Politics & Government
'Fake' Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Wins in Brookfield
Isaac Weix, the Republican running as a Democrat in the lieutenant governor race, finished first in the Democratic primary with 44 percent of vote. Weix also ran as a "fake" Democrat last July in a state Senate recall.
All the focus is on the prize in the state's recall landscape: Who will be governor?
But in the less-scrutinized lieutenant governor race, a "fake" Democratic candidate put up by the state Republican Party out-polled the two actual Democratic candidates.
Isaac Weix won 44 percent of the vote in Brookfield.
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Mahlon Mitchell — who and will take on Republican incumbent Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch on June 5 — won 32 percent of the Brookfield vote, with Ira Robins earning 22 percent.
It was actually Weix's second time serving as a Republican Party protest candidate. in the recall against state Sen. Shelly Moore (D-River Falls). Weix lost to Moore but got 45 percent, and Moore went on to lose her seat to Republican Sheila Harsdorf.
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The in order to make sure all recall races and general elections targeting Republicans were held on the same date.
The lieutenant results in Brookfield:
42 percent (2,434 votes) — Isaac Weix
32 percent (1,807 votes) — Mahlon Mitchell
22 percent (1,229 votes) — Ira Robins
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