Laura Manriquez
Manriquez continues her quest to challenge JoCasta Zamarripa the Democratic nominee for November 2nd General Election.
By H. Nelson Goodson
October 29, 2010
Milwaukee – On Friday in an unexpected twist in the South side predominately democratic Hispanic district, Laura Manriquez held a press conference to announce her last minute write-in campaign in front of her home at 2224 S. 7th Street. The general election is four days away on Tuesday, November 2nd and Manriquez decision at the last minute to launch a write-in campaign will likely push for a slow start, securing JoCasta Zamarripa the Democratic nominee the election victory.
In September's Primary Election, Zamarripa won the Democratic nomination with 755 votes, with 53% of the vote; defeating Manriquez, who received 238 votes, with 16% of the votes cast in the 8th Assembly District. Since the Primary Election, Zamarripa has been non-stop knocking on doors and campaigning to secure her election this coming Tuesday.
In the 8th Assembly District, about 75,000 people reside in the area, more than 12,000 people are registered to vote. But in any given election, especially in a primary at least between 1,000 to 1,500 actually vote, a slightly higher voter turn out during general elections and even a higher turnout in U.S. Presidential elections depending on the political party and candidate.
With Manriquez decision to run as a last minute write-in candidate and Ramona Rivas who is on the ballot for Tuesday's election as an Independent, Zamarripa as the Democrat nominee is seen as the next elected state representative for the South side district.
On Wednesday, the Hispanic News Network U.S.A. polled at least 2,000 eligible voters in the South side, which 1,965 indicated they will cast their votes for Democrats on November 2. If in fact, these voters head to the polls and vote for Democrats as they indicated, Manriquez and Rivas who is running as an Independent candidate will mostly likely not even get close to beating Zamarripa on Tuesday.
Manriquez supporting her decision to run again stated through a press release, Zamarripa is the poster child for special interest politics which has embedded its influences within the election outcomes of our 8th Assembly District.
The voters of our community are being bamboozled by special interest propaganda which does not focus on issues important to our community.
In addition, with Zamarripa as state representative, the special interest politics of Planned Parenthood could become the leading issues during Zamarripa’s tenure as state representative in the 8th Assembly; disregarding the fact that many residents of the 8th Assembly do not agree with the politics of Planned Parenthood. Manriquez is concerned that JoCasta’s tenure would come at the expense of our neighbors in our 8th Assembly District.
Manriquez said that in the primary as candidate for the 8th Assembly, she had to put her campaign on hold for a number of weeks to clean up a false report published about her by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She has since worked to repair the damage caused by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article to her integrity, and because of the overwhelming encouragement she received from voters, she is pursuing a write-in campaign.
“Because the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article that misidentified me during this campaign, which caused me to spend much of my time repairing the damage to my credibility and because I believe many of our neighbors oppose special interest groups influencing our community politics, I have decided to represent our neighbors by mobilizing a write-in campaign so that their concerns, and not the pocketbook needs of Planned Parenthood and other special interest groups Zamarripa is beholding too, is heard”, said Manriquez.
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Manriquez continues her quest to challenge JoCasta Zamarripa the Democratic nominee for November 2nd General Election.
By H. Nelson Goodson
October 29, 2010
Milwaukee – On Friday in an unexpected twist in the South side predominately democratic Hispanic district, Laura Manriquez held a press conference to announce her last minute write-in campaign in front of her home at 2224 S. 7th Street. The general election is four days away on Tuesday, November 2nd and Manriquez decision at the last minute to launch a write-in campaign will likely push for a slow start, securing JoCasta Zamarripa the Democratic nominee the election victory.
In September's Primary Election, Zamarripa won the Democratic nomination with 755 votes, with 53% of the vote; defeating Manriquez, who received 238 votes, with 16% of the votes cast in the 8th Assembly District. Since the Primary Election, Zamarripa has been non-stop knocking on doors and campaigning to secure her election this coming Tuesday.
In the 8th Assembly District, about 75,000 people reside in the area, more than 12,000 people are registered to vote. But in any given election, especially in a primary at least between 1,000 to 1,500 actually vote, a slightly higher voter turn out during general elections and even a higher turnout in U.S. Presidential elections depending on the political party and candidate.
With Manriquez decision to run as a last minute write-in candidate and Ramona Rivas who is on the ballot for Tuesday's election as an Independent, Zamarripa as the Democrat nominee is seen as the next elected state representative for the South side district.
On Wednesday, the Hispanic News Network U.S.A. polled at least 2,000 eligible voters in the South side, which 1,965 indicated they will cast their votes for Democrats on November 2. If in fact, these voters head to the polls and vote for Democrats as they indicated, Manriquez and Rivas who is running as an Independent candidate will mostly likely not even get close to beating Zamarripa on Tuesday.
Manriquez supporting her decision to run again stated through a press release, Zamarripa is the poster child for special interest politics which has embedded its influences within the election outcomes of our 8th Assembly District.
The voters of our community are being bamboozled by special interest propaganda which does not focus on issues important to our community.
In addition, with Zamarripa as state representative, the special interest politics of Planned Parenthood could become the leading issues during Zamarripa’s tenure as state representative in the 8th Assembly; disregarding the fact that many residents of the 8th Assembly do not agree with the politics of Planned Parenthood. Manriquez is concerned that JoCasta’s tenure would come at the expense of our neighbors in our 8th Assembly District.
Manriquez said that in the primary as candidate for the 8th Assembly, she had to put her campaign on hold for a number of weeks to clean up a false report published about her by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She has since worked to repair the damage caused by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article to her integrity, and because of the overwhelming encouragement she received from voters, she is pursuing a write-in campaign.
“Because the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article that misidentified me during this campaign, which caused me to spend much of my time repairing the damage to my credibility and because I believe many of our neighbors oppose special interest groups influencing our community politics, I have decided to represent our neighbors by mobilizing a write-in campaign so that their concerns, and not the pocketbook needs of Planned Parenthood and other special interest groups Zamarripa is beholding too, is heard”, said Manriquez.
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