Mayor Paul Soglin and former Ald. Satya Rhodes-Conway advanced from an energetic, expensive six-way Madison mayoral primary Tuesday, setting up a battle between the city's longest-serving executive and a facilitator for a UW-Madison think tank who would be the first openly gay mayor in city history.Nice photographs of the 2 winners at the link.
AND: In the school board primary: "Madison School Board: Blaska and Muldrow, Mertz and Mirilli advance to spring election."
[Ali] Muldrow, the co-executive director of GSAFE, held a commanding lead in a four-way primary for Seat 4 at nearly 56 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting, more than twice the number of votes for second-place finisher Blaska, a former Dane County Board member and conservative blogger....For more of what Blaska has been saying, click on my "Blaska" tag.
"We thought we could survive simply because no one else is saying what I'm saying," Blaska, 69, said of the primary results.
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Is it Satia or Satya and how is it pronounced?
Mo Cheeks? The former basketball player?
Annie C nailed it in one. How can they spell it two different ways that closely together on the page? Proofread, people!
Proposed slogan
Vote Satia
You'll never be more satisfied.
If electoral satisfaction is what you're looking for, they don't call her Satia for nothing.
When will the phrase “First openly gay____”. lose its cachet?
It's pronounced Sa TEE yah. She's Mexican, as you can see.
The people of Madison will get the government they deserve.
I went to the Blasko tag and boy oh boy is that a stroll through Madison politics!
The civil war re-enctors, graveyard monuments, cops in schools, shouting protesters, privileged principals and principle privilege. My goodness.
Annie C reminds me, have they dug up the Confederate POWs yet?
I said before that using Althouse tags is quite often an eye-opening wonder and this one is just so. Even more interesting if you scroll all the way to the bottom and then read upwards in chronological order.
Vote Satia and say ahhhhhh
"...first openly gay mayor..."
Well it's about time Madison!
I predict the CIS white male will lose.
We're friends with Blaska, by the way.
I voted for Conway and Blaska to keep Madison an interest and new mix.
Correction: an interesting place with a new mixture of young/old, left/right.
I'm sorry Blaska can't get any traction. People are afraid of uncomfortable truths.
We're friends with Blaska, by the way.
The Sane of Dane must gather for safety.
No doubt, Madison will get the local officials it deserves. Democracy is a wonderful educational engine that way, even if those receiving the education are very slow on the uptake. Having lived in NYC for a long time, it's a phenomenon I've seen in action.
I thought there were 3 school board positions?
(Goes to look). Ah. The one with the black guy (K Claire) running didn't make it to the Headline. Racism!
Will it make any difference who is elected?
I moved away from Madison in 1977, and if I recall correctly, Soglin was mayor then. What the hell is wrong with you people?
The Sane of Dane must gather for safety.
2/20/19, 9:14 AM
The Sane of Dane must ally or die.
Only took from 9 to 5 to fix that one.
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