2014 elections: NRA 1, Michael Bloomberg 0

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In the nation’s most heated gun control election so far this year, the National Rifle Association and pro-Second Amendment groups beat gun control advocates including Michael Bloomberg's Independence USA PAC in the Milwaukee sheriff’s race Tuesday night.

 

The winner was incumbent Sheriff David A. Clarke, whose outspoken advocacy of gun ownership prompted gun control proponents to paint a bull’s eye on his back.

 

In the election, the African-American sheriff won with 52 percent of the vote, knocking off challenger Chris Moews, a Milwaukee police lieutenant, who was backed with $150,000 from Bloomberg.

 

Clarke made the race a fight over guns when he ran a radio ad calling on citizens to get a gun because "911 is not our best option."

 

The NRA’s top lobbyist, Chris W. Cox, was among the first to congratulate Clarke. The NRA spent $30,000 in digital advertising for Clarke.

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Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun money up in smoke as pro-gun sheriff wins in Wisconsin

 

A pro-gun incumbent sheriff in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, beat back the anti-gun money of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to win his primary contest for re-election by a handy margin, 52-48 percent.

 

Sheriff David Clarke, a Democrat, is now almost sure to win in November because no Republican is challenging him, The Washington Post reported.

 

The race took on national tones just last week when Mr. Bloomberg — who helps head the Mayors Against Illegal Guns group and who has taken up a personal crusade to scale back Second Amendment rights — threw in $150,000 to defeat Sheriff Clarke. That amount was more than what Sheriff Clarke and his opponent, Chris Moews, spent on their entire campaigns, The Post reported.

 

But Mr. Bloomberg’s efforts to sway voters down the anti-gun path failed.

 

The Post reported that 100 percent of precincts have reported, giving Sheriff Clarke a 4,700 vote lead. But Mr. Moews has yet to concede, deciding instead to wait for the count on the 6,000 absentee ballots.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/13/michael-bloombergs-anti-gun-money-smoke-pro-gun-sh/

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