Ira Robins
Ira Robins was a 2016 nonpartisan candidate for District 3 of the Milwaukee City Council in Wisconsin. Robins was defeated in the primary election on February 16, 2016.
He was a Democratic candidate for Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor in the recall election against incumbent Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in 2012.[1]
Campaign themes
2016
Robin's campaign website described the following goals:[2]
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| —Ira Robins campaign website[2] | ||
Elections
2016
The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, held elections for mayor and city council on April 5, 2016. A primary election took place on February 16, 2016. All 15 city council seats were up for election. Incumbent Nik Kovac and Shannan Hayden defeated Ira Robins in the Milwaukee City Council District 3 primary election.[4]
| Milwaukee City Council District 3, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Nik Kovac Incumbent |
76.77% | 4,489 |
| Shannan Hayden |
16.69% | 976 |
| Ira Robins | 5.88% | 344 |
| Write-in votes | 0.65% | 38 |
| Total Votes | 5,847 | |
| Source: City of Milwaukee, "2016 Spring Primary Final Results," February 19, 2016 | ||
2012
Robins ran for Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor in the recall election against incumbent Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch. He lost to Mahlon Mitchell and protest candidate Isaac Weix in the Democratic primary on May 8, 2012.[5]
Recall petitions were turned in on January 17, 2012 and certified on March 30.[6]
| Wisconsin Lt. Governor Recall - Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Mahlon Mitchell |
51.3% | 396,302 | ||
| Isaac Weix | 25.5% | 197,148 | ||
| Ira Robins | 21.4% | 165,325 | ||
| Scattering | 1.8% | 13,575 | ||
| Total Votes | 772,350 | |||
| Election results via Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. | ||||
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See also
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Municipal elections in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2016)
- United States municipal elections, 2016
External links
- City of Milwaukee, "2016 Spring Election Candidates"
- Official campaign website
- Ira Robins on YouTube
Footnotes
- ↑ Post Crescent, "Private investigator Ira Robins has signatures to run against Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in recall election," April 12, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ira Robins campaign website, "Goals," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ City of Milwaukee, "2016 Spring Election Candidates," January 8, 2016
- ↑ WSAW, "Mahlon Mitchell, Dem, nominated Lieutenant Governor, Wisconsin," May 8, 2012
- ↑ WTAQ, "Recall elections officially ordered against Gov. Walker, 5 other GOP lawmakers," March 30, 2012
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