How Did Greenfield Vote in 2008?

If recent history is any indication, Greenfield could be split right down the middle between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney come Tuesday.

Four years ago, the Obama-Joe Biden ticket got a slight majority of the city's votes over John McCain and Sarah Palin. And by slight, we're talking just 289 more votes out of the 19,733 cast.

Obama earned 50.7 percent, or 10,011, of the votes and won 13 of the city's 21 wards: 1-5, 8, 13-18 and 21. (see a ward-by-ward chart below)

McCain finished with 49.3 percent, or 9,722 votes, thanks in large part to wins in Wards 6-7, 9-12 and 20.

Oddly, there was a tie in Ward 19; exactly 643 people voted for both Obama and McCain.

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On Tuesday, Romney could be helped in Greenfield, and all of Wisconsin, by his running mate's popularity. In 2008, Romney's vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan carried Greenfield with 11,694 votes compared to Democratic challenger Marge Krupp's 6,912 in the 1st Congressional District.

Ryan, however, does not appear on Greenfield ballots in a congressional race this time around. The 1st District, where Ryan is running against Rob Zerban, no longer includes Greenfield. Instead, Greenfield residents now falls into the 5th District, which is a contested race between 16-term Republican Jim Sensenbrenner and Democratic challenger Dave Heaster.

Also on the 2008 ballot, Republican state Sen. Mary Lazich ran unopposed in the 28th District, as did Republican Rep. Jeff Stone in the 82nd District. Lazich received 4,090 votes; Stone garnered 4,047.

In the 7th Assembly District, Democrat Peggy Krusick had 7,627 votes to Republican challenger Corrine Wiesmueller's 5,081. Brad Sponholz, who ran for the Greenfield School Board last spring, received 326 votes for the Libertarian Party.

This fall, Lazich is facing a challenge from Democrat Jim Ward, and Stone is squaring off with Democrat Kathleen Vincent. Krusick lost in a primary to newcomer David Riemer, but is running a write-in campaign.

Below are Greenfield's ward-by-ward results for the 2008 election:

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