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1510:Ballotpedia
1506:Mary Wagner
1359:InsideTrack
1145:Nonpartisan
1116:Nonpartisan
1071:Nonpartisan
1051:Nonpartisan
1031:Nonpartisan
1011:Nonpartisan
982:Nonpartisan
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163:Preceded by
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44:Chief Judge
1628:Categories
1397:October 9,
1196:References
925:Candidate
901:Republican
849:Democratic
818:Republican
791:Candidate
772:Democratic
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690:Democratic
663:Candidate
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640:Democratic
588:Republican
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514:Democratic
494:Republican
465:Republican
435:Democratic
408:Candidate
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225:Democratic
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1541:from the
1163:Plurality
867:Plurality
737:Plurality
606:Plurality
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312:Biography
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1437:April 6,
1369:April 6,
1339:April 6,
1307:April 6,
1279:April 6,
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1221:April 6,
764:+66.92%
334:Democrat
316:Born in
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1580:Kenosha
1186:100.0%
1181:17,207
1155:48.20%
1132:51.80%
1097:100.0%
1092:13,017
1041:15.69%
1021:17.72%
998:24.46%
968:27.09%
890:100.0%
885:14,351
859:45.24%
836:54.76%
760:100.0%
755:22,254
744:24.36%
729:37.82%
706:62.18%
701:13,838
629:100.0%
624:13,332
613:11.03%
598:44.49%
575:55.51%
540:100.0%
524:11.09%
504:11.27%
481:23.52%
451:54.12%
96:Kenosha
1170:3.61%
1152:8,293
1127:8,914
1081:6.16%
1061:8.88%
1058:1,156
1038:2,043
1018:2,306
993:3,184
963:3,526
928:Votes
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874:9.53%
871:1,367
856:6,492
831:7,859
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726:8,416
666:Votes
660:Party
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570:7,401
535:4,961
476:1,167
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1489:2020
1462:2020
1439:2020
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1371:2020
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1251:2020
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1078:802
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