Here’s the press release from www.wispolitics.com…



WisPolitics: WisDem conventioneers favor Clinton for president, Sanders close second

6/6/2015

Contact: JR Ross, 608-669-8418

MILWAUKEE -- Democratic Party of Wisconsin conventioneers backed Hillary Clinton for the party’s presidential nomination next year, while Bernie Sanders finished a strong second, according to a WisPolitics.com straw poll.

Meanwhile, Sen. Kathleen Vinehout of Alma was favored in the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary straw poll.

Clinton drew support from 252 of the 511 delegates, alternates and registered guests who voted in the straw poll. Sanders was backed by 208, while Vice President Joe Biden and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley tied for a distant third with 16 votes each.

Clinton was also the favorite of activists at last year’s convention, taking almost 55 percent of the vote in the WisPolitics.com straw poll.

In the governor’s race, Vinehout drew 149 votes, while Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling of La Crosse was second with 89 votes and U.S. Rep. Ron Kind of La Crosse was third with 85.

Vinehout, in her third term as a state senator from western Wisconsin, was weighing a 2014 bid for governor when she was involved in a car crash and decided against a run as she recovered from her injuries. She also sought the party’s nomination in the 2012 recall attempt of Gov. Scott Walker, finishing a distant third in the Democratic primary with 4 percent of the vote.

State Dem officials said 1,590 delegates, alternates and registered guests attended the convention.

See complete coverage of the straw poll and the WisDems convention in the WisPolitics Convention Blog: http://demconvos.wispolitics.com/

WisPolitics.com, started in 2000, is a non-partisan online news organization based in Madison, Wis., that operates an email news service in addition to the free sites WisPolitics.com, WisBusiness.com and WisOpinion.com. WisPolitics.com also conducted a straw poll last month at the state GOP convention in Milwaukee.

*2015 Dem Convention straw poll results*

511 valid ballots

President 2016

Hillary Clinton 252

Bernie Sanders 208

Joe Biden 16

Martin O’Malley 16

Jim Webb 8

Lincoln Chafee 5

No vote 1

Write-ins:

Elizabeth Warren 4

Tom Vilsack 1

Governor 2018

Kathleen Vinehout 149

Jennifer Shilling 89

Ron Kind 85

Peter Barca 64

Tom Nelson 55

Joe Parisi 11

No vote 25

Write-ins:

Kathleen Falk 3

Russ Feingold 3

Chris Larson 3

Katrina Shankland 3

Kevin Conroy 2

Susan Happ 2

Mike Tate 2

Chris Taylor 2

Lena Taylor 2

Mandela Barnes 1

Tom Barrett 1

Mary Burke 1

John Dickert 1

Dave Hansen 1

Mike McCabe 1

Gwen Moore 1

Justin Nichols 1

Mark Pocan 1

Neal Plotkin 1

Dana Wachs 1