Madison Common Council incumbents Skidmore, Kemble lose bids for re-election
April 6, 2021 9:45 PM Site staff
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MADISON, Wis. A total of eleven seats on Madison’s Common Council were contested in this year’s election.
One of the most-watched races was in the 9th district, where longtime Alder Paul Skidmore faced a challenge from Nikki Conklin. The race came into focus when Skidmore was accused of using a sexist slur during a virtual meeting last year. However, an independent review of the meeting was found to be inconclusive.
Conklin won the seat with 55.9% of the vote.
Madison Council Dist. 9
Political opponents unite in defeat
Voters take down two fighters on Madison city council
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Incumbent Alds. Rebecca Kemble and Paul Skidmore both lost to challengers in the April 6 election.
The city councilâs staunchest backer of the police was defeated in the April 6 election. So was one of the cityâs most progressive reformers.Â
Political newcomer Nikki Conklin ousted 10-term incumbent Paul Skidmore with 56 percent of the vote in a contentious and expensive race on the cityâs far west side. Skidmore was strongly backed by the Madison police union which in a February press release called him âthe undisputed leaderâ on the council for âworking to meet the needs of public safety in Madison.â Skidmore leaned hard into a pro-police message in his campaign literature; one piece features a quote from former Madison police Chief Mike Koval â âDefunding the Police Plans are putting you and me in dangerâ â and a photo of a
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No leadership, office location or partisan motivation discernible for group funding local political ads
Over the past year, Madison’s billboards have gradually become bleaker and far more political in nature. What used to be local advertisement territory is now also home to a mix of political attacks and endorsements.
This spring, billboards paid for by the “Community for Responsible Government” emerged, thanking specific city alders for “trying to keep Madison safe,” according to Tone Madison. But, very little information exists surrounding CRG.
Searching for them using IRS’s nonprofit search app yields no results. CRG declined to comment when asked by The Badger Herald to provide further details surrounding their organization.
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