Three running for vacant seat on Milwaukee County Board
Having sat vacant since January, Milwaukee County’s District 14 will soon be a step closer to having a new supervisor.
The three candidates — Caroline Gómez-Tom, Travis Hope and Angel Sanchez — will face off during the primary April 4 special election to fill the supervisory role. The top two finishers will advance to the general election on May 5.
The winner will take the seat formerly held by Dyango Zerpa, who resigned in January. Zerpa had been under scrutiny over campaign finance reports and his absence from meetings. He was fired as a state legislative aide last year. Zerpa held the seat for less than a year after being elected in April 2022.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley later called for a special election to fill the remainder of Zerpa’s twoyear term that ends in April 2024.
Following the once-a-decade redistricting process in 2021, the county emerged with two Hispanic-majority supervisory districts, including District 14.
District 14 stretches from West Virginia Street south to West Howard Avenue and Wilson Park, with its western border sitting along South 20th Street and its eastern border tracing I-94, the Kinnickinnic River and South 1st Street. The area includes the Walker’s Point, Historic Mitchell Street, Lincoln Village, Polonia and Morgandale neighborhoods.
The 2023 Wisconsin spring general election and special election is April 4, with early voting scheduled for Tuesday, March 21 through Saturday, April 1.
Here’s what to know about the candidates running for District 14.
Caroline Gómez-Tom: Building relationships, building bridges
Gómez-Tom said giving back to the community has been a driving force