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Bob Donovan Madison bound? Hopefully. Milwaukee’s missed opportunity can be Wisconsin’s gain. Send Fighting Bob Donovan to Madison Over the past 20 years or so, when talking about politics in the Milwaukee Metropolitan area, one would be hard pressed to hear a conversation without the mention of long-time Milwaukee South Side Alderman, ‘Fighting’ Bob Donovan. Having been the Conservative Champion and usually the lone voice of sanity on the Milwaukee Common Council, Bob Donovan is no stranger to standing up and at least giving Milwaukee area conservatives a seat at the table. Donovan recently ran for Milwaukee Mayor, and even against insurmountable odds, he still got into the fight, and he never stopped.  After losing his battle to become Milwaukee’s Mayor, he could have just taken his political marbles and gone home. Nobody would have blamed him. Instead ‘Fighting’ Bob fights on. You see, through adversity, comes opportunity. He will not go quietly into the good night. He ha...

Bob Donovan mayor? He's headed to the general election. Milwaukee Alderman Bob Donovan, who has run a public safety-focused campaign in a city dealing with skyrocketing violent crime, will face Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson in the Milwaukee mayor's race. "As mayor, I will fight for all of us," Donovan said in his victory speech, saying he worked outside the box, forging partnerships with the faith and business communities, when he was an alderman. He said he developed a record of "getting things done." If given the opportunity to be mayor, Donovan said, "I pledge to you. We will get this done and get this city headed in the right direction." He said that Johnson spent half a million dollars in the primary, outspending him 10-1. He said Johnson has the support of big-money special interests, but Donovan declared, "Who will elect the next mayor? Money or the people? I am counting on the people." According to Fox 6, with 95% of ...

Milwaukee Mayoral candidate Bob Donovan opposes the City of Milwaukee's new mask mandate, releasing a press release titled, "FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, FOLKS— MILWAUKEE'S NEW CLOTH MASK MANDATE IS 99% USELESS!" The Milwaukee Common Council is requiring those age three and older to wear masks inside Milwaukee businesses until March 2022. Donovan, a former city alderman, is a candidate for Milwaukee mayor. "So I don't get into trouble with Facebook regarding my opinion over the likelihood of a new cloth mask mandate in the City of Milwaukee, I will quote only liberal media sources to back up my position," Donovan said. Here is the rest of Donovan's press release: "Cloth masks are little more than facial decorations. There's no place for them in light of Omicron," CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and visiting professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of ...