County executive Chris Abele came away Tuesday with a sweeping victory in the suburbs, chasing challenger Chris Larson into his apparent stronghold of Shorewood. Even Milwaukee went to the incumbent, who lost by four points in the primary.
Abele performed best in the North Shore and in the suburbs on the far southern end of the county. But unlike Sheriff David Clarke, who followed a similar blueprint of rounding up suburban votes, Abele still captured the more urban communities like Wauwatosa and West Milwaukee.
MUNICIPALITY
River Hills
Franklin
Hales Corners
Greendale
Greenfield
Bayside
Fox Point
Oak Creek
Whitefish Bay
West Allis
Wauwatosa
Brown Deer
So. Milw.
St. Francis
Cudahy
Glendale
West Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Shorewood
Abele
69%
67%
67%
66%
65%
65%
64%
63%
63%
61%
61%
59%
59%
58%
57%
55%
54%
50%
45%
Larson
31%
33%
33%
34%
35%
35%
36%
37%
37%
39%
39%
41%
41%
42%
43%
45%
46%
50%
55%
Note: The above percentages don’t include the approximately 1,000 write-in votes cast for other candidates in Milwaukee County.
Source: Milwaukee County Election Commission unofficial ward totals
