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Article: PROGRESSIVE DANE LOSES ONE SEAT ON CITY COUNCIL.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- April 6, 2005
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Byline: Dean Mosiman Wisconsin State Journal
The Madison City Council will get a batch of new faces but will see no big political shift after Tuesday's elections.
Three incumbents from the leftist political party Progressive Dane held onto seats in contested races, but four newcomers endorsed by that party lost.
PD, as the party is known, went into the race holding eight of the 20 seats on the council. Now it will have seven.
Meanwhile, candidates endorsed by the Democratic Party and the business group Downtown Madison Inc. did well.
"It seems like status quo," said Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, stressing that results had more to do ...