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1294:Kloppenburg
1156:Chief Judge
1081:Sara Geenen
1072:District I
677:Nonpartisan
653:Sara Geenen
646:Nonpartisan
545:Nonpartisan
450:Nonpartisan
421:Nonpartisan
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224:1951-07-15
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1174:Milwaukee
1040:Milwaukee
1007:April 21,
978:March 26,
949:March 26,
840:March 26,
814:March 26,
717:Plurality
340:Milwaukee
314:Biography
306:judge in
266:Education
256:Residence
168:In office
158:Milwaukee
104:In office
46:In office
1218:Neubauer
1209:Waukesha
920:April 6,
735:190,705
659:130,030
490:114,750
318:Born in
248:Children
156:for the
1304:Nashold
1278:Madison
1224:Gundrum
892:July 1,
744:-1.35%
740:100.0%
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457:43,047
437:62.19%
432:71,362
357:to the
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1299:Graham
1246:Wausau
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1184:Donald
709:0.57%
706:1,088
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320:Panama
240:Spouse
234:Panama
154:Judge
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1189:White
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