Milwaukee County Supervisor Jim Schmitt Apparently Running for County Clerk
I was enjoying some big band music this evening at “Tosa Tonight” in Hart Park when I was surprised to see County Supervisor Jim “Luigi” Schmitt announce himself and ask for my signature on nomination papers for his bid to become the next Milwaukee County Clerk.
I knew that the former Clerk, Mark Ryan, had announced he was retiring recently, but I was a bit surprised to hear that Sup. Schmitt was running for the job a mere two months after winning re-election for County Supervisor in the 19th district which represents Wauwatosa.
When I asked him who was running to fill his seat should he win the office of County Clerk, he jokingly replied, as is his manner, that he didn’t care.
I’m not aware at this time of any other candidates running for the office and would have to say that his name ID across the County puts him at the top of an as yet unknown list of candidates in the November election.
It will be interesting to see how his campaign for a County wide office will influence his voting between now and November, especially on issues like the County wide sales tax increase that he’ll be voting on tomorrow.
While the district he’s represented in Wauwatosa as Supervisor is one of the more conservative in the County, and hence most friendly to his mostly conservative record, it will be interesting to see how that record plays out in a County wide race.
June 25, 2008 10:53 pm 
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and son Carter.
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By Jen, June 30, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
I just heard that former State Senator Joe Czarnezki is circulating nomination papers for County Clerk.
By Daniel Cody, June 30, 2008 @ 7:36 pm
I called around and confirmed that as well Jen. The others in the race besides Joe and Jim are Maribeth Welchman, Gerald Glazer, Carla Rice, and Suzette Emmer.
Couple of current County employees in that group, and Glazer ran for County Board in 2004. We’ll see who actually files the required signatures by next week though.