Mr. Yvarra’s 111. By percentage, that’s a winning share of 71.8% of the…
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Spring General Election 2014
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A Dodgy and Deceptive Campaign
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Of our local elections, with a spring general election next Tuesday, one may confidently say two things. First, there is one contested Whitewater election on the ballot, between incumbent Lynn Binnie and Paul Yvarra for the 4th Council District. Second, and sadly just as true, the Yvarra campaign is running the most error-prone and deceptive…
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The 2014 Wisconsin Spring Primary
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Results from the Wisconsin Spring Primary are, mostly, now in. In Whitewater. I’ve commented on this race in email and online. The unofficial results (Binnie 152, Yvarra 30, Meyer 26) in the top-two primary show a marked gap between the incumbent and his challengers. In a primary that awarded the race to a candidate…
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On Whitewater’s 4th District Council Race
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One part of the city has an election in the spring primary today, for the city’s fourth council district. Incumbent Lynn Binnie is running for another term against challengers Greg Meyer and Paul Yvarra. It wouldn’t have been my inclination to presume to endorse in the race, but more than a few readers have emailed,…
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The Spring Local Election Outlook
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Whitewater’s local election list is now available, and as with most years, it’s a mostly-uncontested affair. There are no challengers for the WWUSD School Board seats, and only Aldermanic District 4 has challengers for a seat on Council. (District 4 has always produced a fair share of candidates for one office or another; it’s a…
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Whitewater’s Notice of Spring Election
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It’s fall, but our spring elections (the process actually beginning in late fall) will not be that long away. Appearing below is a City of Whitewater notice about those races: Councilmember Positions up for election in 2014. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the City of Whitewater, Wisconsin, on…
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Assessing Whitewater’s April 2, 2013 Vote
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Here’s a quick analysis of local political results. Precinct detail is available online for Walworth and Jefferson Counties, and statewide totals (including limited local information for Whitewater) is available online at the Journal Sentinel. Singer-Crone At-Large Contest. The only citywide council race finished 724-452 (12 write-in votes). That’s 61%-38%-1%, in a city that mostly picks…
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Local Politics: The Singer-Crone Council Race
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One often looks at two candidates and thinks: if only they could both lose. Other times, as now, one looks at two candidates, and thinks: it’s a shame they can’t both win. The latter situation is preferable, and it’s the one in which Whitewater finds itself with an at-large council race between Patrick Singer and…
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Whitewater’s Candidates for April 2nd
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I’ve posted earlier about a March 16th candidates’ forum in Whitewater. This post continues a discussion about the upcoming election, in which candidates for council aren’t the only candidates on our local ballot. A few additional remarks appear below, about the races and candidates. Unopposed is a bad thing. Most of our races, for common…
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Local Politics: Sideshows
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Whitewater’s in transition. Part of this is a shift – slow but inexorable – in the political culture of the city. (See, along these lines, New Whitewater’s Inevitability and Horses and Automobiles, Contemporaneously.) There’s more than one way to wage a local race, and our city is getting a taste of the difference between a…
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Politics in Whitewater, Wisconsin: The February Supreme Court Primary
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Across Wisconsin on Tuesday, voters narrowed the Wisconsin Supreme Court field (Justice Patience Roggensack, Prof. Ed Fallone, and Atty. Vince Megna) from three candidates down to two. April will see a contest between Roggensack and Fallone. Look at these results, and one sees something about the political future of the city. Justice Roggensack did well,…