Berman wins Democratic nod to challenge Steil in Wisconsin’s 1st District • Wisconsin Examiner
Mitchell Berman, right, talks with a voter during a visit Aug, 5 to a United Auto Workers union hall in Janesville. Berman won the Democratic primary Tuesday for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District. (Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner)
Mitchell Berman, an emergency room nurse, won handily Tuesday in a three-way primary of active Democrats seeking to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil in Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District.
“I never imagined running for Congress, but I saw a culture of corruption in Washington that protects corporate special interests and insiders instead of solving problems, and knew I had to do something about it,” Berman said in a statement after the race was called. “Tonight proves that when working people stand up, we can make a difference.”
A little more than an hour after the polls closed, Berman ran away with the contest. The Associated Press called the race at 9:02 p.m. By the time 99% of the ballots were counted early Wednesday, Berman’s lead gr…